Announcing ÁRRAN 360°: Open Call for new commissions of Sámi short films

The project is curated by the ISFI, and aims to bring together some of the most exciting creative voices from across Sápmi (as the Sámi call their homeland). The new commissions will be screened in a specially constructed Sámi lávvu adapted with 360-degree screens.
 
“We at ISFI, NFI and OCA are delighted to launch this unique project in which the empowering qualities of film and digital technology will serve to further Sámi world-views. We consider it as a vital part of our continued commitment to facilitate that the excellence of Sámi practices be recognised globally”
 
Anne Lajla Utsi, CEO ISFI,
Kjersti Mo, CEO NFI.
Katya García-Antón, CEO OCA
 
ÁRRAN

Árran is the Northern Sámi word to describe the hearth of a lávvu, around which Sámi storytelling has taken place since time immemorial. Árran symbolizes the life force of the Sámi people, a place where the relationships between human, and non-human beings are interwoven. ÁRRÁN 360 embodies the Sámi perspectives on circular time, where past, present and future meet in a continual flow of time, bodies and ideas.  
 
In recent years Sámi film makers have taken the film world by storm, following success stories in different major international film festivals, such as the Sundance Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and ImagineNATIVE Film and Arts Festival and many more. Moving and digital images have demonstrated their unique capacity for narrating Indigenous perspectives on the world and proposing empowering Indigenous futures. ÁRRAN 360° provides a platform in which to celebrate this extraordinary talent further in an international context.
 
The Open Call for ÁRRAN 360° is now open, and we invite Sámi filmmakers from across Sápmi to present ideas for this unique project.
 
Application deadline for Árran 360 development: June 18th, 2021

Selection process will be done by a jury with representatives from ISFI, NFI and OCA.
 
ABOUT US

International Sami Film Institute (ISFI)
The International Sámi Film Institute is dedicated to providing Sámi people with the skills and economic opportunities in developing, producing, and distributing Sámi films in the Sámi language.
 
The Norwegian Film Institute (NFI) is a public institution operating under the authority of the Ministry of Culture.  NFI is the government’s executive body for the film sector and its advisor on film policy issues.
 
Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) is a non-profit foundation created by the Norwegian Ministries of Culture and of Foreign Affairs in 2001. Its principle aim is to foster dialogue between art practitioners in Norway, including Sápmi, and the international arts scene, through discursive programs and exhibitions, and support artists based in Norway in their activities around the world. 
 

Allmuhit ÁRRAN 360: Ođđa sámi oanehis filmmaid doarjagat

Internašunála Sámi filbmainstituhtta (ISFI), Norsk Filminstitutt (NFI) ja Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) iluin almmuhit ÁRRÁN 360 °, mii lea doarjja ođđa sámi oanehisfilmmaide ja digitála dáidagii, nu go 360 filmmat, virtuála duohtavuohta, augmented reality dahje eará platfoarbma neutrála ideat, mat galget čajehuvvot internašunála dáhpáhusas 2022is. Eambbo dieđut almmuhuvvojit maŋŋel.
 
Dán prošeavtta jođiha ISFI ja ulbmil lea ovdanbuktit daid eanemus gelddolaš jienaid miehtá Sámi. Dát ođđa filmmat čajehuvvojit dasa erenoamážit huksejuvvon stuora lávus, mas lea 360 gráda šearbma.
 
“Mii ISFIas, OCAs ja NFIas leat hui ilus go beassat almmuhit dán erenoamáš prošeavtta, mas filmma ja digitála mediaid nanusmahtti fámut ovdanbuktet sámi eallin oainnuid. Min mielas dá lea deahálaš oassin min geatnegasvuođas láhčit vejolašvuođaid sámiide vai sin erenoamáš čehppodagat sáhttet ovdanbuktot globála dásis.”
 
Anne Lajla Utsi, ISFI direktevra,
Kjersti Mo, NFI direktevra,
Katya García-Antón, OCA direktevra
 
Árran lea davvisámigiel sátni mii čilge lávu váimmu, man birra sámi muitaleapmi lea dáhpáhuvvan don doloža rájes. Árran symbolisere sámiid eallinvuoimmi, ja saji gos oktiičatno olbmuid oktavuohta nubbu nuppiin ja vuoiđđalašvuođain. ÁRRÁN 360 ° ovddasta Sámiid ipmárdusa áiggis, gos vássán-, dálá- ja boahttáigi deaivvadit agálaš rávnnjis gos áigi, ideat ja olbmot deaivvadit.
 
Maŋemus jagiid leat sámi filmmat beaggán viidát máilmmis ja vuoitán bálkkašumiid stuorámus filbmafestiválain nugo Sundance Film Festival, Venice Film Festival ja Imaginative Film Festival. Filmmat ja digitála govahallamat leat čajehan sámi filbmadahkkiid erenoamáš attáldagaid ovdánbuktit álgoálbmot eallinoainnuid ja nu nannet álgoálbmogiid boahtteáiggi. ÁRRÁN 360 ° lea lávdi gos beassat ávvudit dáid filbmačehpiid internašunála oktavuođas.
 
ÁRRÁN 360 ° doarjagat leat dál almmuhuvvon ja mii bovdet sámi filbmadahkkiid miehtá sámi sáddet midjiide ideaid dán prošektii.
 
Ohcanáigemearri ovdanáhttin: Geassemánu 18. Beaivi 2021
Ohcamuš sáddejuvvo: https://isfi.no/services/development/
Eambbo dieđut: https://isfi.no/articles/
 
ISFI, OCA ja NFI oktasaš jury árvvoštallá ohcamiid ja geat ožžot doarjagiid.
 
International Sami Film Institute (ISFI)
Internašunála Sámi Filbmainstituhtta áigu láhčit Sámi álbmogii gelbbolašvuođa ja ehkonomalaš
vejolašvuođaid ovdánahttit, buvttadit ja distributeret sámegielat filmmaid.
 
The Norwegian Film Institute (NFI) lea álmmolaš ásahus Kultuturdeparteamantta vuolde.
NFI lea eiseváldiid filbmasuorggi ásahus ja ráđđeaddi filbma politihkalaš áššiin.
 
 Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) lea friddja ja eahpegávppálaš organisašuvdna ásahuvvon Norgga Kulturdepartemeantta ja Olgoriikadepartemeantta bokte 2001as.
Váldo ulbmil lea nannet gulahallama gaskkal dáiddáriid Norggas, maiddái Sámi, ja internašunála dáiddalávddiid, erenomáš doaibmabijuid ja čájáhusaid bokte ja doarjut Norgga dáiddáriid ja sin doaimmaid máilmmi geahčestagas.
  
Eambbo dieđut:
Katya García-Antón, Direktevra Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), tel: +47 469 74 036, katya.garcia-anton@oca.no
Anne Lajla Utsi, Dirrektevra Internašunála Sámi Filbmainstituhtta, Tel: +47 907 55574, annelajla@isfi.no
Kjersti Mo, Direktevra Norwegian Film Institute, Tel: +47 483 00 485 kjersti.mo@nfi.no