The Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Program 2025

“Haudenosaunee filmmaking is emerging in a way that is becoming more into the public awareness of who we are as people, how we speak,what we look like.”
—Terry Jones

“It’s very important to have these short film festivals. It gives our people, our First Nations Indigenous people to tell the stories that have not been told before because of the oppression and marginalization that our people have faced and continue to face through systemic racism and discrimination.”
—HMSFP 2021 audience member

Curated by Seneca filmmaker Terry J. Jones, The annual Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Program, features an Indigenous curated and filmmaker compensated screening program of  short films created by Haudenosaunee filmmakers from all over Turtle Island followed by a live filmmaker panel discussion and audience Q&A.

The Haudenosaunee Micro Short Film Program creates a safe space for Haudenosaunee filmmakers to represent their experiences as Indigenous People and media makers in an industry characterized by underrepresentation and marginalization. 

The Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Program was created in collaboration between Spark Filmmakers Collaborative and Torn Jersey Media.

Funding is made possible through Arts Services Inc.’s Creative Impact Fund thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature and the Office of the Governor, and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts

Saturday, September 7, 2024 Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

Moderator & Host Caleb Abrams with panelists Waylon Wilson, Mia McKie, and Rodney Haring.

2023 Participating Filmmakers

Caleb Abrams (Seneca) Curator/Host/Moderator, Yehwatsironnyons Hill (Mohawk), Terry J. Jones (Seneca) Co-Curator, Nathan Abrams (Seneca), Josh Davis (Tuscarora), KJ Edwards (Mohawk), Sara General (Kanien’kehá:ka/Six Nations), Rodney Haring (Seneca), Kelly Maracle (Mohawk-Seneca), Mia McKie (Tuscarora), Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore (Mohawk), Patrick Redeye (Seneca), Judith Kanatahawi Schuyler (Oneida), Waylon Wilson (Tuscarora)

Funding Support

Funding is made possible through Arts Services Inc.’s Creative Impact Fund thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature and the Office of the Governor, and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts.

Saturday, September 2, 2023 Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

Moderator Caleb Abrams with panelists Jodi Lynn Maracle and Ruchatneet Printup.

2023 Participating Filmmakers

Caleb Abrams (Seneca), Gia Fisher (Northern Cheyenne/Seneca/Tuscarora), Raohserahawi Hemlock (Mohawk), Yehwatsironnyons Hill (Mohawk), Terry J. Jones (Seneca), ZsaZsa Kahn (Seneca), Jodi Lynn Maracle (Mohawk), Ruchatneet Printup (Tuscarora), Keagan VanEvery (Seneca), Rematriation Special Presentation of Seven 1-Minute Short Films

Funding Support

Funding is made possible through Arts Services Inc.’s Creative Impact Fund thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature and the Office of the Governor, and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts. Additional support was provided by Buffalo Common Council North and Delaware District Councilmembers Joseph Golombeck Jr. and Joel P. Feroleto.

Saturday, November 12, 2022, 4:00 PM
Bears Den @ Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino, Niagara Falls, NY

Moderator Terry Jones with filmmaker panelists Judith Schyler and Jodi Lynn Maracle.

Saturday, September 3, 2022
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

Moderator Terry Jones with filmmaker panelists Jodi Lynn Maracle, January Marie Rogers, and Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore.

Click here to listen to Terry Jones’s Interview with Jay Moran on WBFO radio Buffalo What’s Next recorded live on 9/2/2022.

Participating Filmmakers

Jodi Lynn Maracle (Mohawk) – panelist, Caleb Abrams (Seneca), Page Bethmann (Mohawk), Yehwatsironnyons Hill (Mohawk), Alyssa Golden (Seneca), Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore (Mohawk) – panelist, Terry J. Jones (Seneca) – host & curator, January Marie Rogers (Mohawk/Tuscarora) – panelist, Judith Schuyler (Onyota’a:ka, Oneida Nation), Rosy Simas (Seneca), Six Nations Art Club Youth (Haudenosaunee), Raven Two Feathers (Seneca, Cherokee, Cayuga, Comanche), Kegan VanEvery (Seneca), Bradley Jimerson

Funding Support

Funding is made possible through Arts Services Inc.’s Creative Impact Fund thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature and the Office of the Governor, and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts. Additional support was provided by Buffalo Common Council North District Councilmember Joseph Golombeck Jr.

The Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Program was presented 3 times in 2021. Curated by Seneca filmmaker Terry J. Jones, HMSFP 2021 featured 12 short films by 14 Haudenosaunee filmmakers from all over Turtle Island (North America and Canada), followed by a Haudenosaunee filmmaker panel discussion.

Saturday, September 4, 2021 Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

Filmmaker panelists included Terry Jones (Seneca), Caleb Abrams (Seneca), and Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore (Mohawk).

Saturday, November 19, 2021 Bears Den @ Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino, Niagara Falls, NY

Filmmaker panelists included Terry Jones (Seneca), Caleb Abrams (Seneca), Candace Maracle (Mohawk), Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore (Mohawk), Rosy Simas (Seneca), and Karenna’onwe Dr. Karen Hill (Mohawk).

Participating Filmmakers

Caleb Abrams (Seneca), Candace Maracle (Mohawk) – panelist, Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore (Mohawk) – panelist, Terry J. Jones (Seneca) – host & curator, Rosy Simas (Seneca) – panelist, Karenna’onwe Dr. Karen Hill (Mohawk) – panelist, Jonathan Elliott (Mohawk), ZsaZsa K (Seneca), Brooke Rice (Mohawk), Judith Schuyler (Onyota’a:ka, Oneida Nation), Patrick Redeye (Seneca), Maurice John Jr. (Lakota Sioux) & Tami Watt (Seneca)

Funding Support

Funding support was provided by Buffalo Common Council North District Councilmember Joseph Golombeck Jr.