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April 6, 2016
\nCELEBRATING S\u00c1MI WOMEN IN FILM<\/h3>\n

Filmmaker Elle-M\u00e1ij\u00e1 Tailfeathers (Kainai Nation\u2013Blood Reserve, Blackfoot Confederacy\/S\u00e1mi) presents Celebrating S\u00e1mi Women in Film, a collection of innovative short films by S\u00e1mi women.\u00a0 From the first people of Scandinavia, the S\u00e1mi, comes an outpouring of dynamic voices. Like the diverse lived realities of Indigenous peoples the world over, S\u00e1mi cinema spans the multitude of human experience through a distinctly northern lens. Within the Indigenous film community, women are held up \u2013 respected for their guidance, celebrated for their achievements, and valued for their contributions.<\/p>\n

Some of the films for the evening include:<\/h4>\n

\"AREDGIRLSREASONING.Still.2\"<\/a> A Red Girl’s<\/strong> Reasoning\u00a0 (Elle-M\u00e1ij\u00e1 Tailfeathers, 2014, Canada\/Norway)<\/strong><\/em> “After the justice system fails the survivor of a brutal, racially-driven sexual assault, she becomes a motorcycle-riding, ass-kicking vigilante who takes on the attackers of other women who’ve suffered the same fate.”<\/p>\n

Bihtto\u0161 <\/strong><\/em>( Rebel )<\/em> (Elle-M\u00e1ij\u00e1 Tailfeathers, 2014, Canada\/Norway)\"Bihttos_TheatricalPoster\"<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Mixing archival footage, re-enactments and animation, Elle-M\u00e1ij\u00e1 Tailfeathers\u2019 deeply personal documentary Bihtto\u0161<\/em>\u00a0(Eng. Rebel<\/em>) explores how past injustices impacted the marriage of her mother, who is of Blackfoot descent, and her Sami father.<\/p>\n

Jorinda’s Resa (Jorinda’s Journey)<\/em> (Liselotte Wasjedt, 2014, Sweden)
\n<\/strong>This drama takes place in a magnificent landscape with high mountains. During her journey \"Jorindas<\/a>Jorinda meets resistance in the guise of a snow storm and she is almost frozen to death. But the real enemy is within Jorinda herself. She has to find her own inner strength. She has to take charge of her life. The project was inspired by Ann-Marie Ljungberg’s book Resan till Kautokeino (The Journey to Kautokeino).<\/p>\n

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Eahp\u00e1ra\u0161 (Stillborn) <\/em>(Anne Merete Gaup, 2012, Norway)
\n<\/strong>A terrifying S\u00e1mi folktale of the haunting spirit of a dead newborn child is brought to cinematic incarnation in this impressive horror debut.
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Stoerre Vaerie (Amanda\u00a0Kernell,2015)<\/span>\u00a0 <\/strong>Elle, 78, does not like Sami people – though her first language was Sami and she grew up in the mountains in Lapland. Now she claims that she is completely Swedish and from the south. Under pressure from her son, she reluctantly returns north for her sister’s funeral. As they are about to leave, she understands that her son has planned for them stay with their relatives over night. Refusing to do so, Elle checks in at the local Grand hotel with all the tourists…<\/p>\n

Stoerre Vaerie (Northern Great Mountain) had it’s world premiere at Sundance Film Festival in January 2015. The Swedish premiere was at G\u00f6teborg International Film Festival where it won the Best Swedish Short Audience Award. The film has also won Best Short Drama at ImagineNATIVE 2015, Canada, and Best Swedish Short Film 2015 at Uppsala Shortfilm festival 2015. In 2016 the film competes at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and is nominated Best Short for the 2015 Guldbagge Awards, Sweden’s national film awards. The film is distributed by Theo Tsappos at The Swedish Film Institute.<\/p>\n

About the Filmmakers:<\/h3>\n

Elle-M\u00e1ij\u00e1 Tailfeathers<\/strong>\u00a0 \"index\"<\/a>is a member of the Kainai Nation (Blood Reserve, Blackfoot Confederacy) and S\u00e1mi from Norway.\u00a0 She graduated from University of British Columbia with a Bachelor’s Degree in First Nations Studies. Her award-winning works – often rooted in social justice – explore innovative means of telling stories. She is a recipient of the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award and a Kodak Image Award for her work as an emerging filmmaker, and was also included in the CBC list \u201cIndigenous Youth Leaders: 5 Under 30 to Watch in 2015.\u201d Her most recent short,\u00a0Bihtto\u0161<\/em>,\u00a0was included in the TIFF Top Ten Canadian Shorts and has been nominated for a 2016 Canadian Screen Award.\u2028\u00a0 She was nominated for a 2015 Leo award for her performance in Not Indian Enough.<\/em><\/p>\n

Her Filmography includes:<\/p>\n