LAST YOIK IN SAAMI FORESTS?
a documentary video for UN
In northern Lapland, over a thousand kilometres north of Finland’s capital Helsinki, lies the largest remaining wilderness in Western Europe. These fells and forests are the homeland of Northern Europe’s only indigenous people, the Saami. The land rights issue in the Saami homeland remains unresolved.> To the movie page
Press release 2th May 2008
Invitation to indigenous film festival in Nepal
We are very honoured to get invitation to Nepal International Indigenous Film festival held in Katmandu 4.-7.6.2008
www.ifanepal.org.np
Press release 17th April
The film "LAST YOIK IN SAAMI FORESTS?" has been selected to take part in International Documentary Official Section to compete for the Golden Sun Award from 15th Catalonia Environmental International Film Festival that will take place in El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona) next June (31st May-8th June) http://www.ficma.com/Bienvenida.html
Press release 31.3.2008 Finland
Festival tour continous in East and West
We are happy to announce that these three interesting film festivals has accepted our documentary ( go to film page ) in their programs:
The Global Green Indigenous Film Festival
April 18-20, 2008 in Santa, Fe New Mexico
http://www.ggiff.com/
2008 Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival
May 1–4, 2008 at the University of Washington in Seattle
http://www.hazelfilm.org
Green Film Festival in Seoul (22~28 May, 2008)
http://www.greenfestival.or.kr
Press release 22.3.2008
Kathrine Kight Award in Earth Vision Film festivals
The festival trip in the grass root film festivals in Santa Cruz was successfull and interesting experience.
The documentary Last yoik in Saami forests?
was awarded with Gatharine Knigt Award. The director of the documentary took part the festivals and made there also two videoworks.
-I heard about the ongoing tree sitting demonstration in campus area and wanted to look what it about. What I find is an extraordinary combination: university in wilderness. Unfortunately it seems that this unique special quality of that university is not fully understood and developing plans treat to destroy the spirituality and ecology around the university.
Look the video here:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/14/18485660.php
When returning back from festivals was also this short documentary shooted. Look the demonstration of Tiibetan refugees in San Francisco.
link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=LnQa6-v1Jj8
More info: hannu[at]elonmerkki.net
Press release 29th February 2008
Last yoik in Saami forests going to Earth Vision International Environmental Film Festival
We are proud and happy to announce that the US premiere of Last yoik in Saami forest ? - documentary for UN (final version) will be screened in Earth Vision International Film Festival on Tuesday March 4th at the Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz
EarthVision International Environmental Film Festival 2008 celebrates its 10th year of highlighting films about crucial ecological issues, providing a venue for independent filmmakers from around the world and inspiring people to get involved in creating positive change for the planet.
EarthVision 2008 will be held March 3rd – 8th, 2008 with a special screening for Act Locally on Earth Day in April. Award winning films will be screened at the Mello Center in Watsonville and at the Rio Theatre and the Veteran’s Memorial Hall in Santa Cruz. EarthVision will culminate with a celebration honoring the filmmakers and people on the front lines of the environmental movement.
The director of the documentary Hannu Hyvönen will be in Santa Cruz during the whole festival. Contact: hannu (at) elonmerkki.net
Read more:
http://www.earthvisionfest.org/
Press release 19th February 2008 - Finland
Case of Finnish forestry and indigenous rights
Illegal logging in Saami home area in Lapland?
Finland Institut in Deutchland is arranging a documentary screening and panel discussion on the situation in Finnish Lapland. The event is on Thursday 21th February in University of Humboldt in Berlin.
Read the program here:
English
German
PDF File
Read the whole press release > here
SKÁBMAGOVAT FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES ITS 10th ANNIVERSARY
Skábmagovat –the Indigenous Peoples Film Festival in Inari, northernmost
Finland, is arranged for the tenth time January 23rd to 28th, 2008. The
theme of the festival this year is beside Sámi films also Native American
film production.
Read more: http://www.siida.fi/skabma/800en.html
The documentary Last yoik in Saami forest? has its presentation in Sunday 29th January:
http://www.siida.fi/skabma/ohjelma_en/ohjelma_sunnuntai.htm
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Press release 25.9.2007
Last yoik in Saami forests in Planet in Focus film festival in Canada
*Planet in Focus* is Canada’s most acclaimed International Environmental Film and Video festival. The annual film fest showcases compelling documentaries, animation, dramatic features, shorts, and experimental works that celebrate, question, and establish varied ways of viewing the state of our world.
The 8th Annual Festival scheduled to take place October 24-28, 2007. View the festival schedule here:
http://www.planetinfocus.org/festival
For the festival screening we have made the updated version of the documentary. The latest move of Finnish state own company was to start logging in conflict forests in May 2007. But becouse no one of the big paper companies did not want to buy that wood, the stocks from wilderness ended up to the local energy company to be burned for heating.
The president of Saami Parliament, Pekka Aikio gives his answer to the question: Why Finnish state and Inari county are burning down Saami forests.
More information from the director and producer
Hannu Hyvönen hannu[at]elonmerkki.net tel +358408317733
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Last yoik in Saami forests - Germain premiere of the documentary in Globians Film Festivals
Home page: http://www.globians.com
The whole program of this higly interesting festival can be read > here.
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Presentation in Sodankylä Filmfestivals 17.6.2007
Finnish version Viimeinen joiku Saamenmaan metsissä is shown in Sunday 17.6. in Sodankylä Filmfestivals.
The whole program can be read > here.