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A young woman struggles to defend her Sámi heritage in a world where xenophobia is on the rise, climate change is threatening reindeer...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Elin Kristina Oskal

During summer 1979, Ester moves to Alta in Northern Norway to begin teaching at an elementary school. Like many Sámi at the time, she is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen

Documentary about the priest and joiker Johan Märak and the artist Lars Pirak, and their friendship.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Johan Märak

Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mikkel Gaup

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...

Genre: Action

Cast: Jack Fjeldstad

Sámi artefacts from the Finnish National Museum are returning home to Sápmi, while the holy drums of the Sámi people are still...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Suvi West

Personal accounts from the Alta actions in the years 1979 to 1981. Large police forces were deployed against the demonstrators. The dispute over the...

Genre: Documentary

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Two parallel stories are gradually unfolding the everyday life of two very different persons - that of 86-year-old Sara and 7-year-old Mihka - both...

Genre: Documentary

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The Persian ruler Shah Nadir has only one daughter. Princess Lindagull is kind-hearted, but feels trapped in her palace life. The vengeful King...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Asko Sarkola

The year was 1916, we follow Sire’s everyday life, until her final moments. We are a part of her little world and get to see how big that...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anna Åsdell

On Saturday, April 26, spring came to Sweden. That same day, Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Bringing mild winds to Scandinavia. Sweden...

Genre: Documentary

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A drama about the manager Håkan Dahlin who has just been discharged from a clinic where he was treated for his alcoholism. In an outbreak of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Arnold Sjöstrand

Documentary about Lars Theodor Jonsson who was a cross country skier in the 1920s and 30s and now lives alone in the forest.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lars Theodor Jonsson

The year is 1025 and Arnljot Sunvisson has returned home after a long journey to find that his betrothed has married another.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hugo Björne

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Suvi West

Everyday wintertime life of Sámi reindeer herder Inka Länta and her family, mingling authentic and fictionalized takes.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Inka Länta

The AssimiNation is a political pamphlet portraying the indigenous Sámi people fighting for their existence. The film follows the on going...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ida-Maria Helander

Iida, an elderly Sámi woman, who has abandoned her roots under the pressure of forced Finnishization, is conflicted between selling her old...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Agafia Niemenmaa

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Elli Sääskilahti

A Sámi woman fights for her right to claim a tax deduction against the purchase of a dog. Why the Swedish authorities fail to recognize the...

Genre: Documentary

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In the village of Utfjord, Sami Elin fights to preserve the pastures of the family that runs reindeer, but when she falls in love with Daniel, her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sigurd Kornelius Lakseide