Shining Mountains Film Festival, founded by the Aspen Indigenous Foundation in 2018, is an essential platform to give voice to American Indians. Featured films and documentaries reveal the unspoken history of our nation, the generational traumas and the struggles that Indigenous Peoples of America face daily. This annual festival showcases the rich culture, wisdom, traditional ways, beauty, and diversity of the first inhabitants of America.
Film makers, please
submit your films via
FilmFreeway. We are
looking for short and
feature films/documentaries
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Best long feature:
FREE LEONARD PELTIER
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Best short:
COURAGE
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Audience choice:
AGAINST THE CURRENT
2025 Film Lineup
The Shining Mountains Film Festival includes three contest categories:
Feature films
Short films
Audience Choice
With the Support Of :
Thank you to all our filmmakers, audience, volunteers, and sponsors!
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