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The Top 50 Film Schools of 2025
Cherokee Film Institute has made TheWrap's list of the nations top 50 film schools as an honorable mention. This list utilizes a data-driven ranking system to score each institution on a wide variety of factors and compile those scores into a list of the 50 best film schools in the nation.
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Cherokee Film Institute Accepting Applications
Applications are open to everyone 18 and older and will be available Aug. 1 through Sept. 15, 2025. A discounted tuition rate will be offered to citizens of federally recognized tribes.
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Tribal officials designate Cherokee Nation Reservation as Film Ready
Cherokee Nation officials, as well as state, local and business leaders, recently gathered with current and future filmmakers to commemorate the tribe’s ongoing efforts to expand and amplify media production within the Cherokee Nation Reservation while highlighting its role as a filmmaking hub for all northeast Oklahoma.
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Cherokee Nation and Amazon collaborate to support Cherokee Film Institute
A recently announced collaboration between Cherokee Nation and Amazon will provide full scholarships to Cherokee Film Institute’s inaugural class of students. Amazon’s financial contribution will mean the first 25 students accepted into the program can receive full certification completely tuition-free.
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Cherokee Film Institute Opens With Below-the-Line Training Program
Cherokee Nation recently launched the world’s first and only tribally operated education and workforce development center focused specifically on helping Native Americans join the entertainment industry.
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Cherokee Nation Launches Cherokee Film Institute
Under the Cherokee Film Institute, the tribe and its businesses are investing in a long-term strategy to create educational and career opportunities aimed at removing barriers for Native Americans to enter the film and media industry while creating a sustainable workforce in and around its tribal reservation. The institute’s first courses are set to begin in January 2025.
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