Marja Viitahuhta & Ánnámáret‘s Bálvvosbáiki (featured image) and Marja Helander & Liseslotte Wajstedt‘s In My Hand will be screened at the 7th Arctic Shorts Film Evening on December 1st, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Arctic Shorts is an official side event of the Arctic Futures Symposium.

Bálvvosbáiki (place of worship) (2023) continues a series of video works created by Marja Viitahuhta in collaboration with musicians Ánnámáret (yoik), Ilkka Heinonen (jouhikko) and Turkka Inkilä (electronic music). The work is based on questions of human relationship with the environment, the wanderer’s mindset and the changing sense of time, as well as the Sámi world view in which people should take into account the heritage of past generations and preserve the conditions of life for future generations. The cross images and slow motion visualize the content of the wordless yoik. A tapestry of sounds created by Turkka Inkilä and Ilkka Heinonen’s jouhikko sing alongside the yoik.

In My Hand tells the story of the Sámi struggle on both a personal and historical level. The main character is Niillas Somby, a Sámi who is facing a 21-year prison sentence for attempted sabotage.

Arctic Shorts Film Evening
December 1st, 2025 at 18:30
Cinema Galeries, Brussels

More information: Arctic Shorts Film Evening

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