Opening of the Suohpanterror poster art exhibition and Young Sámis and cultural activism program serie. Welcoming words by Cita Högnabba-Lumikero, Director of FinnAgora. Opening words by Petra Laiti, chair of Suoma Sámi Nuorat, the Finnish Sámi youth organization.
Young Sámis and cultural activism offers a versatile program of films and documentaries besides. There is a free entrance to all screenings. All films are in original language and subtitled in English.
25.5.
SCREENING
6 p.m. Sami Blood (NO/SE/DK) 2016, dir. Amanda Kernell (in collaboration with Titanic Film Festival)
Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sámi girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930's and race biology examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve this other life she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.
Amanda Kernell´s, striking debute Sami Blood is a multiple award-winner. The Film received one of the biggest Film Prices, the Dragon Award Best Nordic Film at Göteborg Film Festival, and was also awarded with the Breaking Waves Award at this year´s Titanic Film Festival, just to mention a few.
The film is in original langauge and subtitled in English.
In cooperation with Titanic Film Festival
DISCUSSION
8 p.m. SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVISM - DISCUSSION WITH PETRA LAITI AND GÁSPÁR BÉKÉS
Petra Laiti is the chair of Suoma Sámi Nuorat, the Finnish Sámi Youth Organization. She also functions as the co-chair of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus and as a board member in City-Sámit, the organization for Sámi living in Southern Finland. She is an activist and a blogger, and has made a name for herself through bringing contemporary Sámi insight to daily topics in Finland.
Gáspár Békés is the main organizer of the CEU-protests. He became an activist a year ago, and is now one of the most important voices in Hungary for free education and democratic rights of students. Békés is the founder of the Facebook page I Stand with CEU, with 30 000 followers. Békés studies in CEU and is also a member of the Independent Student Parliament in Hungary, where he is Chief of Communications and a member of the Democratic Education Committee.
The language of the event is English.
The discussion is part of Young Sámis and cultural activism.
27.5.
SCREENING
5 p.m. Me and my Little Sister (FI), 2015, dir. Suvi West
(Sparrooabbán) (FI), 2015, Suvi West
Me and My Little Sister is a personal film about sisterhood, homosexuality and the search for acceptance. The film director Suvi and her sister Kaisa are two indigenous Sámi girls from Northern Finland. In their home village, Utsjoki, religious prejudices and conservative values haunt the gay peoples' lives on a daily basis. Suvi feels powerless not being able to help her sister face her community's discrimination. This is especially important now, as Kaisa has decided to have a baby.
The film is in original langauge and subtitled in English.
DISCUSSION
6.15 p.m. Cultural activism - Discussion with Sámi of the year 2016, musician, poet and author Niillas Holmberg.
CULTURAL ACTIVISM - DISCUSSION WITH NIILLAS HOLMBERG
Niillas Holmberg is a Sámi poet, musician, actor and activist whose books and poetry have been translated into more than ten languages. Despite of his young age, Holmberg has gained notable international recognition. He has even been compared to legendary Sámi artist, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää. In 2016 Niillas Holmberg was awarded the Sámi of the Year Award in Finland for his work in music, literature, languages and Sámi rights.
Moderator: Petra Nemeth
The language of the event is English.
The discussion is part of Young Sámis and cultural activism.
28.5.
SCREENING
3 p.m. Suddenly Sami (NO), 2009, dir. Elle-Astri Lundby (in collaboration with Norwegian Embassy in Budapest)
Min Mors Hemmelighet (Suddenly Sami) is a personal film about identity. During the director’s childhood and youth in Oslo her mother never told her about her indigenous Sami background in the Arctic area of Norway. Why didn’t she? And how can the director suddenly become Sami in the middle of life? And does she really want to?
In cooperation with Norwegian Embassy in Budapest
The film is in original langauge and subtitled in English.
SCREENING
4.30 p.m. Kaisa's Enchanted Forest (FI) 2015, dir. Katja Gauriloff
(Kuun metsän Kaisa) (FI) 2015, dir. Katja Gauriloff
Filmmaker Katja Gauriloff found a treasure trove of pristine 16mm footage of her great-grandmother Kaisa, a legendary storyteller. She recovered these priceless films from the ‘30s-’60s, shot by the Swiss writer Robert Crottet, who lived with Kaisa in the ‘30s, and Spanish photographer Enrique Méndez. The footage and newly created animation depicting the stories creates a poetic, moving portrait of a charismatic woman who stayed strong as WWII forced them to leave their home lands forever. Kaisa’s Enchanted Forest, from director Katja Gauriloff, was awarded the Golden Dove award at DOK Leipzig in animated documentary category.
The film is in original langauge and subtitled in English.
