In person: Select filmmakers in conversation with Bird Runningwater.

Join us for an evening of documentary shorts by Arctic Indigenous filmmakers. The works explore the profound connection between climate, land, and resources, and will be followed by a conversation with select filmmakers moderated by Bird Runningwater. At times poetic and always immediate, these shortform accounts of life in the Arctic Circle and beyond explore the realities of displacement, the necessity of the land and the water, the essential bonds between animals and humanity, and the perseverance inherent in the reclamation of historical mythology.

Juuret On (Under Two Skies)
DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Suvi West, Anssi Kömi. WITH: Suvi West, Anssi Kömi. 2017. 13 min. Sápmi/Finland. Color. Northern Sami, Finnish. DCP.

Salmon Reflection
DIRECTED BY: Anna Hoover. 2021. 4 min. Alaska. Color. English. DCP.

trembling floors
DIRECTED BY: Joar Nango, Ken Are Bongo. WRITTEN BY: Joar Nango, Ken Are Bongo, Håvard Arnhoff. 2020. 3 min. Sápmi/Norway. Color. Sound. DCP.

Hinkelten
DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Svetlana Romanova. 2023. 15 min. Yakutia. Color. English. DCP.

The Past and the Future of the Arctic
DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Hans Pieski. WITH: Hans Pieski, Aura Pieksi. 2023. 6 min. Sápmi/Finland. Color. Northern Sami. DCP.

Ealát
DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Elle Márjá Eira. WITH: Piera Joavnna Eira, Per Henrik Eira, Elle Márjá Eira. 2021. 32 min. Sápmi/Norway. Color. Northern Sami. DCP.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.