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SUMMARY:OPENING NIGHT | THE 2025 SÁMI FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:The Annual Sámi Film Festival returns to Scandinavia House and virtually nationwide! Now in its 7th year\, the festival celebrates the rich storytelling traditions of the Sámi\, an Indigenous people of the northernmost parts of Finland\, Norway\, Sweden\, and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. This year’s program is curated by acclaimed visual artist Matti Aikio\, whose work in sound and video art has captivated audiences across the globe\, and one of 12 artists featured in Arctic Highways\, a 2023 exhibition exploring contemporary art by Indigenous artists from the Arctic. Presented annually in partnership with the National Nordic Museum in Seattle\, this year’s festival will also be co-presented with Anchorage Museum\, a significant art\, history\, ethnography\, ecology\, and science museum dedicated to studying and exploring the land\, peoples\, art\, and history of Alaska. \nOpening night screenings will be followed by a film talk with festival curator Matti Aikio. \nSCHEDULE\nBiegga bieggá /Wind is Winding (2024)\nDir. Jenni Laiti & Lada Suomenrinne | 42 min.\nThey swallow our rivers\, and the valleys turn into one big tear of grief. Yet\, there are beings who gather the grief for a journey\, for what they are carrying the wounded trees and all living beings. Their luggage is full of legacy from the world that is ending\, and they will find the path to a portal when the first snow of the winter falls. The wind blows and leads the voyagers to a utopia\, challenging them with the questions of being. \nSkierri – vaivaiskoivujen maa /Skierri – Land of the Dwarf Birches (1982)\nDir. Markku Lehmuskallio | 118 min.\nIn Sápmi\, a reindeer herder follows the traditional cycles of migratory life\, which keep him apart from his home and wife for long periods of time. “Two cultures collide\, the minority culture and the majority one. We try to show another way of thinking in this world\,” said director Markku Lehmuskallio. The director spent a year working with reindeer herders before filming to better understand the Sámi way of life. Skierri was the first Finnish feature film in which the Sámi people speak their language. The music of Erik Satie is combined with the sounds of nature. \nPurchase Tickets \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n 
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/opening-night-the-2025-sami-film-festival/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:FLOW
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special screening of Flow (dir. Gints Zilbalodis\, Latvia/France/Belgium\, 2024)! The film\, which had its New York premiere at Scandinavia House during the 2024 New York Baltic Film Festival\, recently won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and is Latvia’s contender for Best International Feature at the 97th Academy Awards. Director Gints Zilbalodis will be present for an audience Q&A. \n\nA wondrous journey through natural and mystical realms\, the animated feature Flow (dir. Gints Zilbalodis\, Latvia/France/Belgium\, 2024) follows a courageous cat and a capybara\, lemur\, bird and dog after their homes are devastated by a great flood. Teaming up to navigate a boat in search of dry land\, the animals must rely on trust\, courage and wits to survive the perils of their newly aquatic planet. Flow is a thrilling animated spectacle and a profound meditation on environmental fragility\, as well as the spirit of friendship and community. Through charming\, expressive\, and visually enrapturing 3D animation\, director Gints Zilbalodis stunned audiences at Cannes with this heartwarming tale of friendship\, teamwork\, and adventure. \n“Brimming with sentiment but not sentimentality\, one of the most moving animated films in recent memory\, and groundbreaking too” (IndieWire). \n“A joy to experience but also a deeply affecting story\, the work of a unique talent who deserves to be ranked among the world’s great animation artists” (The Hollywood Reporter). \n\n\nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/flow-2/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:NORDIC UTOPIA? — A SYMPOSIUM
DESCRIPTION:Join co-curators Ethelene Whitmire and Leslie Anne Anderson and scholars Denise Murrell and Tamara J. Walker as they expand on the various themes\, artistic output\, and shared histories on view in the exhibition Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century\, presented at Scandinavia House until Saturday\, March 8th\, 2025. \nNordic Utopia? looks at the significance of Denmark\, Finland\, Norway\, and Sweden as destinations for African American cultural figures including Ronald Burns\, Doug Crutchfield\, Herb Gentry\, Dexter Gordon\, William Henry Johnson\, Howard Smith\, and Walter Williams through a range of artifacts\, artworks (music\, paintings\, drawings\, sculpture\, ceramics\, textiles)\, and documentary evidence (photography\, film\, and journalistic writing). \nIn this conversation\, the curators and scholars will discuss notable works\, stylistic influences\, and the undertold stories of various African American artists who sought new possibilities\, inspiration\, and environments in the Nordic countries in the 20th century. \nRegister
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/nordic-utopia-african-americans-in-the-20th-century-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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