Imagine Sápmi II
Short film program — 90 min.
After Imagine Sápmi II there will be a conversation about what queer Sámi film is and can be, why it is important to highlight queer perspectives in indigenous stories - and who can and should be telling them.
In the panel:
Silje Burgin-Borch is a Norwegian director, writer and series creator. She studied screenwriting at the UCLA School of Film Theater and Television, and after 10 years freelancing, she established the production company Alfredfilm in 2016. In 2024, she debuted as a drama series creator with the Sámi drama series Oro Jaska for NRK.
Timime Gassko Märak (they/them) is a speaker, poet and word weaver. The first to hold the title of "Poet In Residence" at the Venice biennale and one of three founding members of the Hásstuheaddji collective, a Sámi led think-tank that gathers thinkers, performers and artists to dialogue and reflection. Märak is one of the main organizers of Sápmi Pride on the Swedish side of Sápmi and part of the advisory group for Imagine Sápmi.
Nedin Mutic is a Changemaker / Senior Adviser Diversity, Inclusion & Talent development at the Norwegian Film Institute. He has over 15 years of experience in creating spaces for dialogue and experience exchange within the storytelling industries.
Moderator is Anna Linder, founder and artistic director of SAQMI.
Born in Storuman, Sweden, Anna Linder (they/them) is a queer artist, curator and cultural producer, with a focus on moving images.
Recent projects include the artistic research project Queer Moving Images at HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg; the experimental film Spermwhore, about extended families; and their latest, Colere, about northern colonialism and family grief. They is currently working on PAUS E, a project focusing on hormones around menopause.
Imagine Sápmi is a living, ongoing archive within SAQMI – The Swedish Archive for Queer Moving Images, which collects, preserves, shows, and imagines what Sámi queerness can look and feel like in moving images. This collection aims to make Sámi queer culture, its struggles, and lives visible across time, by enabling screenings and contexts where to see and discuss the films. The project wants to inspire and create new possibilities and encounters. Imagine Sápmi is a part of the screening project Queer Moving History, which has curated public film programs for various contexts since 2020, bringing together contemporary and older films.
The program is curated by Eili Bråstad and Anna Linder (SAQMI) in close collaboration with all the participating artists and the advisory group for Imagine Sapmi. Thank YOU - without you No queer Sami Film History.
