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Indigenous Cinema Alliance Brings Global Indigenous Shorts & Market Delegation to Clermont-Ferrand 2026

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SÁMI FILMS RISING TROMSØ: Between Myth and Genre

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Join our new workshop programme! We invite filmmakers and creative teams to apply to The Silenced Voices, a long-term film development and production initiative for fiction and documentary projects rooted in the lived experiences of assimilation across Sápmi. Through film, this initiative seeks to bring forward personal and collective stories that have been silenced.

Read more and apply through our website www.isfi.no. Application deadline 08.02.2026!

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Searvva bargobádjái! ISFI bovde filbmadahkkiid ja filbmajoavkkuid oasálastit Jaskkodahtton jienat prošektii, mas jurddan lea ovdánahttit ja buvttadit sihke dokumentáraid ja fikšuvdnafilmmaid, mat váldet vuođu assimilerenpolitihka vásáhusain miehtá Sámi. Filmma bokte, dát prošeakta lokte persovnnalaš ja kollektiivvalaš muitalusaid mat leat jaskkodahtton áiggiid čađa.

Dieđit beroštumi www.isfi.no bokte, áigemearri lea 08.02.2026!

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Sámi Short Films at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market 2026! Together with the Indigenous Cinema Alliance (ICA), you’ll find the ISFI team at the market stand and at the ICA Market Screening, where three Sámi short films will be showcased to an international industry audience.

🎬 Adaptation – directed by Aslak Paltto
🎬 One Day… The Sun Will Only Shine for You – directed by Gjert Rognli
🎬 Brothers of Faith – directed by Gákte Biera / Per-Josef Idivuoma

📍 Where: Clermont-Ferrand, France
📅 When: 2–5 February 2026

ISFI at the market:
Meet Siljá Somby and Maien Gaup Sandberg—we’d love to connect!

🎥 Don’t miss today’s Market Screening!

ICA Market Screening: Indigenous Shorts

📅 Date: Monday, 2 February 2026
⏰ Time: 16:00 CET
📍 Venue: Théâtre Georges Conchon
(Rue Léo Lagrange, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand)

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Apply for ISFI production grants! Oza ISFI buvttadandoarjaga!

✨ Deadline February 1st. ✨

Apply for production grants for documentaries, feater films, TV series, short films and animations.

The production grant aims to secure the best possible quality of the film project. The grant is given to stimulate films in the Sami language and strengthen Sami filmmakers and producers.

Application deadlines for production grants are February 1st, May 1st, September 1st and December 1st.

The International Sámi Film Institute is dedicated to providing Sámi people with the skills and economic opportunities in developing, producing, and distributing Sámi films in the Sámi language.

🌍 Read more at www.isfi.no

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Sáhttát ohcat doarjaga dokumentáraide, guhkes filmmaide, TV-ráidduide, oanehisfilbmii dahje animašuvdna buvttadeapmái.

✨ Vuosttaš ohcanáigemearri dán jagi lea guovvamánu 1.b. ✨

Buvttadandoarjaga ulbmil lea sihkkarastit filbmaprošektii buoremus vejolaš kvalitehta.

ISFI buvttadandoarjja lea sámi buvttadanfitnodagaide.

🌍 Loga eambbo min neahttasiiddus www.isfi.no

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From the Sámi Films Rising at @skabmagovat , this year with a special focus on Sámi TV series.

The panel featured insights from Ken Are Bongo (Ciao Ráhkis), Silje Burgin Borch (Oro jaska), and Åse Kathrin Vuolab (Heajastallan), followed by perspectives from public broadcasters Johan Ailo Kalstad (NRK) and Jarmo Lampela (YLE).

The conversation was moderated by ISFI Film Commissioner Silja Somby.

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Bures boahttin Sámi Filmmat Boađi Boađi @skabmagovat filbmafestiválii! Dán jagi lea mis erenoamáš geahčastat Sámi TV-ráidduide.

Maŋimus jagiid lea sámi filbmamuitaleamis leamaš erenoamáš buorre áigodat. Leat ollu ođđa guhkesfilmmat ja dál maiddái ollu ođđa Sámi TV-ráiddu. Ráiddut leat vuoitán ja nominerejuvvon bálkkašumiide filbmaealáhusas, ja maiddá vuvdojuvvon gehččiide olggobealde Sámi.

Makkár strategiijat leat dagahan dán lihkostuvvama? Mo dat hábme filbma- ja tv-ealáhusa – ja makkár váikkuhusaid das leat sámi servodahkii? Ja deháleamos, mo sáhttit láhčit dili ovddosguvlui ahte dát positiivvalaš ovdáneapmi joatkašuvvá boahttevuođasge?

Mii loktet ovdán tv-ráidduid “Ciao ráhkis”, “Oro jaska” ja “Heajastallan”. Mii beassat gullat eambbo sis geat leat bargan tv-ráidduin, nu go Ken Are Bongo (Ciao ráhkis), Vegard Bjørsmo ja Silje Burgin Borch (Oro jaska), ja Åse Kathrin Vuolab (Heajastallan). Mii beassat maid gullat eambbo makkár áigumušat álbmotsáddehagain NRK ja Yles leat, Johan Ailo Kalstad (NRK) ja Jarmo Lampela (YLE) bokte.

Ságastallama jođiha ISFI filbmakonsuleanta Siljá Somby.

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The International Sámi Film Institute presents Sámi Films Rising at the Skábmaovat 2026, this year with a special focus on Sámi TV-series.

The panel features insights from Ken Are Bongo (Ciao Ráhkis), Vegard Bjørsmo and Silje Burgin Borch (Oro jaska), and Åse Kathrin Vuolab (Heajastallan), followed by perspectives from public broadcasters Johan Ailo Kalstad (NRK) and Jarmo Lampela (YLE).

The conversation will be moderated by ISFI Film Commissioner Silja Somby, and will be in english.

Sámi Films Rising is part of ISFI’s ongoing work to strengthen Sámi film development and to showcase the breadth, ambition, and artistic power of today’s Sámi film industry.

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From Sámi Films Rising @tromsofilmfest
Between myth and genre. Thanks to the directers for sharing this work in progress with us.

Elle Márjá Eira presented Rájáheapme (Boundless)– a project that applies the visual language of the Western genre to a Sámi narrative, depicting the mountain plateau as a lawless frontier.
Katja Gauriloff presented Legend of the Northern Lights – a magical realist film where Sámi magic is woven into an intense love story that spans dimensions and reaches back to a mythical era.
Nils Gaup presented Finnmark in Flames – a grand-scale war film based on the dramatic events and the German scorched-earth tactic in Finnmark during World War II.
Ole Giæver presented Rávga – a horror film that seeks to understand fear through encounters with ancient Sámi monsters.

The conversation was moderated by ISFI Film commissioner Silja Somby.

Sámi Films Rising is part of ISFI’s ongoing work to strengthen Sámi film development and showcase the breadth, ambition, and artistic power of today’s Sámi film industry.

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Join us at Sámi Films Rising at TIFF @tromsofilmfest today! A professional and artistic panel discussion highlighting the rise of genre cinema in Sámi films.

When and where: Wednesday, January 2026, 16:00, Amtmandens, bakrommet, TROMSØ

In recent years, Sámi cinema has made a significant mark both nationally and internationally, often rooted in powerful narratives about Sámi identity and contemporary life. In this session, ISFI wishes to highlight how Sámi filmmakers are increasingly utilizing and evolving established film genres—and how these genre expressions open new spaces for perspectives, aesthetics, and storytelling.

The panel presentation will offer audiences an exclusive look at four upcoming Sámi feature films in development, presented by their directors. The conversation will be moderated by ISFI Film commissioner Silja Somby.

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Searvva bargobádjái! ISFI bovde filbmadahkkiid ja filbmajoavkkuid oasálastit Jaskkodahtton jienat prošektii, mas jurddan lea ovdánahttit ja buvttadit sihke dokumentáraid ja fikšuvdnafilmmaid, mat váldet vuođu assimilerenpolitihka vásáhusain miehtá Sámi. Filmma bokte, dát prošeakta lokte persovnnalaš ja kollektiivvalaš muitalusaid mat leat jaskkodahtton áiggiid čađa.

Dieđit beroštumi www.isfi.no bokte, áigemearri lea 08.02.2026!

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Join our new workshop programme: The International Sámi Film Institute (ISFI) invites filmmakers and creative teams to apply to The Silenced Voices, a long-term film development and production initiative for fiction and documentary projects rooted in the lived experiences of assimilation across Sápmi. Through film, this initiative seeks to bring forward personal and collective stories that have been silenced.

Read more and apply through our website www.isfi.no. Application deadline 08.02.2026!

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Marja Bål Nango vuoittii Signaturpitchen Troandimis! Ollu lihkku! // Congratulations to Marja Bål Nango who won the Signaturepitch at Kortfilmkonventet in Trondheim to day with her pitch Indigenize me! The prize is 80.000 NOK.

Pictures with jury, from the pitch, and with all the eight who participated in the pitching event.