Arctic indigenous people profiled in Berlin
Kaisa Gauriloff, a Skolt Sami woman, is featured in a portrait film by her granddaughter Katja Gauriloff of Finland, during the Berlinale in February. The film is part of the “Arctic Indigenous People” sub-program. (Photo from the film, with permission from the Berlinale)
Films from and about indigenous people in the Arctic is one of the special features during this year’s international film festival in Berlin.
Films from and about indigenous people in the Arctic is one of the special features during this year’s international film festival in Berlin.
The sub-program NATIVe is this year dedicated to "Indigenous Films from the Arctic Circle".
Berlin International Film Festival, also referred to as the "Berlinale", awards the annual "Golden Bear" and is among the largest and most prestigious film festivals in the world. The Berlinale has been arranged every year since 1951.
The poster for the NATIVe program shows Kaisa Gauriloff, a Skolt Sami who is the grandmother of the Finnish film maker Katja Gauriloff. The film "Kaisa’s enchanted forest" (Kuun Metsän Kaisa) is a personal and poetic documentary about the history of the Skolt Sami from the 1930s and later.
The International Sami Film Institute (isfi) has, in addition to the film about Kaisa, also contributed with funding for the films "Sami blood" by Amanda Kernell, "Rebel" (Bihttos) by Elle Maija Tailfeathers and "Sami moment" (Sámi Boddu) by Ken Are Bongo.
The NATIVe program also includes films from Russia, Canada, Denmark/Greenland, the USA and Germany – all with themes such as Arctic indigenous people, history and culture.
The Berlinale kicks off on February 9 and lasts for a full 10 days.
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Anne Lajla Utsi is Director of the International Sami Film Institute and on the Board of the Berlinale’s NATIVe program. The members of the Board will be present during the festival in Berlin and participate in several debates and meetings about the theme “Indigenous People in the Arctic”. (Photo: isfi)