En ung kvinnas kamp mot att försvara sitt ursprung i en värld där främlingsfientlighet är på frammarsch, klimatförändringar hotar renskötseln och unga väljer att begå självmord som konsekvens av en kollektiv desperation.
1978 beslutade Stortinget att bygga en damm i Alta-Kautokeinovassdraget, mitt i hjärtat av Sápmi. En lokal naturvårdsåtgärd för att bevara ån utvecklades till en uppgörelse mot den norska statens behandling av samerna. Mitt i det historiska dramat står Ester som under hela sitt liv förnekat sin samiska identitet.
När den unga samekvinnan Elen, med stöd av en grupp samer vägrar att betala en orättfärdig skuld till Ruth, ser han till att arrestera större delen av de som står på hennes sida. Elen blir ensam kvar att sköta renhjordarna, men hon lyckas till slut få rättslig hjälp att befria de arresterade männen. Ruth beslagtar renarna för att täcka rättstvistens kostnader. Utan inkomster från sina renar, står samerna utan sin enda källa till inkomst. De ser inget annat val än att konfrontera Ruth.
The movie takes place during World War II and depicts the true story of Jan Baalsruds amazing escape from the German army from the coast of Northern Norway and across the border to the neutral country Sweden.
Iida, an elderly Sámi woman, who has abandoned her roots under the pressure of forced Finnishization, is conflicted between selling her old homestead and hiding her cultural heritage from her niece, as the rural way of life she has suppressed begins to creep back in.
The year is 1025 and Arnljot Sunvisson has returned home after a long journey to find that his betrothed has married another.
Ingenjör Dahlin har varit intagen på klinik på grund av sin alkoholism. Professor Ahlström skriver med viss tvekan ut honom. Dahlin dricker grogg på restaurant med sin kompis Stor-Jerker. Denne varnar den allt häftigare groggande Dahlin för att han kan bli tvångsinternerad.
Sámi artefacts from the Finnish National Museum are returning home to Sápmi, while the holy drums of the Sámi people are still imprisoned in the basements of museums across Europe. The returning objects symbolise the dignity, identity, history, connection to ancestors and a whole world view that was taken from the Sámi people. Director Suvi West takes the viewer behind the scenes of the museum world to reflect on the spirit of the objects, the inequality of cultures and the colonialist burden of museums.
Loving someone of the same gender is frowned upon in Sami communities. Sparrooabbán (Me and my little sister) shows what it’s like to be a minority within a minority. Suvi describes how her little sister Kaisa wishes to be accepted as she is. Like her sister, Kaisa is a Sami, but also in a relationship with a woman, and she also works as a deacon. There are obviously more constricting communities in the film than only one.
Personal accounts from the Alta actions in the years 1979 to 1981. Large police forces were deployed against the demonstrators. The dispute over the Alta river began as an environmental issue, but became a major turning point for the Sámi people's struggle for equal rights in Norway.
Love, music, Sami identity and environmental activism go hand in hand in this inspiring tale of young singer Ella and her fight against the mining company that threatens her Sami heritage.
The fate of a culture lies on the shoulders of few determined individuals.
Dokumentär om den svenske skidåkaren Lars Theodor Jonsson.
Tigern Ahriman har försvunnit med Prinsessan Lindagull i sitt gap. Den gamle Shah Nadir blev mycket ledsen, ja hela Persien blev ledsna. Kungens garde, de femtiotusen ryttarna med guldbetslen, ilade genast iväg för att söka prinsessan.
A woman returns home to her father and childhood home, after being gone for over 20 years. Her purpose for the visit is to deliver the message that her fathers former wife has passed away.
Why are gooseberries so much more valuable than deer trees and why did the Sami men lay naked on the marsh in the past? How do you respond to a mock execution and what is actually panic attack? Ella and Moa are two girls with more questions than answers and during a summer night they approach a little cautiously of their Sami origin. —Jonas Selberg Augustsén
On Saturday, April 26, spring came to Sweden. That same day, Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Bringing mild winds to Scandinavia. Sweden suffered heavily of radioactive poison.
Crottet came to Suonikylä in Petsamo for the first time already before the World Wars, and was enchanted by the self-regulatory community he met there. Gauriloff skilfully combines documentary material and the most dreamlike layers of the human mind, letting the harmony of the inner voices crash into the chaotic noise of the surrounding world.
Någonstans i fjällvärlden, 1916, följer vi Sire Marainen under hennes sista tid i kåtan. Vi är med och får se hur stor den lilla världen kan vara. Hur rik den är på känslor, ljud, lukter och minnen. Sire påminner oss om livet, inte om döden. Sire var min morfars mamma, min Máttaráhkku och morfar var 10 år.
The documentary Rap and Reindeer follows the life of 18-year-old Sámi rapper Mihkku Laiti, who lives in the northernmost corner of Sámiland. The film is a coming-of-age story, following Mihku on his journey towards a career as a musician and rise to stardom in the midst of varying expectations. He’s charmed the crowd on Talent Suomi and proudly wears the Sámi clothing he has styled himself. He raps and yoiks in harmony, designs his own brand on his computer but also masters the skill of laborious reindeer herding. Above all, he sees his own unique roots and the Sámi language as his greatest strength. The future makes him wonder: to follow his father’s footsteps or to reach for his dreams.