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The 2008 All Roads Film Festival officially came to a close after a fabulous run in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The addition of three new films, "River of No Return" (Darlene Johnson), "The Lost Melodies" (Ali Reza Ghasemkhan), and "Restoring the Mauri of Lake Omapere" (Simon Marler) rounded out the diverse collection of global works presented at this year's festival. "Welcome to Ernumino" (Aleksei Vakhrushev) was awarded "Best Indigenous Film" as part of the Santa Fe Film Festival's 2008 Milagro Awards Presentation

Stay tuned for exciting news about 2009!

(Photograph by Lynda Carfagno)

The Sundance Institute's Native American Program is seeking emerging Native American filmmakers to apply for its 2009 class of Sundance Institute - Ford Foundation Film Fellowship. The Native Program is looking for compelling, original, independent feature screenplays, short film screenplays, and documentary treatments by Native American writer/directors. The Workshop is structured to support filmmakers who are still creatively engaged in the early stages of a project and are at the point where they would welcome and benefit from feedback and discussion about their work. Filmmakers are accepted into the program to work on the specific project with which they apply.

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Tonight, National Geographic Fellow Reza, a distinguished photographer and renowned humanitarian, will unveil his latest work: "REZA War + Peace: A Photographers Journey," with a launch event at NG Headquarters in Washington D.C. The book is a 30 year retrospective that chronicles his remarkable journey to places of conflict through exquisite images that uniquely capture turmoil, hope, joy and despair. This evening's special event will feature an engaging discussion with Reza and best-selling author Sebastian Junger, who wrote the book's introduction. Check out NG Live for tickets and more information.