Holba' Pisachi' Native Film Festival

The Chickasaw Cultural Center located in Sulphur, Oklahoma invites you to the 10th Annual Holba' Pisachi' Native Film Festival!  

Lights! Camera! Action! Enjoy First American documentaries, shorts and feature films along with special filmmaker discussions during the 10th annual Holba' Pisachi' Native Film Festival! Come celebrate First American cinema Aug. 8-9.

Day One - Friday, Aug. 8

10:00 am - 5:00 pm - Workshop: "Filmmaking with an Indigenous Lens" hosted by LaRonn Katchia (Warm Springs/Wasco/Paiute) and Mark Williams (Choctaw/Mississippi Choctaw)

*Reservations required for workshop. Open to ages 14-18. Call (580) 622-7130 or email [email protected].

1:00 pm  - "Ware the Buffalo Roams" short film featuring John Gibbs (Sac and Fox/Meskwaki Nation) (18min.)

1:20 pm - "Carly Buckets" short film by Mark Williams (Choctaw/Mississippi Choctaw) (25 min.)

1:45 pm - Chickasaw Press book trailers (13 min.)

2:10 pm - Short films Q&A with John Gibbs and Mark Williams

2:15 pm - "The Heart Stays" starring Jon Santaanta Proudstar (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) (2h 16m)

4:35 pm - Q&A with Jon Santaanta Proudstar

Day Two - Saturday, Aug. 9

10:00 am - Welcome remarks by Fran Parchcorn and Rance Gilliam

10:05 am - Chikasha Hilha' Himitta' group stomp dance (15 min.)

Holba' Kanalli' Ikfala'ho' (short films hour)

10:20 am - "Ghosts" by Jeffrey Palmer (Kiowa) (17 min.)

10:37 am - "Mary Margaret Road Grader" starring Martin Sensmeier (Tlingit/Koyukan/Athabascan) (25 min.)

11:02 am - "Anonymous" by Ryker Sixkiller (Cherokee) (10 min.)

11:12 am - "Pow!" by Joseph Clift and Jeff Carpenter (Chickasaw) (8 min.)

11:20 am - "Abby Scott" by LaRonn Katchia (Warm Springs/Wasco/Paiute) (6 min.)

11:27 am - Short films Q&A with Gus Palmer Jr., LaRonn Katchia and Martin Sensmeier

11:50 am - lunch break

1:30 pm - "First Voice" by Mike J. Marin (Navajo/Laguna Pueblo/Washo) and Isaac Trimble (Apache/Yaqui) (60 min.)

2:30 pm - Q&A with Mike J. Marin and Isaac Trimble

2:45 pm - Chickasaw Press book trailers (13 min.)

3 pm - "Second Sunrise" starring Jon Santaanta Proudstar (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) (25 min.)

3:25 pm - Q&A with Jon Santaanta Proudstar

3:35 pm - "Sitting Bull" episode 1, starring Michael Spears (Lower Brulé Sioux) (1h 26m)

5 pm - Intermission

5:15 pm - "Sitting Bull" episode 2, starring Michael Spears (1h 24m)

6:40 pm - Q&A with Michael Spears

7 pm - Red carpet photos and autograph booths