Elle Márjá Eira is a filmmaker, musician, writer and artist from Guovdageaidnu. She has directed and produced several short films and has also collaborated with composer Christophe Beck in making soundtrack to The 12th Man (dir. Harald Zwart). Eira has been a strong and uncompromising voice in Sámi for several years across genres and forms of expression. As a musical artist she joiks in her native Sámi tongue with a presence, rawness and ingenuity that transcends language barriers. She excels at the intersection of joik, ambient and Indigenous music. Eira is known for her concerts which are never the same where improvisations arise in between worlds. She is a member of the band Snoweye together with Lucy Parnell and John Paul Jones.
She is currently working on several film and art projects. In her heart she is a true reindeer herder and belongs to reindeer district D-26 Lákkonjárga.
Tromsø Internasjonale Filmfestival
