A remote Inuit community in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) faces dramatic transformation of their sea ice by climate change.
Iceberg-projected interviews are punctuated with Kalaallisut words describing their disappearing winter environment. Inscribed in the ice by the island’s youth, they reflect climate change that originates a world away.
With summer sea ice predicted to be lost from the High Arctic before 2050, Inuit communities’ winter traditions are already changing dramatically.
Are we witnessing the beginning of sikoqqinngisaannassooq: a future without sea ice?
Sikoqqinngisaannassooq was a 2024 “circumpolar” collaboration between Uummannaq Children’s Home in northwest Greenland and artist-filmmaker Adam Sébire from Arctic Norway. Adam studied documentary at the national film schools of Australia & Cuba; as an artist-filmmaker his works focus on climate change.
Made by Adam Sébire in collaboration with Uummannaq Children’s Home.
Première: Tromsø International Film Festival, (Official Selection, January 2025)
Original Music: Martin Fondse