Get ready for an afternoon of award-winning short films and pizza. We will be showing, among others, the important short film "Njuokčamat / Tungene" by sisters Ingir Bål and Marja Bål Nango. The films are free for everyone, and free pizza will also be served to everyone under 20 years old.
WhatFilm Screenings: Tongues, Half Yours, Half Mine, Little Hilbe
WhereThe Centre for Northern Peoples
WhenSaturday 24 October, 3:00 PM
Organisers: Giellasiida - Sami Language Centre and Centre for Northern Peoples Centre for northern peoples
EntranceFree
Earlier this year, sisters Ingir Bål and Marja Bål Nango were awarded the prize for best international short film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Now you have the opportunity to catch this important film about abuse against women in a Sami environment.
«During a snowstorm on the tundra, a Sami woman is raped while tending to her reindeer herd. Her sister, far away, senses that something is wrong and begins to search for her. Filled with both fear and confusion, the women join forces in their quest for revenge,» reads the film's synopsis.
We are also showing two other short films by Marja Bål Nango:
Half this, half that It is about being multicultural. The filmmaker has interviewed 6 young people who belong to two cultures, in an attempt to find answers to their own questions about being bicultural.
For the film Hello there Nango was awarded the debutant prize Skårungen at the Tromsø Film Festival in 2015. Here, she portrays youth life in Finnmark in a way that the jury praised as brave.
Marja Bål Nango
The artist and filmmaker Marja Bål Nango grew up in Skibotn in Troms. She studied at Nordland College of Art and Film and Film and Television Studies at Lillehammer University College. In 2011, Nango was the young artist of the year at the international indigenous festival Riddu Riđđu. Her films have been shown at a number of festivals both in Norway and abroad.
Ingir Anne Bål
Ingir Ane Bål has training as a children's and young adult author from the Norwegian Institute for Children's Books. She has experience as a presenter and screenwriter for NRK Sápmi Mánáid TV. She is also a co-writer for Hello there.
Read more about the films and the filmmakers
Marja Bål Nango, nordicwomenfilm.com
Million kroner grant for short film about assault, NRK Sápmi
Tackles taboo subject, NRK Sápmi
Marja Bål Nango (31) has made a film about the consequences of rape, itromso.no