SÁMIS
Documentary Film & Photography
This project brings together themes and media I’ve been exploring for years. It combines a photographic series featuring portraits and landscapes, and a 52-minute documentary. Together, these form an intimate and delicate portrayal of Sámi culture and their territory, at the northernmost edge of Europe.
The film adopts an observational approach, privileging time, proximity, and listening, without commentary or explanatory voice-over.
The documentary shares the voices, stories, and reflections of Sámi people as they navigate contemporary challenges such as climate change, cultural preservation, and the transmission of knowledge to future generations.
Through human narratives and visual encounters, we discover the relationship between the Sámi and their natural environment. We witness everyday moments such as fishing on frozen lakes, the precise practice of duodji, interactions with reindeer, the expression of Sámi spirituality through joik, an ancestral chant, and the subtle beauty of traditional Sámi cuisine.
SÁMIS explores how Sámi cultural identity is lived, transmitted, and questioned today, through everyday practices and contemporary realities.
VISA N° 163.723
Documentary Film
TRAILER
Photography Project
Awards
2023 - Scandinavian International Film Festival - Official Selection
2024 - Arctic Film Festival - Winner Best Feature Documentary
2024 - Genesis International Film Festival - Official Selection
2025 - Close:Up Reykjavik Film Festival - Winner Best Feature Documentary
Exhibitions & Screenings
05.12.2023 - Christine Cinema Club
Spring 2024 - GOBELINS Paris
Winter 2025 - Monks.Paris
Spring 2025 - Private Screening for the Anthropology Research Team of Rovaniemi
Winter 2025 - Arctic Light Filmfestival - Kiruna
Crédits
Écrit & Réalisé par Roman Jehanno & Cyril Hucleux Production Quatre Par Cinq Producteurs Roman Jehanno Antonin Burbaud Cyril Hucleux Bande Originale Sébastien Lafargue Directeur de la Photographie Roman Jehanno Images by Roman Jehanno & Cyril Hucleux Assistant Caméra Mounir Fixer Consultant Culturel & Interprète Hilla-Rina Palokari Post-producteur Jérémie Oiry Monteur Antoine Supper Assistant Monteur Antoine Gaunin Étalonnage par Romain Dubois Photos Roman Jehanno Motion Design Raphaël Benhamou Mix & Sound-Design Aurélien Ung Musique Hildá Länsman Traducteurs Roosa-Maria Nuorgam & Miikka Kilpimaa & Hilla Rina Palokari Avec Ida Karolina Nuorgam, Mauno Akujärvi, Rauno Pehkonen, Sami Laiti, Ante Aikio, Asko Länsman, Tuomo Länsman, Jaakko Länsman,Jere Länsman,
Signe Nuorgam, Heikki Nikula, Elle Maaret-Helander, Hildá Länsman, Lávre Johan Eira.
