Edition: 2011

Selected by the Festival: RAI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM 2009, London, United Kingdom

Award winner: INTANGIBLE CULTURE FILM PRIZE COMMENDATION

Year of production: 2007

Country of production: Finland / Norway

Production: Sonar film

Set in: Lapland

Duration: 57'

Film: Color

Directed by: Rossella Ragazzi

The joik, a traditional Sámi song form, has recently become more widely heard, mainly due to the popularity of the band Adjagas. This documentary film explores a fascinating, evolving mode of performance that is a healing force for the Sámi people. The documentary follows young joikers Sara Marielle Gaup and Lawra Somby of Adjagas from the stage to their homes to reveal how issues of identity, endangered language and spirituality are bound up with their music.