International Sami Film Institute

International Sámi Film Institute (ISFI) aims to support Sámi and Indigenous film production.

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

We asked #Sámi filmmakers to depict current situation with #COVIDー19 through film. Oru lea buoret go jođi - Home Sweet Home mini-series will premiere on #Sapmifilm on Friday 5.6.2020! The mini-series consists of 15 short films from 18 directors.

Trailer & music by: @uyarakq

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

Home Sweet Home mini-series premieres tomorrow on Friday 5th of June on our streaming service #Sapmifilm, tune in for our premiere Q&A with Aslak Paltto, Marja Helander and Sara Margrethe Oskal!

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

Full synopsis: "Reindeer herder is living the hardest, longest winter ever, forced to feed the reindeer to keep them alive. Every day is the same while feeding, herding, refueling. Herder can't have a break until snow melts. All the time there is something that drives him ahead.

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

EAT, SLEEP, FEED, REPEAT, dir. @aslak_paltto: "Reindeer herder is living the hardest, longest winter ever, forced to feed the reindeer to keep them alive. Every day is the same while feeding, herding, refueling. Herder can't have a break until snow melts". On #Sapmifilm 5.6.2020.

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

Film 1/15 from ISFI's Oru lea buoret go jođi - Home Sweet Home mini-series on https://t.co/C0hMb4GIVV. #COVID19 #Sápmi #SámiCinema #Reindeerherding.

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

Guided by ayahuasca chants, Green River. The Time of the Yakurunas (2017) is a poetic journey into the depths of the #Amazon.

https://t.co/DaA9grIcDU

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

Stream on #Sapmifilm - Green River. The Time of the Yakurunas (dir. Diego & Alvaro Sarmiento) explores the perception of time in 3 small villages intertwined by the flowing waters of the #Amazon, immersing the viewer in a landscape inhabited by shamans and archetypical societies.

[Māoriland Charitable Trust @MAORILANDFILM]

In January we travelled to Sápmi with four rangatahi filmmakers to collaborate with @skabmagovat and @IntSamiFilmInst - this week we're very excited to premiere the films we made up in Inari online - travel with us behind the scenes #throughourlens https://t.co/WuJrPpR9P8

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

#BehindTheCamera: Director, producer and scriptwriter Inger-Mari Aikio, also known as Ima. On #Sapmifilm you can watch 5 films from Ima: a documentary Amoc - vuosmuš - about Inari Sámi language revitalization through rap, and 4 music videos from Ima hutkosat children's album.

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

ISFI is organising virtual course for Sámi #screenwriters with the aim to develop quality film scripts for children and youth in any genre. Submit your application by 31.5.2020. Here are our amazing workshop mentors:

https://t.co/SD5RJGMv8b

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

#BehindTheCamera: Film director, writer and producer Jerri Thrasher, whose short film The Last Walk is available on #Sapmifilm:

https://t.co/rvArTMiAiV

#JerriThrasher #IndigenousCinema #OriginalStorytelling
#Inuvialuit #Filmmaker #NorthWestTerritories #ArcticFilmCircle

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

The excerpt of the film is featuring Electric Pow Wow Drum, track by A Tribe Called Red.

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

New film release on #Sapmifilm: A Red Girl's Reasoning by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers.

Today's the last free trial day of Sapmifilm, if you'd like to keep streaming, you can subscribe to our service here:
https://t.co/ONSiC2vFwK

Organizations & eg. schools can subscribe by invoice.

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

#BehindTheCamera image series introduces you the filmmakers whose work is being featured on our #Sapmifilm streaming service.

Meet director #ElleSofeSara who currently has 3 films; The wind whispers there is someone behind the tundras, Juoigangiehta & Sámi bojá on Sapmifilm.

[Phil Winter @PhilWinterMMC]

A video posted by seven @UniOfHull students during #COVIDー19 lockdown has started a new viral trend. The group's #DontRushChallenge has received almost 130k likes and 15k retweets, and has prompted thousands to copy their efforts. Original video here: https://t.co/ed61taH6Ob

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

ISFI #ProductionGrants can be applied until 1st of May, 2020. Production schedules can be adjusted to the current situation with COVID-19.

Submit your application through our page: https://t.co/VBpEpGE0x7

#Funding #Sámifilms #OriginalStorytelling
#IndigenousCinema #Filmmaking

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

Read more about the film challenge instructions and guidelines:

https://t.co/kX5CBZBo2h

[International Sami Film Institute @IntSamiFilmInst]

Sámi filmmakers, apply for #ISFI grant to take part in our "Oru Lea buoret go jođi -
"Home Sweet Home" #FilmChallenge!

You can receive 30.000NOK to make max 3 min short film that will be published on our streaming service #Sapmifilm.

Application deadline this Friday 24.4.2020.

[The Saami Council @SaamiCouncil]

Are you interested in learning North Sámi? The Sámi Educational Association is now offering an online course in North Sámi for beginners with English as the language of instruction! https://t.co/SLSvOPUTwz

[Unreserved @CBCUnreserved]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, jingle-dress dancers have posted videos of them dancing as an act of healing themselves and others.

Turns out, the dance was created during the last pandemic, 100 years ago.

https://t.co/4mkKX83Qq6