the indigenous film festival Skábmagovat, finland the polar night images, to emphasize the year 2020 programmes juureutumista and common ground.

Skábmagovat will be held in Inari village to the northernmost in Finland again next January 23.-26.2020. The festival will be held for the 22. times.

Skábmagovat-the festival program consists of traditionally sámi films in addition to some other region or other indigenous productions. Next year’s festival see offer sámi films in addition to South America, and especially Peru movies. The festival programme is, inter alia, the peruvian Oscar nominee, aimarankielinen film Wiñaypacha (eng. Eternity), which is directed by Óscar Catacora .

Next year’s theme at the festival wishes to stress the indigenous people of the special nature of the relationship.

– People, who most of all take care of nature, suffer the ruining, as it is now, for example, the Amazon rainforest, to reflect the festival’s artistic director Jorma Lehtola .

Skábmagovat festival artistic director: Jorma Lehtola.Kevin Francett

Skábmagovat festival met last year 20 years. New decades party the next year so that the film art alongside that also be dancing, which is seen as in movies as the festival’s outdoor events, too.

As in the past, the festival will also offer next year’s films in addition to the wide variety of side events such as discussion meetings and get-togethers polar night club in the form of.

In 2020 the festival included such familiar as well as the new faces

Skábmagovat festival producer to continue Legend Arrela and artistic director: Jorma Lehtola. Next year the festival organization, however, complement the new associate producer Anni Koivisto as well as the festival’s assistant Tiina-Maria Wave .

Skábmagovat-festivals organized by associate producer Anni Koivisto (left), producer Fable Arrela and festival assistant Tiina-Maria Wave.Tomi Lampinen

the Producer Taru Arrela delights in working groups, which has both solid experience and also a lot of new ideas.

– I Hope we can organise a whole, which will serve both old and new to the festival guests. We received a happy and festival feedback and new suggestions, so that we can offer a diverse range of festival experiences with a variety of people, Arrela tell.

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