Terry Jones is a Native American filmmaker and educator currently living on the Seneca Nation territory in Western New York. Growing up on an American Indian reservation has given Jones a unique worldview perspective. Jones has a passion for sharing Iroquois history and culture through his videos and sharing of indigenous foods. It is Jones’ intention to engage his audiences’ five senses through his work.

Jones would like to use his art as an agent of change. Like many other communities, Jones' home territory is confronted with many issues that negatively impact its quality of life (loss of language, drug abuse, diabetes, environmental dangers, public safety and injustice). It is his hope that his future film projects will promote and facilitate dialogue that can influence changes in public policy.

FILM FESTIVALS:

Soup For My Brother – 10 minutes – 2016 – Documentary - A film by Terry Jones
Summary: "Today is a special day for Jimmy’s brother, Danny. As Jimmy prepares a batch of soup for his brother, we learn this documentary is about tradition, brotherly love and loss." This film is distributed by the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (Toronto, Canada).
WINNER - BEST DOCUMENTARY: 2016 Liverpool International Film Festival – Liverpool, England
FINALIST/OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 International Peace and Film Festival – Orlando, FL
NOMINATED - ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY: 2016 LA Skins Fest – Los Angeles, CA
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 American Indian Film Festival – San Francisco, CA
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 Buffalo International Film Festival - Buffalo, NY
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 Kanatsiohareke Haudenosaunee Film Festival - Fonda, NY
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 Syracuse International Film Festival - Syracuse, NY
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 Native Cinema Showcase (Smithsonian) - Santa Fe, NM
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 NatiVisions Film Festival - Parker, AZ
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival – Toronto, Canada
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 First Nations Film and Video Festival – Chicago, IL
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Where Is The Horse Film Festival (WITHFF) - Montreal, Canada
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival - Winnipeg, Canada

Give and Take – 14 minutes – 2015 - A film by Terry Jones, Govind Deecee & Erin Perkins
Summary: “A linguistic anthropologist meets an Indigenous woman trickster in the forest.” Shot entirely on the Onondaga Nation territory.
WINNER: 2015 Emerging Filmmaker – LA Skins Fest - Los Angeles, CA.
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 Kanatsiohareke Haudenosaunee Film Festival - Fonda, NY
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 First Nations Film and Video Festival – Chicago, IL

[untitled and unlabeled] – 3 minutes - 2016 - A film by Terry Jones
Summary: "In this very personal experimental work, director Terry Jones reflects upon the moment he was told he was “different” and how that left an imprint on the narrative of his life." This film is distributed by the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (Toronto, Canada).

OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2018 Vancouver Queer Film Festival - Vancouver, Canada
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2018 Kanatsiohareke Haudenosaunee Film Festival - Fonda, NY
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival – Toronto, Canada
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 First Nations Film and Video Festival – Chicago, IL

Empire State – 5 minutes – 2017 - A film by Terry Jones and Govind Deecee
Summary: "As an Elder goes about preparing wild onions and corn, the outside world infiltrates through the TV: the fall of the Twin Towers, the hit on Baghdad, and the first death of a Native American soldier overseas. A subtly poignant film that simply told gives strength to the old man and to those who bear witness." This film is distributed by the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (Toronto, Canada).
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival – Toronto, Canada
NOMINATED – BEST NARRATIVE SHORT: LA Skins Fest, Los Angeles, CA
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2018 Kanatsiohareke Haudenosaunee Film Festival - Fonda, NY
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 First Nations Film and Video Festival – Chicago, IL
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2013 Student Experimental Film Festival (SEFF) - Binghamton, NY

Unearthed – 14 minutes – 2017 - A film by Terry Jones and Govind Deecee
Summary: “James receives news that will upset the balance of the lives of his elder farmer parents and his young son. ‘Unearthed’ is a film about reconciling those familial conflicts that lie beneath the surface.” This film features Haudenosaunee community members Clint Jones (Seneca – wolf clan), Regina Jones (Oneida) and Kaivin Jones (Mohawk – turtle clan).
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2018 Indianer Inuit - Das Nordamerika Filmfestival - Stuttgart, Germany
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2017 First Nations Film and Video Festival – Chicago, IL

Scarlett – 6 minutes – 2016 - A film by Terry Jones, Govind Deecee and Akshay Raheja
Summary: “A scientist attempts to bring his dead wife, Scarlett, back to life by using her live cells.” This film was shot on 35mm film stock and was produced in the Czech Republic at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU).
OFFICIAL SELECTION: 2016 Arte Nonstop Film Festival – Buenos Aires, Argentina
SEMI-FINALIST: 2016 Post Mortem International Film Festival – Aguascalientes, Mexico

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