"7th Generation"
Film Festival Tour 2015 - 2020
Jim Warne with WSD Productions has enjoyed a great film festival and screening lecture tour
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival - Inspiration Award Presentation and Acknowledgements by Jim Warne in Lafayette Louisiana January 28, 2016







WINNER
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The Award Winning Film, "7th Generation" has or will screen at the following Film Festivals and Events:
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London Shows International Online Film Festival, United Kingdom October 16, 2015
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Official Selection American Indian Film Festival (AIFF), American Indian Film Institute, San Francisco Nov 10, 2015
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Official Selection LA Skins Fest Film Festival, Culver City Studios, Culver City, California November 14, 2015
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Official Selection California American Indian & Indigenous Film Festival (CAIIFF), Temecula, CA November 21, 2015
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Heard Museum "Beautiful Games" Exhibit - 7th Generation Screening, Phoenix, AZ November 27, 2015
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Lakota Nations Education Conference, Rapid City, South Dakota, December 18, 2015
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Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival (COTB), Lafayette, Louisiana January 20-27, 2016 - WINNER Inspiration Award!
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Northeastern State University, Liberal Arts Department, Tahlequah, Oklahoma March 24, 2016
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Arizona State University, American Indian Studies Program, Memorial Union, Tempe, AZ March 30, 2016
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Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood, Hollywood, California April 8, 2016 - WINNER Best Documentary Feature!
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University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine Symposium Sioux Falls, SD April 18, 2016
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IndieFest Film Awards, LaJolla, California May 25, 2016 - WINNER Award of Excellence!
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White Mountain Apache Tribe, Men’s Wellness Conference, Whiteriver, AZ June 22, 2016
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Shoshone Bannock Tribes, Summer Youth Program Conference, Pocatello, Idaho July 11, 2016
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Official Selection NatiVisions Film Festival, Colorado River Indian Tribes, Parker, Arizona September 23, 2016
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Semestre de Management Interculturel (SMI), French International Student Cohort Screening and Lecture at the American Language Institute (ALI), San Diego State University, January 19, 2016 and February 6, 2017
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The IndieFest Film Awards, LaJolla, CA WINNER Humanitarian Award of Distinction! February 9, 2017
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Official Selection The Lakota Film Festival, Martin, South Dakota - Inland Theater, September 16, 2017
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Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival Winner Best Documentary Feature September 2017 Competition
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Los Angeles Film & Script Festival Hollywood, CA WINNER Best Documentary Feature! November 4, 2017
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California Film Awards, Coronado, CA WINNER GRAND JURY AWARD! January 5, 2018
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Flathead Lake International Cinemafest, Polson, MT WINNER "Best Indigenous Film" & "Best of FLIC"! Jan 27, 2018
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Official Selection Black Hills Film Festival, Rapid City and Hill City, South Dakota April 28, 2018
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The People's Film Festival WINNER Best Documentary!!! Harlem, New York City June 1, 2018
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Washington Community Summit, Screening and Lecture with Jim Warne, Wenatchee, WA June 14, 2018
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ONIROS Film Awards, WINNER Best 1st TIME PRODUCER! Aosta, Italy June 30, 2018
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Indigenous Film Festival, Official Selection, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota August 3, 2018
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Amsterdam International Filmaker Festival of World Cinema Finalist - Best Editing Netherlands August 17, 2018
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Venice Film Week, Official Jury Member, Casa del Cinema, Videoteca Pasinetti, Venezia Italy, August 27-31, 2018
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Mediterranean Film Festival (MedFF), Finalist Best Documentary, Syracuse Sicily Italy, August 31, 2018
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Symi International Film Festival, Official Selection, Symi Greek Islands September 19, 2018
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Culture and Diversity Film Festival, WINNER Socially Conscious Film & Best Producer! Cotati, CA September 29, 2018
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Native Spirit Film Festival, Official Selection, Bloomsbury London, United Kingdom October 14, 2018
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Rapid City Public Library, Screening and Discussion with Producer Jim Warne, South Dakota Oct. 25, 2018
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Milan International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, Finalist - Best Story & Educational Film, Milan Italy, Dec. 7, 2018
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Utah Film Festival, Official Selection, Semi-Finalist, Provo, Utah April 5 & 6, 2019
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Nice Film Market, Official Selected Film, South of France May 8-10, 2019
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Carole International Film Festival, WINNER Best Documentary!!! Carole, Italy May 9-11, 2019
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Nice International Film Festival, WINNER Best Scientific and Educational Film! Nice, France May 11-18, 2019
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New Haven International Film Festival, Official Selection, Downtown New Haven, Connecticut, May 15-18, 2019
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Central States Indie FanFilmFest, WINNER Best Documentary! Quad Cities, Illinois, May 28 - 31, 2019
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Washington Community Summit, Reel Time Film Festival, Featured Film & Lecture, Wenatchee, WA June 12, 2019
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Hollywood Boulevard Film Festival, WINNER Best Documentary!, Raleigh Studios CA, June 15-16, 2019
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West Europe International Film Festival, WINNER Best Short Documentary! Brussels, Belgium Aug 24, 2019
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East Europe Int’l Film Festival, Nominated Best Director, Documentary & Educational Film, Warsaw, Poland, Nov 28, 2019
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Southern States Indie FanFilmFest, Nominated Best Doc & Atman Diversity in FIlm, Biloxi, Mississippi, Jan 6-10, 2020
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Clarendon Park Cinema, Screening and Discussion with Jim Warne, Leicester, UK February 5, 2020
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University of Leicester Screening & Discussion, College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Leicester, UK Feb. 6, 2020
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London International Filmmaker Festival, Nominated in four Categories, London, UK February 8-15, 2020
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Fusion International Film Festivals North, Nominated in three Categories, London, UK February 15-23, 2020
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Fusion Film Festival, Winner Best Doc & Angel Peace Award! Monte Carlo, Feb 23, 2020
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Ancient Way Film Festival, Official Selection, El Morro Arts Council, El Morro, New Mexico March 13-15, 2020
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South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB) at 12 Noon CST on March 22, 2020
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Montreal International Short Film Awards, Monthly Winner Best Documentary! Canada, May 1, 2020
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World Independent Cinema Awards 5 Nominations including Best Film, Antwerp, Belgium, Oct 9, 2020 • Fusion International
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Fusion Film Festivals South 3 Nominations, Valencia, Spain, October 18-25, 2020
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Northern Visions Television NVTV Belfast, Northern Ireland Premire Aired @ 9pm UK Time, February 20, 2021
The Caorle Italy International Film Festival on May 9-11, 2019. Screening (below). After the Orchestra and with Jill at the Awards Ceremony, City Hall.

Winner Best Documentary

Below at the Nice International Filmmaker Festival Nice, France May 11-18, 2019. Jim with the Scientific & Educational Film Award (Below). Beverly Warne and Jill Warne join Jim at Nice IFF Awards Ceremony (below right). Jonh-L Voth and Jim Warne are interviewed at the Nice IFF to discuss production of the international award winning film, "7th Generation" (below left).





Jim with Jeff Goldblum at Venice FF
Amsterdam International Filmmaker Festival August 17, 2018 (above). Beverly and Jill Warne join Jim before screening (center). Jim is a jury member for Venice Film Week (above right) at Casa del Cinema. Producers invite Jill & Jim to the Venice Film Festival for screening of "The Mountain" starring Jeff Goldblum and Directed by Rick Alverson. Jim and Jeff enjoy after party (above RT).




^ Jim and Jill on the red carpet Opening Night at The People's Film Festival in Harlem, New York on June 1, 2018


^ Jim & Jill Warne at the Flathead Lake International Cinemafest Polson, MT "Best Indigenous Film" & "Best of FLIC" 1/27/18


L/R: Jill & Jim Warne, Dee Allen, Bev Warne and Q&A at Lakota Film Festival Martin, South Dakota Sept. 16, 2017


2016 NatiVisions
Film Festival
2016 NatiVisions
Film Festival
2016 NatiVisions
Film Festival
L/R: John-L Voth, Director/Producer, Keith Moses, Vice-Chairman Colorado River
Indian Tribes (CRIT), Jim Warne, Producer/Writer and John Paul Judd, Film Maker
& Artist at the CRIT NatiVisions Film Festival, Parker, Arizona September 24, 2016

Jim's Q&A discussion with audience

Jim talks about
the film

John-L Voth, Director and Ishma Fray, Native Driven Network at the 2016 Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood


John L-Voth accepts award at Los Angeles Film & Script Festival at the Complex Theater on Nov. 4, 2017
Below: Jill & Elaine Miles, Jim & family enjoy the Black Hills Film Festival in Hill City, SD on April 28, 2018



Below, Jim accepts Best Producer and Socially Conscious Film Awards at the Culture & Diversity Film Festival in Cotati, CA in Sonoma County, Sept. 30, 2018. Jim is joined by his wife Jill and family members from Hoopa, CA.




Jim attending International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) November 22-25, 2018 (left). Jim is interviewed at the Milan International Filmmaker Festival (MIFF) in Milan, Italy (below left). Jill and Jim at the MIFF Awards Ceremony on December 8, 2018 (below).

Jim attends awards ceremony at the Central States FilmFanFest in Illinois (below left) on May 30, 2019. "7th Generation" wins Best Documentary and Jim accepts award (below) from film festival director Mike Rekteen.



Mike asked Jim to rename the Inclusion in Film award. It is now the "Mitakuye Oyasin" award which means "we are all related" in Lakota. "Grateful" a film about Jenni Berebitsjy (above) was the winner. We lost Jenni to ALS soon after the awards
Jim's screening at the Washington Community Summit's REEL TIME Film Festival, below June 12, 2019




