N/S/FIN 2026 | 95 Min. | OmU International
SCORE Bernhard Wicki Award
Creative Energy Award
Wolfgang Petersen-Filmpreis
Set against the breathtaking landscapes of Sápmi, reindeer herder Maia fights to protect her ancestors’ land from a looming mining project. As the protests grow increasingly fierce, she seeks support from her charismatic uncle Lemme – whose presence brings old, deeply buried traumas back to the surface. Maia faces an impossible choice: to defend the land at the expense of her family, or to give it up in order to break a painful silence. Just like her protagonist, filmmaker Elle Sofe Sara belongs to the Sámi minority. In ”Árru”, the choreographer and performance artist – well-known in Norway – unfolds a courageous musical drama that explores difficult taboo subjects through song, joik and dance.
Director: Elle Sofe Sara
Script: Elle Sofe Sara, Johan Fasting
Photographer: Cecilie Semec FNF
Editor: Michał Leszczyłowski
Music: John Erik Kaada
Cast: Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska, Simon Issát Marainen, Ayla Gáren Nutti, Mikkel Gaup
Production company: Stær AS, Garagefilm International and It‘s Alive Films / Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Mimmi Spång, Jani Pösö, Ragna N. Midtgard, Espen Nomedal, Sanna Kultanen, Anita Hyppönen in Co.-Prod. mit Arctic Film Invest, Bord Cadre films, Sovereign Films, Elle Sofe Company / Elle Sofe Sara, Cathrine Persson, Julia Andresen, Jim Stark, Jamal Zeinal-Zade, Dan Wechsler, Andreas Roald
Distributor: Filmwelt Verleihagentur
Elle Sofe Sara
ELLE SOFE SARA wurde in Guovdageaidnu, Sápmi, Norwegen, geboren. Sie ist Choreografin und Filmemacherin. In ihren Werken beleuchtet sie regelmäßig die sozialen, politischen und kulturellen Besonderheiten und Herausforderungen des samischen Volkes. Mit „Árru“ gibt sie ihr Spielfilmdebüt.
(Foto: ©Anne Katja Gaup)
Filmography: Árru (2026), Sami boy (2015, Kurzfilm)
Screenings
06.06.26 | 21:20 h| CineStar 2, Emden
07.06.26 | 13:30 h| CineStar 6, Emden
