DUHÁSTEADDJIT

Short film
Production company: Rein Film Finnmark AS
Director: Silja Somby
Production grant: 300.000 NOK

A boat is preparing black logs into a párral– a construction of an iron fork like shape. Bigga builds up the párral into the front of the boat and sets it on fire. As the fire grows, Bigga jumps into the boat and pushes it into the stream. During this float we explore this dark history of Deatnu with flashback images and a voice-over recounting the story. At the end the boat will float into Deatnu and meet other boats with fires in front. Together they become a fleet of modern duhásteaddjit – proclaiming 150 years of resilience.