What a Scene! Glamour and Talent at the 2014 AIFF Awards [13 Photos]

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Awards show hosts Eddie Spears and Tonantzin Carmelo

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Jana Mashonee sings a song dedicated to Misty Upham

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Glen Gould accepting his Best Actor award for his performance in 'Rhymes for Young Ghouls'

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Inez Jasper

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Director Jeff Barnaby accepting his award for 'Rhymes for Young Ghouls'

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Steven Paul Judd signs AIFF posters he created

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Jana Mashonee memorializes the late Charlie Hill

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Eddie Spears performs an honor song to the winners as Tonantzin Carmelo looks on

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Yaaw Tei Yi Dancers

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Yaaw Tei Yi Dancers

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Spencer Battiest performs

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Native fiddler Swil Kanim

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Jana Mashonee, Tonantzin Carmelo, Inez Jasper, and comedian Drew Lacapa assist Keith Secola in a musical number

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What a Scene! Glamour and Talent at the 2014 AIFF Awards [13 Photos]

By:

ICTMN Staff

11/21/14

The 39th Annual American Indian Film Festival (AIFF) ended, as always, with the American Indian Motion Picture Awards Show (AIMPAS), an event held on November 9 at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Two of the most acclaimed Native films in recent years, Rhymes for Young Ghouls and Drunktown's Finest, were big winners, and LaDonna Harris was honored—you can see our previous story for a list of who won what.

Like any good awards ceremony, the show itself was entertaining, with musicians, comedians, actors and actresses coming together to celebrate the medium of film and those who make it. There were tributes to two towering figures lost within the last 12 months—actress Misty Upham and comedian Charlie Hill. Hosts Eddie Spears and Tonantzin Carmelo kept the show moving, and the Yaaw Tei Yi dancers wowed the audience with their moves and colorful regalia, under the watchful eye of the Native actress painted by Steven Paul Judd for the Festival's program.

Many thanks to photographer Sage Andrew Romero for capturing these images. For more information about AIFF and AIMPAS, visit AIFISF.com.

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