Suvi West is a Finnish Sámi director and screenwriter. West is especially known for the TV series Märät säpikkät / Njuoska bittut. In addition to making films, she was the head of the Film Center for Indigenous Peoples from 2009 to 2011.

With AIFF’s support and help West has been able to launch her newest documentary film Eatnameamet – Hiljainen taistelumme (Eatnameamet – our silent fight), screened in 2021. The documentary won the Church Media Foundation award and the audience award at the Tampere Film Festival.

AIFF has funded the pre-production of Fussing’s short film Imajuik, that is part of AIFF’s horror short film anthology Arctic Chills.

At 23 years old, Marc Fussing-Rosbach has already directed an award-winning feature film. His fantasy feature, Akornatsinnittut – Tarratta Nunaanni (Among Us – In The Land of Our Shadows), won the award for promising young filmmaker at the Nuuk International Film Festival in 2018 and went on to screenings in Canada, the U.S., Australia and various countries in Europe.

Marc’s father introduced him to movies and taught him how to edit photos, setting him on the path to filmmaking. Marc is self-taught. He does his own filming and works with various software to edit scenes and compose soundtracks. His visual effects work is in demand by other Greenlandic directors.

Unborn Biru is part of AIFF’s horror short film anthology, Arctic Chills, which is one of AIFF’s first international projects. As part of Arctic Chills, AIFF provided workshops and mentoring for filmmakers. Elin received support for screenwriting Unborn Biru.