Northern Travelogues will be screened at Artic Film Fest

Northern Travelogues will be screened at Artic Film Fest

17.11.2021

Directed by Kira Jääskeläinen in 2019, Northern Travelogues will be screened at the Artic Film Festival in Grand Marais, Minnesota on November 20-21, 2021.

The festival features films from around the globe that visually tell the story of the North. Documentaries, features and shorts showcase arctic landscapes, traditional cultures, northern adventures and changing climates. Artic Film Festival is a part of the annual Winterer's Gathering event.

In 1917 Finnish explorer Sakari Pälsi travelled to Northeastern Siberia carrying a cinematograph and 13,000 feet of film with him. The journey produced a unique documentary film and a travelogue. A hundred years later director Kira Jääskeläinen returns to the Bering Strait in Pälsi's footsteps. Combining old and new film footage, Pälsi's notes and the stories of the local indigenous peoples, the film highlights the story of the Chukchi and Siberian Eskimos from bygone days till today.