Team

  • Two people standing on a red carpet in front of a red backdrop with the words 'RNCI Red Nation Awards' and a logo, holding an award, smiling at the camera.

    Angel Díaz

    Festival de Cine del Valle de Guadalupe A.C. Co-Founder & Community Screenings Organizer, Director of Indigenous Communities in the Department of Social Inclusion & Gender Equality, Producer of Kumeyaay Land, Red Nation Film Festival Winner, Kumeyaay Leader & Bule Singer, Founder of Auka®

  • Tru Miller

    Festival de Cine del Valle de Guadalupe A.C. Co-Founder, Founder of Adobe Guadalupe Vineyards & Inn

  • Martha Montes

    Festival de Cine del Valle de Guadalupe A.C. Co-Founder & Coordinator, Founder of Tipey Joa, National Advisor for the Kumiai Nation in Mexico, Board of Directors of the ACLU San Diego & Imperial County, Professor at Cuyamaca College

  • Karl Pettersen

    Festival de Cine del Valle de Guadalupe A.C. Co-Founder & Jury, Award-Winning Music Composer, Sustainability Leader, Top 100 Innovators & Entrepreneurs 2024, Founder of Pettersen Consulting LLC

  • Smiling man with long hair and beard outdoors, mountain landscape background.

    Dylan Verrechia

    Festival de Cine del Valle de Guadalupe A.C. Co-Founder & Programming Director, Award-Winning Auteur-Director (with ankylosing spondylitis disability) of Kumeyaay Land, La Pura Vida, Tierra Madre, Tijuana Makes Me Happy & Kids of the Majestic at Morelia, Slamdance, Red Nation, Artivist, Chicago LGTBQ+, Latino & Native American Film Festivals, Executive Producer of Verrechia Films LLC (Arakimentari, Padre Nuestro, The Alley Cat, Sega, BlackCard, videos for The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West, Beck, Wu-Tang Clan, Nortec, winner at Sundance, SXSW, Chicago, BFF, streamed on HBO, Canal+, Netflix, Cineclick, Amazon, iTunes, MUBI)

  • Luna Zamudio

    Festival de Cine del Valle de Guadalupe A.C. MC, Actress in Kumeyaay Land, Student at Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Student at Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

  • Joshua Ayala

    Festival de Cine del Valle de Guadalupe A.C. Tech, Technician in Computer Equipment Repair at Compra Perfecta, P.T.B. in Computer Science, Technician in Audio and Projection