A thousand years ago, Sameland was a target for repeated raids by various plunderers. Being peace-loving people, the Sámi fled every time they realised that they were on the losing side. Then came a day when one of the Sámi begun to fight back against the oppressors to protect his family. Based on Sámi mythology, this anime-style film is the first Sámi-spoken animated film ever made by a Sámi director.
- Year:
- 2014
- Runtime:
- 10
- Country:
- Finland
- Director:
- Jouni West
- Screenplay:
- Jouni West
- Animation:
- Jouni West
- Music:
- Rami Kaaresto
- Editor:
- Jouni West, Juuso Laatio
- Production:
- Mutant Koala Pictures
- Sales:
- The Finnish Film Foundation
- Festivals:
- ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival 2014 (Honorable Mention)
Schedule:
9.11.2017
17:00
Kino Lumière (K2)
(part of Focus: Finnish Short Films)
About the Director:
Jouni West
Jouni West (1990, Finland) made his first animation, Áigin, three years ago, basing it loosely on Norwegian filmmaker Nils Gaup’s Pathfinder (Ofelaš, 1987), a Sámi-language adventure drama that garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Lan- guage Film. His dream is to make a feature-length animated film.