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Kati Eriksen is one of the eleven participants in the Sámi Producer Lab, which started in Guovdageaidnu last week. Kati has previously directed and produced Home River - Veahčak, and now she is working on a new project, with a follow up on the Deatnu River and her working title of the film is Back to River.

The Sámi Producer Lab is a collaboration with the International Sami Film Institute, Netflix and EAVE, where Sámi Film Producer will get a six month mentoring an training with the producer aspect in mind. The workshop started in Guovdageaidnu/Sápmi October 2024, and will continue with online courses the next months.

@netflixnordic @eave_producers @ruoktojohkahomeriver

The Sámi Producer Lab Documentary expert Sylvia Stevens gives her tip to filmmakers.

Sylvia has been working with documentaries for 40 years. She is a co-founder of Faction Films/Faction Media in London. She has made programmes as a Director, Producer or and Exec Producer for UK broadcasters – BBC, Channel 4, ITV – and internationally – NETFLIX, RTE, PBS, NHK, ARTE, and Al Jazeera amongst others. She has done co-productions in Latin America – Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil – and in India, South Africa, Australia and Japan.

The Sámi Producer Lab is a collaboration with the International Sami Film Institute, Netflix and EAVE, where Sámi Film Producer will get a six month mentoring and training with the producer aspect in mind. The workshop started in Guovdageaidnu/Sápmi in October 2024.

@netflixnordic @eave_producers

The Sámi Producer Lab Head of Studies, Tamara Dawit, shares her best tip to film producers. She is an Ethiopian-Canadian award-winning filmmaker and arts industry executive. She's producing a slate of films, and we are so happy to have her on board in our Lab for the next six months!

The Sámi Producer Lab is a collaboration with the International Sami Film Institute, Netflix and EAVE, where Sámi Film Producer will get a six month mentoring an training with the producers aspect in mind.

@netflixnordic @eave_producers @gobezmedia

Ole-Henrik Lifjell is one of the eleven participants in the Sámi Producer Lab, which started in Guovdageaidnu this week. You might know him for his joik, music and dance? Here he gives us a insight in his short documentary project Gåetie, the traditional turf hut.

The Sámi Producer Lab is a collaboration with the International Sami Film Institute, Netflix and EAVE, where Sámi Film Producer will get a six month training and mentoring with the producers aspect in mind.

@eave_producers @netflixnordic

Mii háliidat giitit Nils Gaup gii lea ISFI filbmakonsuleantan doaibman maŋimuš beannot jagi. Farga son lávke fas iežas ođđa prošeavttaide. Nils Gaup lea leamaš midjiide Internašunála Sámi Filbmainstituhtas ja sámi filbmaealáhusas duohta inspirašuvdnan go lea gállán obbasa sámi filbmaealáhussi Ofelašfilmmain 1987:s, ja fas Guovdageainnu stuimmiin (2008).

Muhto eat mii áibbas luoitil vel: Nils Gaup joatká mentorin ISFI čállinbargobájis Arctic Indigenous Screenwriting Workshop čuovvovaš jagi. Mii illudit go dáinna lágiin joatkit ovttasbargguin ja beassat fárrolagaid láidestit johtui ođđa filbmaprošeavttaid!

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We want to thank our film consultant, Nils Gaup, who is soon returning to his own filmprojects again. Nils Gaup has been a tremendous inspiration to International Sami Film Institute, paving the way for Sámi filmmakers with his iconic film Pathfinder in 1987, and later The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008).

But we’re not letting Nils Gaup go just yet—he will continue as a mentor in our Arctic Indigenous Screenwriting Workshop, starting later this month. We look forward to guiding new film projects together the next year.

📸 ISFI/Knut Åserud at the Indigenous Film Conference 2023, Guovdageaidnu

The Sámi Producer Lab has officially kicked off in Guovdageaidnu! Eleven Sámi film producers will undergo six months of training, with our Lab partners NETFLIX and EAVE.

What they will learn? Project development, financing, budgeting, applications, and reporting; co-production, sales & distribution, defining the target audience; and company and business planning.

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Sámi filbmabuvttadeddjiid bargobáddji lea álgán! Guđa manus ožžot oktanuppelot sámi filbmabuvttadeaddji oahppu NETFLIX ja EAVE bokte!

#eaveproducersworkshop #eave #netflix
@eave_producers @netflixnordic

🎬 Guhkesfilbma Porslin oažžu 1.5 MNOK buvttadandoarjaga dán jagi goalmmát juolludanvuorus. Bagadalli ja čálli lea Ann Aurebekk, ja buvttadeaddjit leat Aleksander Olai Korsnes ja Mathis Ståle Mathiesen buvttadanfitnodagas Rein Film Finnmark AS. Co-buvttadeaddji lea Iris Film AB.

🌍 Loga eanet filmma birra min neahttasiiddu www.isfi.no.

🎬 The feature film Porslin recieves 1.5 MNOK in production grant in the third application round this year. Director and writer is Ann Aurebekk, and producer are Aleksander Olai Korsnes and Mathis Ståle Mathiesen in Rein Film Finnmark AS, in co-production with Iris Film AB.

🌍 Read more about the film at www.isfi.no.

ISFI has enjoyed a strong collaboration with NETFLIX since 2022. One of the projects was Stolen, directed by Elle Márjá Eira, and we continue to strengthen our partnership. In two weeks, we start the SÁMI PRODUCER LAB in Guovdageaidnu/Sápmi, with NETFLIX, in collaboration with EAVE.

Yesterday ISFI with CEO Anne Lajla Utsi, had the pleasure of meeting with NETFLIX co-CEO Greg Peters at the opening of the new Netflix Nordic office in Stockholm. Peters received a Sámi guksi, crafted by duojár Ante Johan Buljo, as a token of gratitude to NETFLIX for all the support provided to ISFI and the Sámi film community.

We are looking forward to the next step.

@netflixnordic @ellemarjaeira @annelajlautsi @eave_producers @ajab_d27

Great news! 🌟 BIRU UNJÁRGA / MY FATHERS’ DAUGHTER, directed by Egil Pedersen, produced by @reinfilm and Paasan has been selected for the second part of this year’s European Film Awards Feature Film Selection! Now Biru Unjárga is among 45 European feature films in the selection. The nominations of the European Film Awards will be announced 5 November. The Awards Ceremony is 7 December 2024 in Lucerne.

#europeanfilmawards @europeanfilmacademy

🌟Egil Pedersena filbma Biru Unjárga lea válljejuvvon Europa filbmabálkášumi guhkesfilmmai jovkui. Lea European film academy guhkesfilbma nuppi válljenvuoru almmuheapmi, ja dáinna válljemin lea Biru Unjárga Europa buoremus filmmaid searvvis ja lea dáinna lávken lagabui European Film Awards bálkášumiid! Ollu lihkku!

@egil_p @sarah.eira @nikolajwilliamcw @reinfilm @mathisstaale @plutofilm.de