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Skábmagovat Festival Attracted Audiences to Record-Breaking Ticket Sales With New Artistic Director
The annual Skábmagovat Indigenous Peoples’ Film Festival took place in Inari, Sápmi from January 22–25, 2026. The programme was curated for the first time by the new artistic director, Sunna Nousuniemi. Visitor numbers decreased slightly due to a lighter programme structure. Fewer ticketed screenings were presented, but in terms of sales the event achieved a record-breaking result, including as many as six sold-out screenings. An estimated 2,853 visitors attended Skábmagovat events in Inari. The visitor count is based on audience numbers at screenings and events. It appears that the festival has an established core audience with a strong interest in …
Skábmagovat – Indigenous Peoples’ Film Festival brings diverse forms of love to the silver screen in Inari in January
Skábmagovat – Indigenous Peoples’ Film Festival brings diverse forms of love to the silver screen in Inari in January Skábmagovat Film Festival will once again take place in the heart winter from 22–25 January 2026 in Inari, Sápmi. The theme of the 2026 festival is diverse love. Through this theme, the festival aims to highlight the multidimensional nature of love in Indigenous experiences: love for language and land, for community and generations, for being oneself, and for the diversity of queer love. “Skábmagovat 2026 is an invitation to reimagine love – not as something passive or necessarily comfortable, but as …
Poster 2026
Proudly presenting the Skábmagovat 2026 poster! It has been designed in line with the 2026 theme, which is diverse love. The poster was designed by Roope Portti, a 20-year-old young artist currently living in Helsinki. He grew up in Keväjärvi, but his family roots are in Inarijoki. His visual art is inspired by humanity, the norms we create, and subcultures. In addition to rainbow love, the poster draws inspiration from the meeting of the binary gákti and non-binary self-expression. The visual style of the poster is a reinterpretation of the 1957 film poster for Mädchen in Uniform, an earlier version …
Skábmagovat announces festival poster and prepares for the upcoming festival
[Aanaar, Säämi, December 5, 2024] – Skábmagovat Indigenous Peoples’ Film Festival, has released its 2025 festival poster, marking the start of the festival season and setting the mood for the ongoing polar night. The poster has been created by the artist Lada Suomenrinne who is from the Deatnu River valley. The visual theme of the poster is based on the concept of čuovgga guvlui – towards the light. The poster features a self-portrait of the artist, wearing the gákti of their late áddjá (grandfather). “In my visual art, I often explore different borderlands and how they meet. While designing the …
Skábmagovat – the Indigenous Film Festival once again brought together film and arts enthusiasts to Inari to celebrate cultural richness
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 the organizers’ hearts, as the numbers gradually climbed back towards pre-pandemic levels. Approximately 3600 visitors attended the Skábmagovat events in Inari, and additionally, the online festival garnered 3800 views. Altogether, Skábmagovat reached a total of 7400 viewers – a figure indicating significant interest from the audience in Indigenous film art and Sámi culture, which are becoming increasingly prominent year by year. There were over 30 film screenings, with the most popular being traditionally Sámi screenings. …
Skábmagovat 2024
Skábmagovat indigenous film festival – 25-28 January 2024 – Inari / Sami / Finland Skábmagovat will take place again in January, in the blue light of Kaamos – Endless Night. Skábmagovat is the world’s northernmost indigenous film festival, an international event that opens the Sámi and the world of other indigenous film narratives. The program shows short films, documentaries and feature films that tell stories and views of the worldas told by the indigenous people themselves. Movies are shown in three different screening locations, one of which is the legendary Snow Theater, which is built entirely of snow – even …
