Northern exposures and marginal critiques : the cinema of the Sami in a postcolonial framework
In 2012, the Finnish Film Foundation (FFF) established a funding initiative devoted to developing Sámi film production, a move marking a significant development acknowledging the marginal status of Sámi cinema within the Nordic countries. While the fund is part of the FFF’s focus on developing margi...
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Edinburgh University Press
2015
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Online Access: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/82262/ https://www.worldcat.org/title/films-on-ice-cinemas-of-the-arctic/oclc/883701537&referer=brief_results |
Summary: | In 2012, the Finnish Film Foundation (FFF) established a funding initiative devoted to developing Sámi film production, a move marking a significant development acknowledging the marginal status of Sámi cinema within the Nordic countries. While the fund is part of the FFF’s focus on developing marginal film production practices and themes, and thus not a long-term charity case, its introduction is indicative of a range of key considerations. First, Sámi cinema has received increased attention in the Nordic countries in the 2000s as both a filmmaking practice and a topic of representation. Reflecting the geoculturally contested status of the Sámi. |
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