I’ve been noticing some confusion in the notes regarding what culture this is, so here’s some more info!
The girl in the video is Sámi. The Sámi are an indigenous people from the region of Sápmi, which encompasses northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
The traditional clothing of Sámi people look different depending on which area tradition they belong to. This girl is north Sámi and she’s wearing a Lyngen dress (ivgu gákti in the north Sámi language), which means her family/ancestors came from Lyngen, Norway. Lyngen’s proximity to the sea made fishing a common means of livelihood for the Sámi living there, which earned them the name “sea Sámi”.
The girl in the video mentions that Sámi people get harassed a lot on the 17th of May, which is the Constitutional Day / National Day of Norway.
It should be noted and known that Sweden still hasn’t signed the ILO convention on the rights of indigenous peoples, and that it’s just in recent years that there’s been some awareness raised about the historical and ongoing colonial relationship between Sweden and the Sámi people. https://fuf.se/en/magasin/europas-enda-erkanda-urfolk-bor-i-sverigre/
Klaus is a new origin story for Santa Claus, about a postman that gets sent to the remote town of Smeerensburg and befriends a reclusive toy maker. Sergio Pablos, the director, used mostly traditional 2D hand-drawn animation, while animated film nowadays use 3D animation and CGI. Pablos wanted it to give the movie a nostalgic component, but he overcame some of the limitations of 2D using lighting to give volume to the characters.
“One of the early inspirations that we had for this film was ‘Batman Begins,’” said Pablos, whose version of Santa is taciturn, has dealt with loss and has a toy shop that could be seen as a sort of Batcave. “You can definitely say people have described it as 'Santa Begins.’
Klaus è una nuova storia sulle origini di Babbo Natale, che parla di un postino che viene mandato nella remota città di Smeerensburg e fa amicizia con un giocattolaio solitario. Sergio Pablos, il regista, ha usato principalmente animazione tradizionale, in 2D e disegnata a mano, mentre al giorno d’oggi i film d’animazione usano 3D e CGI. Pablos voleva dare un tono nostalgico al film, ma è riuscito a superare alcune limitazione del 2D usando l’illuminazione per dare spessore ai personaggi.
"Una delle prime fonti di ispirazioni che abbiamo avuto per il film è 'Batman Begins” ha detto Pablos, la cui versione di Babbo Natale è taciturna, ha sofferto una perdita, e ha un negozio che ricorda una sorta di Batcave. “Si può decisamente dire che il film è stato descritto come ‘Santa Begins’”
Regia/Directed by: Sergio Pablos
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay by: Sergio Pablos, Jim Mahoney, Zach Lewis
