Árru

Árru (2027)

Sámi reindeer herder Maia fights to protect her ancestral lands from a looming mining project. Amid the growing protests, she is also confronted with deeply buried family traumas. Maia is forced to make a decision.

Date of release
2027-01-28
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Drama, Music
Director
Elle Sofe Sara

Casting

Interesting facts

Árru is a 2026 drama film directed by Elle Sofe Sara in her directorial debut, from the screenplay she co-wrote with Johan Fasting. It stars Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska as Maia, a reindeer herder. It is the first feature film about the joik.

Production

It is a Norwegian-Swedish-Finnish international co-production. Development began in January 2021 when Norwegian production company Mer Film initially announced the project as its slate, with Elle Sofe Sara attached to direct and Elisa Fernanda Pirir to produce. In January 2023, Pirir left the company and founded her own production company, Stær Film, to which the project subsequently moved.

In February 2021, the project was selected to participate at the Nordic Film Market, held during the Gothenburg Film Festival. In September 2022, it was announced as one of the six projects backed by the New Dawn fund. It participated at the Work in Progress section of the 2024 Les Arcs Film Festival. In January 2025, it returned to the Nordic Film Market to be showcased at the Works in Progress section.

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