Indigenous peoples’ Film Festival

Skábmagovat

Inari, Aanaar, Finland 23.1.-26.1.2025
Online 31.1.-6.2.2025

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Nine Arctic Indigenous Filmmakers Selected for Witness 2024 Film Training and Mentorship Program

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Witness 2024 Short Film Series + Training Mentorship Program! The selected filmmakers and their projects are: Ashley Qilavaq-Savard and Jennifer Kilabuk (Inuit, Canada)Project: Intergenerational Climate …

Save the date 2025

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✨SKÁBMAGOVAT 2025✨Indigenous Peoples’ Film Festival✨23.-26.1.2025✨Inari, Sápmi, Finland

Skábmagovat – the Indigenous Film Festival once again brought together film and arts enthusiasts to Inari to celebrate cultural richness

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The Indigenous Film Festival Skábmagovat was held again in Inari from January 25th to 28th, 2024. The attendance figures for the festival held on-site warmed …

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Skábmagovat 2024

Press releases

Skábmagovat indigenous film festival – 25-28 January 2024 – Inari / Sami / Finland Skábmagovat will take place again in January, in the blue light …

The World’s Northernmost Indigenous People’s Film Festival

Every January in Inari, 320 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, the Skábmagovat Film Festival comes alive. It’s an international and communal event that brings people together to celebrate our wealth of cultural heritage. Read more

Highlights from 2024 programme
Documentary, 16 min
Premiere

Geaidnoearus / At the Crossroads

Elina Waage Mikalsen, Magnus Skei Holmen
Kivikylä
Screening
Children

CHILDREN’S SNOW SESSION

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Comedy, Drama, 92 min
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Rosie

Gail Maurice
At the Snow Theatre, audiences watch a movie on a screen made of snow.

Skábmagovat 2024

The programme features short films, documentaries and feature films that tell stories and views of the world as told by indigenous peoples themselves.

Partners 2024

Financiers

Samediggi
Kone Foundation
Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö
SES the Finnish Film Foundation
Taiteen edistämiskeskus
Municipality of Inari
Wihurin Säätiö
NextGenerationEU
International Sami Film Institute
Saamelaisneuvosto
Avek

Sponsors

Wilderness Hotels
Vasatokka
Hotel Ivalo
Sodankylä Municipality

Co-operation

Yle Sápmi
Siida
Sajos
Inari Kulttuuritoimi
SAKK

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