RED NATION CELEBRATION INSTITUTE
Creating systemic change through film television in all media.
RED NATION CELEBRATION INSTITUTE
Creating systemic change through film television in all media.
RNCI operates at the intersection of entertainment, media, public policy, education, advocacy, and cultural leadership. For more than 30 years, RNCI has worked to advance Native and Indigenous representation and equity across film, television, media, and popular culture. Through its Hollywood Bureau Native/Indigenous Industry Policy & Public Affairs Council, RNCI serves as a strategic liaison between Indian Country and the entertainment industry, advocating for meaningful representation, greater access, economic opportunity, and Native leadership in the creation and distribution of stories.
Red Nation Celebration Institute (RNCI) The Creative Enterprise by Natives Delivering to all People the Stories that Shape our World. Is the longest-running successful Native Women-Led Indigenous Media Arts and Cultural non-profit enterprise in the history of the entertainment industry and the first Indigenous non-profit funded by the City of Los Angeles. Serving over 575+ Native Nations in the U.S. and collectively on the planet 1200. Based in Los Angeles with an office in Santa Fe New Mexico.
Red Nation International Film Festival (RNIFF) is the world’s largest Native Indigenous film and media arts festival and the first in Los Angeles, a program of RNCI. Empowering Native Indigenous Storytellers Since 1995.
Amplifying more than 5000+ Native and Indigenous content creators through its streaming company Red Nation Television Network, supporting 2780+ Native Indigenous filmmakers through its Red Nation International Film Festival, including films directed by women through its Native Women in Film & Television in All Media, since 1995. In the last seven years RNCI has screened 280 films directed by women.
Los Angeles is home to the largest urban American Indian and Alaska Native population in the country, with over 200 tribes, including the original peoples of this land: the Tongva, Tataviam, and Chumash.
The Native Indigenous Student Academy for Cinematic Arts is a program of Red Nation Celebration Institute amplifying emerging Native Indigenous student filmmakers.
Each year, students from North American Indian, First Nation Peoples of Canada, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and International Indigenous Peoples from Mexico, South America, New Zealand, age range 10-25 years (College, University), enrolled (full-time or part-time) in a degree-granting program at an eligible school when the film was made or from a Native Reservation or Native based school compete for awards with films being judged in the following categories: Animation, Documentary, Live Action Narrative and Alternative/Experimental.
Native Women in Film & Television in All Media (NWIFTV) advocates for Native and Indigenous Women’s Rights in all media platforms, with a focus on equal opportunities for Native & Indigenous women in front of and behind the camera, encouraging the creative narrative, exploring and empowering authentic and honest portrayals of Native and Indigenous women, expanding empowerment initiatives and campaigns in the arts, media, social justice, civic engagement, economic empowerment, research, training, professional development programs, grants and international relation.
NWIFTV serves under its fiscal partner Red Nation Celebration Institute (RNCI) The Creative Enterprise by Natives delivering to all people the stories that shape our world. RNCI is the longest standing Native Women-Led Indigenous Media, Arts & Cultural nonprofit in the Entertainment Industry. Empowering Native and Indigenous Women in all media.
The RNCI Fellowships are year-round programs supporting underrepresented filmmakers through individualized mentorship, professional development, and direct access to industry networks—strengthening pathways to equity and representation in entertainment.