A Dim Valley

A curmudgeonly biologist and his slacker graduate assistants muddle their way through a summer research project. Deep in the Appalachian woods, they encounter a trio of mystical backpackers who change their lives in mysterious ways.

REZ DOGS

Jacob and Rakeem have been doing the same things since high school living on the reservation, then one hot summer  their whole life changes when they meet Zhonie.

The Silent Party

Just hours before her wedding party at her father's ranch a violent act changes the course of Laura's life, implicating her father and fiancée.

Small Town Wisconsin

Perpetual teenager Wayne Stobierski whisks his son away on one last father-son road trip after losing a custody battle. All of Wayne’s plans go comically and tragically wrong… but somehow, in the process, the trip transforms into a journey of heartfelt redemption.

Stink Pretty

Rich is an honest artist trying to make an honest living off of his art...in an over-saturated market. He knows he has the talent and means but always finds himself in the right place at the wrong time

Tainted Canvas

The journey to self is one stunningly ugly masterpiece

Ten Minutes to Midnight

A late night radio host is trapped inside the station by a violent storm after being bitten by a rabid bat.

Trail of Justice

Made-in-Montana! "Trail Of Justice" is a Western film taking place shortly following the Civil War.

Woman of the Photographs

A misogynic photographer discovers for the first time in his life the joys of loving a woman, this one confused about her self-identity and self-esteem, by helping her in her perceptions of herself with his photographic retouching skills.

Narrative Feature Films

"TRUST ME"

TRUST ME is a feature-length documentary exploring human nature, information technology, and the need for media literacy to help people trust one another, bring them together and create a more resilient population.

Another Scar of Genocide

Die-ahBEATus, In Indian Country.  They tried to bury us.  They forgot that we are the seeds.

Ask No Questions

A former Chinese state TV insider is held in a brainwashing camp and compelled to accept the official narrative on a fiery public suicide, which he believes was a government plot.

Coming Clean

Discussion on the reality of substance abuse, mental health, and the impact that these have on families and loved ones.

The Cowboy Hat Movie

One cowboy embarks on a quest to find the ultimate cowboy hat while exploring the origin, evolution, quintessential stylings, and solidification of this iconic American West expression.

Mustang Saviors 

American veterans are killing themselves by the thousands each year. It is a national tragedy on an epic scale. But a remarkable treatment is proving more powerful than ever imagined: Wild mustangs taken straight off the range! Pairing them with veterans, is miraculously turning despair into enduring hope!

My Dear Mother

Dasha was nine years old and she found out that she was not an orphan. Dasha is a native nine-year-old Lapp girl and an inmate of a Russian orphanage, even when she is not an orphan. Tasha believes that her mother is dead and that her father is in jail for life.

Vinyl Nation

Vinyl Nation is a documentary dig into the resurgence of vinyl records, the diversification of vinyl fans, and what this all means for America today.

Warrior Women

“Warrior Women” is the story of mothers and daughters fighting for Native rights in the American Indian Movement of the 1970s. The film unveils not only a female perspective of history, but also examines the impact political struggles have on the children who bear witness.

The Welles Raft

The sailorman Manuel Jacaré was swallowed by the sea when Orson Welles was filming "It's All True" in 1942. The fact evokes memories of Orson Welles in Brazil.

Documentary Features Films

"Crow Stories: Three Short Films"

Enjoy three short films revolving around Crow culture, history, and daily life. Films include Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty, The Day the Sun Died, and Return to Foretop's Father.

"Indigenous Documentary Short Films"

Indigenous scholar and poet Lyla June challenges the status quo when she decides to run for House of Representatives in New Mexico’s District 47.

Arapaho Truths

The Northern Arapaho of the Wind River Indian Reservation are storytellers.

In an effort to pass their culture to the next generation, the Elders tell the children four traditional stories, using clay animation, shadow puppets, paintings, drawings and performance, the children make the stories come to life.

Blackwater

After years of reckless alcoholism, a country music star finally hits rock bottom and is court-ordered into wellness therapy with an offbeat group of misfits on her hometown reservation.

Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty

Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty follows several tribal members who are fighting for better food and a brighter future for their community.

The Day the Sun Died

Filmed during the 2017 total solar eclipse. On this occasion, Henry Realbird, an Elder (Apsáalooke) and Cowboy Poet in a stream of consciousness speaks to the importance of dreams and visions. Funded by the Montana Film Office. Shot on 16mm Film in Crow Country, Montana.

Dear Georgina

A Passamaquoddy elder tries to sharpen the blurry outlines of her identity.

Future Ancestor

Hedtoft

The personal story of the greatest tragedy in Greenlandic maritime history, told by the grandson of one of the 95 passengers who lost their lives on the cold stormy night of January 30th, 1959, when M/S Hans Hedtoft - on its maiden voyage - allegedly hit an iceberg.

Indigenous Filmmaker's Panel

Join us for this moderated conversation with three film directors discussing the topic of their craft, process, trends in Hollywood, and what the future holds for greater Indigenous films.

Kii Nche Ndutsa (Time and the Seashell)

A young Indigenous boy imagines his future while listening to the sounds of a seashell, while an Indigenous man recalls his past listening to the same shell. The man remembers listening to birds and looking at fireflies in his childhood, but these are no longer there. The short film is invites an audience to consider past, present and future of a changing landscape and vanishing biodiversity.

Return to Foretop's Father

A Native American elder travels from the reservation to a sacred landmark and conducts a historic pipe ceremony to bring awareness to climate change and the negative impacts resulting from the disconnect between nature and modern culture.

The Rules of Lacrosse

The Talk

Rural families in Guatemala often have 3 or more children, and most live on less than 2 USD per day. Two of every three women don’t use contraceptives — because of religious beliefs and/or lack of education. The Talk is an exploration of the impact that unplanned pregnancies have on local communities around Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, and one nonprofit’s attempt to address this issue.

Totems

A post-apocalyptic film about two indigenous men existing in the aftermath of colonial America.

Wirun

A young Indigenous girl must dig deep to own her performance of a Shakespearean sonnet for her high school drama class in this powerful Australian short film.

Indigenous Voices

"Female Directed Short Films"

A mother befriends a burnt-out hacker to help search for her son in virtual reality.

Broken: A Sockumentary

Broken: A Sockumentary explores the universal nature of heartbreak through interviews with real people and their stories, as told through socks.

How is this the World

In the Pink

When Marie discovers she has a female chronic illness, she begins to question her sense of self as a woman.

Morning Mourning

Morning Mourning follows two outrageously odd sisters, Pearl and Zelda, as they mourn their mother's death at Greenwood Cemetery. Rating the lives of her deceased lady neighbors on the level of sexism they experienced in their day, the girls distract themselves from the grief of their mother's passing through morbid humor and satirical commentary.

The Mute

A guy, living on his own in lockdown times, experiences strange things after he returns home doing grocery shopping.

My Name Is Anik

Bircan has decided to learn Kurdish, her once-forbidden mothertongue, with all the words her grandmother has forgotten and all the stories that have remained unspoken.

OH SH*T!

While on a romantic date Maggie suddenly gets her period and finds herself confronted with a monster that’s been living in her head for far too long.

Parachute

Chinese teenager Wendy struggles to adapt to her new American life.

Power Up!

A woman battles the everyday challenges of being female and just when she feels victorious, she finds that her life is being controlled by men... or rather, teenage boys. Literally.

STORMCHASER

All Bonnie Blue ever wanted was to chase tornadoes with her Dad. But dreams die with time. Now, she’s become a different kind of storm chaser, hawking storm doors “door-to-door” for her charismatic boss, Flip Smyth: a cultish father figure who preaches disaster capitalism to Bonnie and his tribe of sales guys. As she realizes that Flip’s doctrine of “Flip the Switch!” is just a way to exploit customers, a different kind of switch flips inside Bonnie — unleashing an inner and outer storm of violence.

Swings and Roundabouts

A grieving couple struggle to connect and heal following the loss of their child.

Teranga - Life in the Waiting Room

Teranga is an observational documentary about youth, music and collective trauma. Set in Naples and filmed over two years, it follows two young Gambian migrants, Yankuba and Fata as they navigate their new life in Italy. Haunted by the difficulties of their pasts and dreaming of a future with indefinite leave to remain, they both escape the boredom and fear of life as a migrant in Matteo Salvini’s Italy by dancing away their trauma in Teranga, an Afrobeats migrant-run nightclub in Naples.

Treatment

Hannah fights for her life both literally and figuratively while summiting her own personal Everest.

The Wick

A disturbing tale of deceit and persecution of a woman who fights for justice against a lawless witch hunter.

Female Directed

"Montana Connections Short Films"

When architecture meets art. This film follows the making of this sculpture, at Tippet Rise Art Center in Fishtail, Montana.

Anxiety

A mental illness we all feel, and deal with; explored.

The Botanist

A botanist in the 1970's sets out in search of a rare mushroom in the wilderness of Montana.

Braveheart

Braveheart Chaplain Ministry serves law enforcement and fire department staff as well as citizens experiencing a life-changing crisis.

The Perfect Candidate

After a long day of trying to fill an entry level service position a job interview takes a sinister turn as a perspective new hire appears perfect for the job.

Wooly Tradition

A look inside a small Montana sheep herding operation in the small town of Lavina.

Xylem, the Heart of the Tree 

Made-In-Montana

"Narrative Short Film Block 1"

Enjoy six narrative short films! Films include The Suicide of Lillian Sellers, Totems, Handheld, 38 Minutes, My Hero, My Brother Sam.

"Narrative Short Films Block 2"

Enjoy six narrative short films! Films include STORMCHASER, Ghost of a Chance, Tinderbox, A Good Man, Soul Man, Four Keys, Onlooker, Blackwater.

38 Minutes

Inspired by actual events, 38 Minutes is about an ex-Navy Seal, played by Philip Winchester, and his journey to save his wife, played by Katrina Law, and their family before an incoming ballistic missile strikes Hawaii. Together they brave the mayhem of a frenzied Honolulu, and must get off the island before the missile strikes.

Anything For My Mother

Adapted from an original stage play, this is a story about Mercedes a loving mother with terminal cancer. She must resolve the conflict between her two sons Agustin and Franco, revealing a dark secret from one of them.

The Big Nobody

24 hours before a brutal murder, a directionless hipster and her clueless cameraman pregame for the best night of their young lives.

Black Boys Can't Cry

A father overtaken by an inexplicable force in the middle of the night attacks his family and comes face to face with his past.

Cold Call

Christian, a brilliant businessman, dealmaker, and self-styled master-of-the-universe, receives a phone call and an offer for which he can negotiate no terms.

Evka & Arno

Nine year old Evka's father, Arno, is a birthday party clown. In an attempt to help her make friends, Arno brings Evka to his first gig in their new neighborhood.

Ex Disposer

Nostalgic for his days behind the kit, Andy attempts to reunite with his bandmates, but first, he must confront the bad blood that was shed during his split from the group.

Following Josie Molino

Fed up with the pressures of fame, a fashion influencer runs away to live life on her own terms.

Four Keys

Faced with possible separation from her daughter, Rosa decides to give up the life that she has built for them in the US and self-deport to Canada. Since January 2017, roughly 25,000 undocumented immigrants have crossed into Canada seeking asylum from arrest and deportation in America.

Gabrielle

When 13-year-old Gabrielle takes her first ballet class, she encounters both bullying from her teacher and true friendship where she least expects it.

Ghost of a Chance

Two individuals bonded together through the expectance of a newborn baby, yet with different priorities - racing through their lives, we question whether one man’s childhood dream is more important than three people’s reality.

A Good Man

Living in a time where abusive fathers and bullying are common place, a boy defends that he did what was right.

Handheld

A forgotten handheld camera disrupts the chaotic bedtime routine of a single mother and her young son.

High Card

Two people who decide to become intimate for the first time distract themselves with comforting conversation.

Howdy

A western epistolary for an ex-girlfriend.

Little Treasures

A late night heist doesn't go according to plan. God knows they never do.

My Brother Sam

A burnt out EMT worker struggles with the mounting opioid crisis at work and at home.

My Hero

As last-minute plans for a babysitter fall apart, eight-year-old Brandon is left alone to oversee his younger brother Mason.

Secret Service

Three young women set out to hex the president and discover a power they never thought possible.

Sleep Tight

Preston’s adoptive parents Daniel and Kate think that he is just going through a phase, but Kate fears it may be more because of Preston’s haunted past. Are the monsters in Preston’s closet his past coming back to haunt him? Or is it just another kid with an over active imagination? One thing is for sure, its going to be a night everyone will remember…

Soul Man

Ben Whitaker, Jr., an aging and mostly washed up singer-songwriter from the 60s/70s era of big soul music, navigates loneliness, failed relationships, and a botched career in modern day Memphis, TN.

The Speed of Time

Future cop Johnny Killfire (John Hennigan) must go back in time and team up with his former self (Sean Marquette) in order to stop the TimeBorgs from getting their hands on an app that could break the space-time continuum by delivering pizzas into the past...before they were even ordered.

The Suicide of Lillian Sellers

After the unexpected suicide of his cousin, a man investigates the mysterious circumstances.

TINDERBOX

During a second Tinder date a socially awkward swain and a beautiful old soul find common ground, after she uses him to build her new bed.

Two Dum Micks

Two unlucky guys meet in jail and hatch a dumb plan.

Narrative Short Films

"International Short Films Block 1"

Enjoy five short films from five countries! Films include ANNA, Three Blades, Alive, Oslo, and Amber.

"International Short Films Block 2"

Enjoy six short films from three countries! Films include BOAT, OH SH*T!, Lake of Happiness, September, The News, and Bittersweet.

Alive

Victoria is in a wheelchair and Ida works as her assistant. When Victoria meets Ida's boyfriend, something happens to her: she also wants closeness and love.

Amber

A barber at a highway barbershop is caught in a deadly situation when he realises that his first customer of the day isn’t who he seems.

ANNA

Living in war-torn Eastern Ukraine Anna is an aging single mother who is desperate for a change. Lured by a radio advertisement, she goes to party with a group of American men who are touring the country, searching for love.

Bernadette

Bernadette, a naive 15-year-old, must learn what it means to be a woman after an unwelcome encounter with a corner store clerk named Anthony.

Bittersweet

A hopeless baker's attempt at taking his own life is interrupted by a persistent child in need of a birthday cake.

BOAT 

A young deaf girl comes to live on a boat owned by a big talker. She makes contact with the people – and the gerbil – which inhabit this world via written notes, gesture, and dance before a small but significant death pushes her to make judgments about these relationships.

Into the Light

An incredible an surpresing story with a detective and "femme fatale"takes us to the Film Noir.

Lake of Happiness

In a small Belarusian village where time seems to stand still, Jasja, a 9-year-old girl, has to deal with her mother‘s death. Her father decides to send her to an orphanage. But one day she decides to run away, home.

The News

A newly married woman lives with her in-laws while her husband works in the neighboring country, Greece. One day he discovers a corpse and the whole small town faces in a battle to get coverage on national television.

Oslo

OSLO is a poetic and tragic reflection on the everyday struggle of Palestinian breadwinners.

SEPTEMBER

Clara, a successful young businesswoman, does a pregnancy test after a passionate weekend with a working collegue. The positive result confuses her a lot. At first overwhelmed by her extreme and contradictory feelings, she finds a deep assent with herself as the day progresses.

Three blades

One day in the life of three Haitian men, alone with their dreams and frustrations.

International Short Films

"Documentary Short Films Block 1"

Enjoy six short documentaries! Films include Call Center Blues, Herring Eggs & Branches, The Michigan Arctic Grayling Initiative, Riveted, Structures, Lands, Souvenir from Giverny, and Hedtoft.

Narrative Feature Films

Documentary Features Films

Indigenous Voices

Female Directed

Made-In-Montana

Narrative Short Films

International Short Films

Documentary Short Films

International Documentary Short Films

Experimental or Late Night

Animation Short Films

New Media, Webisodes, Music Films

Student Films

Kids & Family