This film program features SWAIA’s 2016 Indian Market Moving Image Classification X winners. Awards for Narrative Short, Documentary Short, Animation Short, Experimental Short, Music Video, and Youth Winners, recognize dedication and skill in working with new media and innovative art forms while retaining a commitment to traditional creation and technique. Award-winning films will be shown in the Helen Hardin Media Gallery at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA). Total running time of this film program is 56 minutes.

2016 Class X Winners

Animated Short
Walk in Dreams, Jonathan Thunder (Red Lake Ojibwe) (6:42 mins)

Documentary Short
Dig It If You Can, Kyle Bell (Thlopthlocco Tribal Town) (22:58 mins)

Experimental Short
Jáaji Approx, Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) (8:00 mins)

Music Video
We Are Halluci-Nation, A Tribe Called Red (First Nations) (2:43 mins)

Narrative Short
I Am Thy Weapon, Razelle Benally (Diné/Oglala) (11:37 mins)

Youth Winners
First Place Ages 10-13: Itsy Bitsy Spider, Kateri Daffron (Wichita/Kiowa) (4 mins)
First Place Ages 14-17: Imprint, Zonnie Tsosie (Picuris Pueblo/Navajo) (1:01 mins)