Circumpolar Art
Timely and compelling work by Indigenous artists from the North reflects on language, sovereignty and the land.
Dolastallat – To Have a Campfire
Eatnanvuloš Lottit – Maan sisällä linnut
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Disobedience in Sámi Artist Marja Helander’s Film Birds in the Earth
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...
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Sundance 2019 – Birds in the Earth — We are moving stories
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.
Short Competition: Birds in the Earth
Meet Marja Helander, director of Birds in the Earth, playing in the International Narrative Shorts Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. https://ww...
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Rencontre avec Marja Helander - Réalisatrice de "Birds in the Earth" - Regarder l’émission complète | ARTE
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".
Marja Helander
Marja Helander (b.1965) is a Finnish photographic and video artist. She graduated as a painter at the Lahti Institute of Fine Arts in 1992. After that Helander pursued her interest in photography and graduated from the University of Art and Design in Helsinki in 1999.