‘Game of Thrones’ Star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Baltasar Kormakur Will Support Arctic Indigenous Film Fund

AIFF fund, launched in 2018 to support the development ofThe Sámi are an Indigenous people with a population of about 100,000 spread across Norway, Sweden, Finland and northern Russia; they have a traditional song form called yoik. The group has been making its mark on the film circuit, with Sámi director Amanda Kernell’s “Charter” representing Sweden in the 2020 Oscar race.

“We all have deep personal and professional connections to the Arctic and we know the incredible talent that exists there. Indigenous voices must be heard and those of the circumpolar region have urgent, vital and powerful stories of the kind the world has not yet heard or seen. It is our hope that the Arctic Indigenous Film Fund succeeds in its goals to support Indigenous filmmakers which will fill a void in funding and financing for these artists,” they added.

“Indigenous stories from the Earth’s Arctic can inspire the world to a more sustainable future,” said Anne Lajla Utsi, Managing Director of the International Sámi Film Institute in the statement.

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