In celebration of the S\u00e1mi National Day, Sk\u00e1bmagovat Film Festival presents a screening of short documentaries at DocPoint.<\/p>\n
The Past and the Future of the Arctic<\/strong> My Grandfather\u2019s Language<\/strong> Home River<\/strong> \u00c1hkuin<\/strong> Sk\u00e1bmagovat (translated by Mira Sairanen, Sofia Lanki & Adrian Murtom\u00e4ki)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":485,"template":"","class_list":["post-901","movies","type-movies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docpoint.ee\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/movies\/901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docpoint.ee\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/movies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docpoint.ee\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/movies"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docpoint.ee\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docpoint.ee\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ndir. Hans Pieski, S\u00e1pmi, Finland 2023, 6 min
\nThe impact of climate change on the Arctic wilderness has been rapid. This film mirrors the changes through footage of people living in the North today and in the past. The Past and Future of the Arctic<\/em> is part of the Witness <\/em>documentary series, in which Indigenous filmmakers ponder the impact that climate change is having on their communities.<\/p>\n
\ndir. Jukka Vuorela-Morottaja, S\u00e1pmi, Finland 2023, 30 min
\nTrauma that spans generations can make a person feel rootless. Ulpu <\/strong>is a part of the Inari S\u00e1mi people, and learning the language of her ancestors, and her Grandpa Hannu <\/strong>\u2013 a language spoken by less than 500 people in the world \u2013 as an adult, was an empowering and healing experience. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\ndir. Kati Eriksen & Scott Thornton, S\u00e1pmi, Finland, USA 2023, 26 min
\nFishing has been an integral part of S\u00e1mi culture and identity in Utsjoki. When a new law prohibited fishing in the local river, the S\u00e1mi people protested by fishing without permits and turning themselves in afterwards. The time had come to take the measure of constitutional rights.<\/p>\n
\ndir. Radio-JusSunn\u00e1 \/ Sunn\u00e1 Nousuniemi & Guhtur Niillas Rita Duomis \/ Tuomas Kumpulainen, S\u00e1pmi, Finland, USA 2024, 20 min
\nA visual and musical love letter to the director\u2019s late grandmother, Niillasa\u0161-Jovnna M\u00e1ret<\/strong>, born one hundred years ago. Archival interviews and the joik of \u00e1hkku are weaved together across time, and the melancholy but playful tale offers lessons for a new age defined by taking and giving.<\/p>\n