8.-12. july 2026

Erle Bårdsdatter Sæther has been hired as the new festival director of Riddu Riđđu! She will start in the position as assistant festival director on May 1st, for a training phase before officially taking over from Solbakk on September 1st.

Riddu Riđđu invites Sámi filmmakers and Indigenous filmmakers to submit films to the festival's short film program.

We’re happy to finally share that we’re strengthening our team with Signe Bertine Birkeland Johnsen as our new Communications Manager.

Riddu Riđđu invites artists and tradition bearers belonging to Indigenous River communities in the North to apply to take part in the delegation for the Northern People of the Year 2026.  

Riddu Riđđu is proud to honor Indigenous River peoples as the Northern People of the Year 2026.

Riddu Riđđu Festivála aims to encourage artistic development amongst young Sámi artists and create a platform for them to reach national and international audience.

With Máret Ánne Sara’s historic exhibition at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, Sámi art steps into the global spotlight like never before.

Join us for an unforgettable evening of Christmas spirit with the wonderful Kajsa Balto at the Center for Northern Peoples on November 22 at 7:00 PM. 

The Sámi export office and agency, NANU – Sámi Arts International, is now established!

We're back in the office after the summer break and we're more than ready for a new festival year!

When this year’s festival concluded in the early hours of Sunday July 13, a total of 6,149 people had visited our festival.

We’re lucky to have warm and sunny days during the first part of our festival. While we’re thoroughly enjoying the nice weather, it also means that the water level in the river near the festival area has risen.

This year’s Indigenous festival offers everything from heavy joik and Greenlandic reggae to Northern Norwegian rap and Sami political debates. Along with a one-of-a-kind commissioned work that hits right at the heart of global politics.

 

Adress:

Riddu Riđđu Festivála, Center for Northern people, NO-9144 Samuelsberg, Norway

PHONE: 

+ 47 971 39493

E-mail:

[email protected]

Booking requests: [email protected]*All program/booking inquiries to Riddu Riđđu should contain LIVE-videos and information regarding Indigenous perspectives.

 

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