Poetry, performance and film to begin Highlight Arctic, a year-long multi-arts festival from and about the circumpolar North.

Featuring Niillas Holmberg, a Sámi poet, musician, actor and activist and Jessie Kleemann, an Inuit poet and performance artist.

The two films screened at this event were Pitaqangittuq (2010 – Dir. Guillaume Ittukssarjuat Saladin, Félix Pharand D., Nicolas Tardif) and Hollow Earth (2014 – Dir. Tanya Busse & Emilija Skarnulyte).

This event was presented by Highlight Arts (http://highlightarts.org) in partnership with Free Word on 28 November 2016.