Árru

Director Elle Sofe Sara's debut feature unfolds in the stark beauty of Sápmi in the northern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, where reindeer herder Maia (Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska) is forced to confront a mining project encroaching on her ancestral lands. As protests against the operation intensify, the return of Maia's long-absent uncle reopens old family wounds, forcing Maia into an impossible reckoning between kinship and survival. Weaving together grounded drama with bursts of traditional song and movement, the film draws on Sámi cultural expression to explore inherited trauma, resilience and connection to the land. A fierce and cathartic tale about breaking one's silence to do the right thing.