AlterNative Film Festival

Wichita’s first event featuring all films made by or about Indigenous films. All events are free and open to the public.

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY NOV. 15

6 p.m. – Opening reception with free small bites and limited beer and wine

7 p.m. - Opening night film: “ “Hey Viktor” – This hilarious “mockumentary” takes place 25 years after former child actor Cody Lightning tries to revive his fortunes with a self-produced sequel to the ground breaking 1998 Sundance Film Festival hit “Smoke Signals.” (Note: Contains profanity and brief male frontal nudity)

SATURDAY NOV. 16

2 p.m. – Shorts program 1: A collection of narrative and documentary shorts that includes a look at an all-female Choctaw stickball team to a young Ojibwe photographer stubbornly taking on the responsibility of keeping a sacred fire alive for four consecutive days and nights in mourning of his father.

3:30 p.m. – “Cold Road” – This narrative thriller takes place on a frozen highway in the remote Canadian North where an Indigenous woman and her dog are hunted by a stranger in a semi truck. Roseanne Supernault gives a spellbinding performance. 

6 p.m. – Saturday night centerpiece reception includes free small bites and limited beer and wine

7 p.m. – A screening of “Prey” presented by Hulu which follows a skilled warrior of the Comanche Nation who fights to protect her tribe against one of the first highly-evolved Predators to land on Earth. (Hundreds of years before Arnold Schwarzenegger ever shows up). An all-Comanche language-dubbed version of the film with English subtitles will be shown followed by a Q&A with Comanche producer and special guest Jhane Myers who made it all happen.

SUNDAY NOV. 17

1 p.m. – Shorts program 2: Don’t miss these shorts that run the gamut from sci-fi to drama to animation to documentary and comedy.

2:30 p.m. – A showcase of founder/director Rodrick Pocowatchit’s award-winning short films. 

4 p.m. – “The Death Tour” a rousing inspiring documentary that follows wrestling hopefuls across remote Indigenous communities in Canada's far North on the most grueling tour in indie wrestling.

6:30 p.m. – Closing night film: “Red Fever” a documentary co-presented by media partner Tallgrass Film Festival. An eye-opening sometimes hilarious look at the ways Indigenous cultures have been reduced to stereotypes and appropriated by mainstream popular culture. Followed by an exclusive virtual Q&A with co-director Neil Diamond. 

Host or Publisher AlterNative Film Festival