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Berlin International Film Festival · 2017

Berlin International Film Festival 2017

NATIVe - Indiginous Cinema

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19 films · 3 reviews

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24 Snow (24 Snega)

Documentary about a horse breeder in the Arctic part of the Yakutia.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2016; Director: Mikhail Barynin)

Angry Inuk

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Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, presenting as well as producing, paints a bleak portrait of the impact of pressures on the seal trade.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
An Inuk filmmaker takes a close look at the central role of seal hunting in the lives of the Inuit.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2016; Director: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril; Writer: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril)

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Before The Snow (Vor Dem Schnee)

Eerie first-hand accounts of the supernatural and the dead in the world of Khanty and Nenets.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2007; Director: Christian Vagt)

Boy And Lake (Ogo Kuyuurduu Turara)

A Sakha boy sets out on a lyrical journey through the boreal forest to catch fish in a secluded icebound lake.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2003; Director: Prokopyi Nogovitsyn)

A Bride Of The Seventh Heaven

At birth, Syarda was promised as a bride to Num, the highest god of the Nenets. Now an elderly lady, still bound to this fate, she tells the story of her wistful, yet self-determined life to a blind young girl who alleviates her loneliness.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2004; Director: Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio; Writer: Anastasia Lapsui; Stars: Jana Hudi, Ljubov Lapsui, Angelina Serotetto, Viktoria Hudi, Juri Toholja, Viktoria Okotetto, Vakke Tibitsi, Lidija Okotetto, Gregory Anaguritsi, Vera Horotetto, Viktor Hudi, Inna Anaguritchi, Jevgeni Hudi, Ljubov Hudi, Taija Anaguritchi)

God Johogoi (Johogoi Aiyy)

Documentary about the summer festival of the Sakha people.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2015; Director: Sergey Potapov; Writer: Sergey Potapov, Zhanna Skryabina)

Half&half

Study of the filmmaker's heritage.

(Country: Denmark, Greenland ; Year: 2014; Director: Aka Hansen)

Kaisa's Enchanted Forest (Kuun metsän Kaisa)

Handmade animation and rare archival footage illustrate the full world of the Skolt Sámi, from magical moments to the hardships of war.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2016; Director: Katja Gauriloff; Writer: Katja Gauriloff; Stars: Kaisa Gauriloff, Jaakko Sverloff, Elli Sääskilahti, Robert Crottet, Dean Drew, Matleena Fofonoff, Elmeri Härkönen, David Mauffret, Sirkka Sanila, Nadia El-Radhi-Wood, Jukka Nurmela, Maija Paunio, Markku Porkka, Saija-Riitta Sadeoja, Richard Stanley)

Nowhere Land

Denied the opportunity to lead a true Inuit life on Baffin Island, Rosie Bonnie Ammaaq shares the grief she felt when forced to relocate.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2015; Director: Rosie Bonnie Ammaq)

On The Ice (Sikumi)

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Sikumi is certainly stark, and yet there is room even in this cold, austere backdrop for the warmth of the human spirit.

Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
An Inuit hunter inadvertantly witnesses a murder.

(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean; Writer: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean; Stars: Tony Bryant, Olemaun Rexford, Brad Weyiouanna) , Official site

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Rebel

Documentary about a the filmmaker's relationship with her Sami father.

(Country: Canada, Norway; Year: 2014; Director: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers; Writer: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers; Stars: Duncan Ollerenshaw, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Mariel Belanger, Laura Wilson, Ánde Somby, Máret Áile Gaup Beaska, Duncan Ollrenshaw, Maret Aile Gaup Beaska)

Sami Blood (Sameblod)

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This is a powerful film that not only resonates with the recent cycle of films concerning rebellious girls, but with films made by indigerous peoples.

Sarah Artt · 5 out of 5
A Sámi girl experiences racism in the 1930s.

(Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway; Year: 2016; Director: Amanda Kernell; Writer: Amanda Kernell; Stars: Hanna Alström, Anders Berg, Katarina Blind, Beata Cavallin, Malin Crépin, Julius Fleischanderl, Ylva Gustafsson, Tom Kappfjell, Anna Sofie Bull Kuhmunen, Andreas Kundler, Marika Lindström, Maj-Doris Rimpi, Olle Sarri, Tove Skeidsvoll, Anne Biret Somby)

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Sami Moment (Sammi Bodu)

Surrounded only by the wintry tundra, two Sámi men meet and contemplate the immense horizon.

(Country: Norway; Year: 2011; Director: Ken Are Bongo; Stars: Svein Birger Olsen, Nils Henrik Buljo)

Searchers (Maliglutit)

The actions of a marauding gang spark a trail of revenge by a husband.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2016; Director: Zacharias Kunuk, Natar Ungalaaq; Writer: Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk; Stars: Benjamin Kunuk, Karen Ivalu, Jonah Qunaq, Joey Sarpinak, Jocelyne Immaroitok, Joseph Uttak)

Seven Songs From the Tundra (Seitsemän laulua tundralta)

A contemplation of the Nenets in a seven-part chronicle, each guided by a meaningful song.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2000; Director: Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio; Writer: Anastasia Lapsui; Stars: Anatoli Hudi, Igor Hudi, Tajuda Hudi, Vitalina Hudi, Hadko Japtik, Ivan Japtik, Arkadi Laptander, Lidija Okotetto, Viktor Pistsulin, Janina Serotetto, Aidar Ahmetzjanov, Aleksandr Bukrejev, Dmitri Didenko, Andrei Pando, Marija Pando)

Sloth

Animated sketch of the Inuit way of life.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2011; Director: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril)

Sumé - The Sound Of A Revolution (Sumé: Mumisitsinerup nipaa)

For the Greenlanders of the 1970s, the surge of the progressive rock band Sumé was mind-blowing: lyrics in their own language, inspiring them to act against the repression of their people. This documentary tells the story.

(Country: Greenland, Denmark, Norway; Year: 2014; Director: Inuk Silis Hoegh; Writer: Inuk Silis Hoegh, Emile H. Péronard; Stars: Erno Aronsen, Per Berthelsen, Hjalmar Dahl, Per Danker, Hans Fleischer, Lise Hegelund, Malik Høegh, Isak Kleist, Kuupik Kleist, Emil Larsen, Arkaluk Lynge, Aviâja E. Lynge, Sakiu Nielsen, Eigil Petersen, Tida Ravn)

The Tundra Book. A Tale of Vukvukai - the Little Rock. (Kniga Tundry. Povest' o Vukvukaye - malen'kom kamne)

Jovial and as energetic as a teenager, the wise Vukvukai guides his nomadic Chukchi community. These tough reindeer herders survive in their snowy wonderland despite the harsh threats posed by the weather and Russian politics.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2011; Director: Aleksei Vakhrushev; Writer: Aleksei Vakhrushev; Stars: Vladislav Nuvano)

Tungijuq

Meditation on the Inuit seal hunt.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2009; Director: Félix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël; Writer: Félix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël, Stephane Rituit, Tanya Tagaq; Stars: Tanya Tagaq)