OAI Film Faculty, Sterlin Harjo screened his film, Four Sheets to the Wind. Sterlin Harjo belongs to the Seminole and Creek Nations and is a native of Holdenville, Oklahoma. In 2004, Sundance Institute selected Harjo to receive an Annenberg Fellowship, which provided support to create his feature project Four Sheets to the Wind. Through the Sundance Institute's Filmmaker Labs, Harjo worked under the guidance of industry veterans such as Robert Redford, Stanley Tucci, Joan Tewkesbury, and many more. Four Sheets to the Wind premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2007, where it received a Special Jury Prize for outstanding performance by lead actress Tamara Podemski. The film went on to garner awards at other film festivals, including "Best Director" for Harjo at the AIFI Film Festival in San Francisco and "Best Film" at the Imaginative Film Festival in Toronto. Harjos short film Goodnight Irene premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005 and has played at festivals around the world. The work has garnered awards including Special Jury Recognition at the Aspen Shorts Festival and "Best Oklahoma Film" at the deadCENTER Film Festival in Oklahoma City. Harjo is currently editing his new film, Barking Water.
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