Luminocity: Marja Hellander

Birds in the Earth is a short film based on dance, telling a bit of a melancholic story about Sámi people´s rights in today´s Finland, the Sámi being the indigenous people of Northern Europe. The story is told through the dance performances of two young Sámi sisters, Birit and Katja Haarla.

Meet Marja Helander, director of Birds in the Earth, playing in the International Narrative Shorts Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. https://ww...

Sámi/Finnish artist Marja Helander’s lyrical short film Eatnanvuloš lottit (Birds in the Earth, 2018, 10′ 40″, single channel) captures two young ballerinas as they glide through the Nordic landsca...

Timely and compelling work by Indigenous artists from the North reflects on language, sovereignty and the land.

Marja Helander est une photographe et vidéaste finlandaise. Dans Court-circuit, elle présente sa démarche artistique et revient sur la genèse de son film "Birds in the Earth".

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