Saturday
Ran Bi Wa – A Story About Fire
Li Wenyu │ China │ 2025
Ranbiwa, a monkey raised by a human tribe, was on his way to the Holy Mountain to steal fire for humanity. At the end of his journey, he went through Nirvana in the fire and was transformed into a human.
Nordic premiere
Wiñaypacha
Óscar Catacora │ Peru │ 2017
This is the story of Willka and Phaxsi, an elderly couple of more than eighty years of age living abandoned in a remote part of the Andes of Peru, more than five thousand meters high. They face the misery and the inclement passage of time, praying to their gods so that finally their only son would arrive to rescue them.
Historjá – Stitches for Sápmi
Thomas Jackson │ Sweden │ 2022
For decades, Britta Marakatt-Labba has combined the political struggles of the Sámi indigenous people and a magical mythological worldview in her art. Now she and her family and people face an existential struggle when climate change threatens their traditional way of life as reindeer herders in the arctic tundra.
Kirjokansi – Short films from under the northern sky
Fishing with Gunnar
Iina Terho │ Finland │ 2012
Birthday
Hanneriina Moisseinen │ Finland │ 2014
Santra ja Puhuvat Puut
Miia Tervo │ Finland │ 2013
Eatnanvuloš Lottit – Maan sisällä linnut
Marja Helander │ Finland │ 2018
Guest screening
May Your Ripples Slowly Fade
Gustaf Broms │ Sweden │ 2022-2024
May Your Ripples Slowly Fade refers to that state of no-mind, before consciousness defines, describes, and names what is. These vague precious moments, beyond time and space, when separation between past and present, here and there evaporate.
This flowing moment – Experimental short films by Arttu Nieminen
Arttu Nieminen│ Finland │ 2019-2025
The exhibition dives into the futuristic and surreal world of Lapland by Arttu Nieminen. From his travels, he has photographed the hypnotic features of Arctic nature, the dissonances and the pulse of big cities, concocting mental landscapes from them that are suddenly pierced by brutal montages. In his works, he reflects on this flowing moment, environmental issues and the next steps of our species’ consciousness.
Guest screening
Sunnuntai
Shambhala
Min Bahadur Bham │ Nepal │ 2024
In a Himalayan polyandrous village in Nepal, newly married and pregnant Pema tries to make the best of her new life. But soon, her first husband Tashi vanishes on the trade route to Lhasa. Accompanied by her monk de facto husband, Karma, she embarks on a journey into the unforgiving wilderness to find him, evolving into a quest of self-discovery and liberation.
Finnish premiere and guest screening
Song
Selma Vilhunen │ Finland │ 2014
The song is about 90-year-old Jussi Huovinen, who is the last Finnish rune singer to have adopted White Karelian rune singing as an oral tradition. Visual artist and cartoonist Hanneriina Moisseinen wants to learn Jussi’s songs and the rune singing tradition of White Karelia and becomes his student.
Biru Unjárga – My Father’s Daughter
Egil Pedersen │ Norway │ 2024
Set in Norway’s northern reaches, the story centers on Elvira, a Sami teen. Convinced her mother conceived at a Danish clinic, her life shifts when her true father emerges, forever altering her world.
Guest screening
Flow
Gints Zilbalodis │ Latvia │ 2024
Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences.
Ludia
Timo Elomaa │ Finland │ 2025
The images transport the viewer to India, to the village of Ludia – a place where life has flowed quietly, at its own pace, for generations. But there come moments when one must leave behind the familiar land, the home yard and the sounds of the village. Giving up is not just the end – it is part of the great cycle of life to which we all belong. Everyday life can be fragile, but it is what carries a person through crises and changes.
Guest screening