Comfort Film Presents

First Nations Film and Video Festival 2024

Lineup

Itu Ninu (01:12:00)
Director: Itandehui Jansen (Mixtec -Indigenous from Mexico)

SUMMARY
In the not-so-distant future of 2084, Ángel finds himself trapped as a climate migrant in an unspecified smart city, under constant surveillance. Amidst a bleak and oppressive existence, Ángel makes a living by cultivating plants, preserving the fading wisdom of seeds.

Within this desolate landscape he crosses paths with Sofia, another climate migrant who works at a recycling facility. Fate intertwines their lives when a chance encounter reveals an unexpected connection: a shared language.

Fueling Ángel’s longing for human connection and a glimmer of hope, he reaches out to Sofia. Aware of the omnipresent digital monitoring, Ángel decides to communicate with her through the timeless medium of pen and paper, fostering an intimate, clandestine bond.
As their secret correspondence unfolds, a friendship grows between Ángel and Sofia as does their desire for liberation from excessive control.

Japchi Nahual The Teachings of Don Juan (18:27)
Director: RODRIGO Barquera de Anda (Indian Yaki)

SUMMARY
In the middle of the Sonora´s desert, Carlos fights to the death against Doña Cata, a witch who tries to steal his soul.

The Spirits Just Understand Our Language (5:24)
Director: Cileuza Jemjusi (Manoki People)

SUMMARY
Only seven elders of the Manoki population in the Brazilian Amazon still speak their indigenous language, an imminent risk of losing the means by which they communicate with their spirits. Although this is a difficult topic, young people decide to tell in images and words their version of this long history of relations with non-indigenous people, talking about their pains, challenges, and desires. Despite all the difficulties of the current context, struggle and hope echo in various dimensions of the short film, indicating that “the Manoki language will survive!”

Magenta (20:00)
Director: Luis Ángel Torres Mora (Mexico Maya Culture)

SUMMARY
Toby, a boy with suicidal thoughts, finds meaning in his life thanks to a young girl named Emma. However, his reality is more intriguing than it seems.

Media: Digital Projection
Runtime: 1:55:51
Free

About First Nations

First Nations Film and Video Festival, Inc. is a 501c3 tax-exempt registered non-profit organization. We host the largest Native American Film Fest in Chicago as well as being the #1 resource for Native-produced films in the region and the most trusted BY Native American filmmakers for getting their films screened.
We are Chicago’s only Native American film festival that deals exclusively with Native American film and video makers and features brand new works not being screened anywhere else in Chicago. https://fnfvf.org/about

Programmed for Comfort Station by Raul Benitez, Emily Perez, Mathew Tapey and Luna Lux.