4th International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) in Window Rock at the Navajo Nation Museum on November 13 and 14, 2025

The 4th edition of the International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) of Window Rock at the Navajo Nation Museum was honored with the presence of filmmakers Shonie De La Rosa, Ella Warnick, Guy Morgan, Jeff Gipe and Lynda Williams, producer Sunny Dooley and honorable Crystalyne Curley, 25th Navajo Nation Council Speaker. The Window Rock Uranium Film Festival ended with the closing ceremony and the announcement of its Honorary Lifetime Achievement Awards 2025. 

The 2025 winners in Window Rock are 89 Year old, long time activist Jan Boudart from Chicago and native American activist, actor and filmmaker Norman Patrick Brown. 

Jan is board member of the Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS), a non-profit organization committed to ending nuclear power and advocating for sustainable ecologically sound and socially just energy solutions. At the age 50, she reawakened her activist voice and startet in 2004 her anti-nuclear work. „With this award, we honor her tireless commitment to a better world for everyone, free from nuclear risks,” says festival executive director Marcia Gomes de Oliveira. “She traveled by train from Chicago to the festival and arrived full of energy to continue her work raising awareness about the risks and consequences of nuclear energy. We couldn’t resist giving her this year’s lifetime achievement award.”

"Norman Patrick Brown is a distinguished Navajo warrior, filmmaker, actor and intellectual strategist, who has devoted his life to addressing the profound challenges posed by nuclear issues since his pivotal involvement in the 1974 anti-nuclear conference", justifies Anna Marie Rondon, Project Director of the New Mexico Social Justice and Equity Institute (NMSJEI) for the festival.

„Renowned for his unwavering commitment and exceptional strategic acumen, Norman has been both a cherished friend and steadfast collaborator for more than half a lifetime“ „His influence has been far-reaching— he played a crucial role in the advancement of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, galvanized 800 participants in a landmark gathering of uranium miners, and was instrumental in the enactment of the Dineh Natural Resources Protection Act of 2005, which decisively banned uranium mining within the Navajo Nation. Norman’s tireless efforts continue to safeguard the well-being of Navajo communities. In recognition of his lifelong dedication, the  International Uranium Film Festival honors him the festival’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award."

In addition, the festival jury gave the documentary "UNDER THE CLOUD" by Pedro Reyes
the Uranium Film Festival Window Rock 2025 Award for Best Documentary Short Film..

After Window Rock the International Uranium Film Festival will be hosted November 21 - 23 in Las Vegas
in cooperation with Principal Man Ian Zabarte, Western Bands of the Shoshone Nation of Indians.
Secretary of State of the Western Shoshone National Council