Wairua Shorts

As The Smoke Rises

A Native elder explains the tremendous healing power of smudging handed down thousands of years ago.

Badjelánnda

Poet Juvva Pittjas words guides us through a unique landscape highlighting the value of land and nature to the Sámi of Sweden.

Between Two Lines

In the trenches of World War I, an Australian man and a German man find common ground.

Čáhcerávga

Čáhcerávga is an ancient Sámi spirit that tricks children to go onto thin ice. This yoik film is an attempt to understand the evilness and injustice in this world.

Guorga – Duoddara Modjegobit

Guorga is looking for ”the lyrics of the lost yoik” with the aid of Sámi lore. It is the obligation of Guorga (crane) to report on the spring migration to Bárboáhkká, the goddess of birds.

MELI

Melisa is a young Mapuche woman who emigrates to the city in search for better living conditions. As she nears the end of her university studies she receives an ancestral call.

Naja (Little Sister)

Naja (Little Sister) is an animated fantasy in which a young girl must come to terms with a traumatic experience.

Poter Kotha (The Story of Painted Songs)

Thoughts on the commodification of Patachitra.

RKLSS

In an intense, wild, and raw horror-fantasy, self-taught animator Tank Standing Buffalo bravely dives into his personal experiences in prolonged segregation as a young offender, using the art-form that helped him heal.