Awards Jury
imagineNATIVE is proud to be able to provide annual cash awards to artists spanning over fourteen awards categories. We have four different juries to select the award winners across our Film + Video, Digital + Interactive, and Audio Official Selection.

2022 MOON JURY
The Moon Jury is responsible for adjudicating the following awards: Dramatic Feature, Live Action Short, Animated Short, Innovation in Storytelling, Indigenous Language Production, and the Moon Jury Award.

DANA CLAXTON
Hunkpapa Lakota

TANU GAGO
Samoa

2022 SUN JURY
The Sun Jury is responsible for adjudicating the following awards: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, New Voice in Storytelling, and the Sun Jury Award.

DAVID HERNÁNDEZ PALMAR
Wayuu

PAULINE CLAGUE
Yaegl

2022 WATER JURY
The Water Jury is responsible for adjudicating the following awards: New Artist in Digital + Interactive and the Digital + Interactive Award.

SUSAN BLIGHT
Anishinaabe

HEXE FEY
Oglala Lakota

2022 LAND JURY
The Land Jury is responsible for adjudicating the following awards: Experimental Audio and Narrative Audio.

KATHLEEN DOXTATOR
Oneida