Åsa Simma

International committee Bibu 2022

Åsa Simma was born into a nomadic reindeer herding family, migrating between north Sweden and Norway depending on the season.

She was taught the traditional Sami singing called "yoik", during that time yoiks was forbidden. She was part of the movement to diminish the yoiking ban. She left for Denmark where she took an actor education.

Åsa Simma has been very active in the global indigenous peoples movements. She has toured among Australian Aboriginals, lived with Inuits from Greeenland and Native American Indians.

Åsa has worked as a stage artist since the beginning of 1973, she also is a scriptwriter, theatre and film director.
Worked as a film dramaturgist and script developer at the International Sami Film Institute. Presently she is the CEO of the Sami Theatre.