NEW AWARD-WINNING TITLES ON SÁPMIFILM

Sápmifilm Expands with More Award-Winning Films

Sápmifilm.com continues strengthening its library, recently adding nine new films.

The streaming platform, already home to Sámi film classics such as Pathfinder, The Kautokeino Rebellion, and Sami Blood, now offers an even broader selection of high-quality films, both new and older ones. 

Among the latest releases is Suvi West’s critically acclaimed documentary Máhccan (Homecoming), which won the Jussi Award for Best Documentary 2024 and the Golden Shade Equipment Rental Prize For Cinematographer at Tampere Film Festival 2024 and got an Honorable mention at the Göteborg Film Festival.

Also available is Inga Elin Marakatt’s Unborn Biru, winner of both the Tromsø Palm Award and the Storspoven Prize at Umeå Film Festival, and The Jeff Barnaby Award and the New Voice in Storytelling Award at the imagineNATIVE Film Festival 2023.

See all the films below.

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Now available on Sápmifilm

Máhccan / Homecoming, 2023, 76 min, directed by Suvi West and Anssi Kömi.

Unborn Biru, 19 min, 2023, directed by Inga Elin Marakatt.

Áhčči / Dad, 6 min, 2024, directed by Johannes Vang.

Badjealbmá čalmmiiguin / Through a Reindeer Herder’s Eyes, 58 min, 2019, directed by Aslak Paltto.

Ivnnit ja eallin / Colors and Life, 39 min, 2014, directed by Harry Johansen.

Tystnaden i Sápmi / The Silence in Sápmi, 71 min, 2022, directed by Liselotte Wajstedt.

Skádja, 16 min, 2022, directed by Eili Bråstad.

Erklært samefri / Declared Sámi-free, 7 min, 1996, directed by Anne Kjersti Bjørn.

Ruoktojohka / Home River, 26 min, 2023, directed by Kati Eriksen and Scott Thornton.

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www.sapmifilm.com

Sápmifilm.com offers audiences a unique opportunity to explore Sámi cinema across different genres and perspectives, in addition to other Indigenous films. The platform continues to grow and will have more releases the following months.

A monthly subscription gives you access to a unique collection of Sámi- and other Indigenous short, feature- and documentary films, all collected at one site. The site is available for both institutional and private end-consumers. With a monthly subscription for 59 NOK per month, you get access to a collection of over 180 Sámi and Indigenous films. Please note that some of the films you have to rent individually. These are available 48 hours after payment. You do not need a subscription to rent movies.

The streaming service is available in the geographical territories of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greenland, Denmark, Germany, and Canada.

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The International Sámi Film Institute (ISFI) is the responsible distributor. The service was developed in close collaboration with Norgesfilm AS, which developed the technical platform.