NFMLA Monthly Film Festival

Join us for the NFMLA Monthly Film Festival 2024!

Schedule of Events:

NFMLA Monthly Film Festival  -  InFocus: Indigenous Cinema
2:30pm

How to Fill the Unfillable Hole Inside You
An experimental short that explores the complexity of our deepest emotions through the lens of comfort foods.

Golden Child
A young woman is reunited with her childhood friend at a pool party and reckons with the fact that he used to pee on her when they were kids.

Tail
Hura is ready to leave her boyfriend for good. On her way out the door, she discovers a 30 foot ***** chaining her to her soon-to-be ex.

Plantasy
When an agoraphobic plant-woman's water supply gets cut off, she must face the outside world or suffer the dire consequences.

To All the Girls I've Could've Loved Before
In New York City, confident gay man Raúl faces a life-altering choice between an unexpected attraction to a woman and a tempting threesome, exploring love, desire, and self-discovery.

How May I Help You
Through a series of vignettes scripted from real phone conversations between call center workers and customers, How May I Help You reimagines fleeting personal encounters between strangers.

Ripper Was Here
Based on the true story of Lt. RJ Rippenkroeger, the first man in space. Recently declassified documents reveal American Astronaut Lt. RJ Rippenkroeger beat the Cosmonauts into space by over two months and Mercury Program by three. Unfortunately, catastrophic events sealed Rippenkroeger's mission forever from the history books, until now.

Come Back Haunted
A recluse woman assumes a motherly role when a teen seeks refuge on her doorstep, but sinister forces follow close behind.

Escape Artist
Alien robots invade a rainbow creative world to steal their creative energy, but a resistance is born.

Lea Tupu'anga (Mother Tongue)
A young speech therapist disconnected from her Tongan heritage lies about her Tongan language skills to get a job. Out of her depth, she must find a way to communicate or risk her patient's life.

River Bank (Pō-kehgeh)
A Tewa woman must listen to the spirit of the River in order to free herself.

Two Breaths
After a man-made disaster decimates an evergreen island, a stranded 11-year-old girl must find the tenacity to leave behind her home with the help of an unlikely friend - the majestic Manta Ray.

Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)
Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) follows Yankunytjatjara man Derik Lynch's road trip back to Country (Aputula), as memories from his childhood return. A journey from the oppression of white city life in Adelaide, back home to his remote Anangu community to seek spiritual healing, and perform on sacred Inma ground.

African Giants
Over a weekend visit in Los Angeles, two-first generation Sierra Leonean American brothers navigate the changing dynamics of brotherhood after a surprise announcement.

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