Pauliina Feodoroff (born 1977 in

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) is a Finnish Skolt

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film director, theater director, screenwriter, and

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advocate. An active advocate of Sámi culture and Sámi rights, she has served as Chair of the

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Biography

Pauliina Feodoroff was born in

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in 1977. Her family was involved in

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. She graduated from the

Helsinki Theatre Academy The Theatre Academy ( fi, Teatterikorkeakoulu, sv, Teaterhögskolan) is one of the three academies of the University of the Arts Helsinki and offers education in theatre and dance. It is Finland's largest education provider in its field and, with ...

's degree program in directing and

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in 2002. Feodoroff's first feature film, ''Non Profit'', made on a budget of

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20,000 and taking ten years to produce, premiered at the Skabmagova-Kaamos Festival in Inari in January 2007. She was awarded the Kritiikin Kannukset (Critique Award) for this film. In 2009, Feodoroff became Artistic Director of Theater Takomo with Milja Sarkola. Takomo

Feodoroff's advocacy in uploading traditional Skolt Sámi society and culture includes issues regarding land and water rights. She has served as the Chair of the Sámi Council for a two-year period during 2007–2008.

Awards

In 2012, Feodoroff won the Theatre Academy's Alumnus/Alumna award for artists, pedagogues, or other professionals for their outstanding achievement in theatre together with Milja Sarkola.

Filmography

*2003 ''Saamen kadonnut maa'' *2006 ''Viimeinen joiku Saamenmaan metsissä? '' *2007 ''Kiurrels'' *2007 ''Sevetin tytöt'' *2008 ''Non Profit'' *2016 ''Sparrooabbán'' ("Me and My Little Sister")

References

Sources

* Kervinen, Elina, ”Pohjolan kuvaaja”, Suomen Kuvalehti 46/2008 * Moring, Kirsikka, ”Joiku vaihtui rapiksi, porot biteiksi”, Helsingin Sanomat 30.1.2007 {{DEFAULTSORT:Feodoroff, Pauliina 1977 births Living people Skolts People from Inari, Finland Finnish Sámi people Sámi film directors Sámi screenwriters Finnish film directors Finnish women film directors Finnish theatre directors Finnish women theatre directors Finnish screenwriters 21st-century Finnish women writers 21st-century screenwriters Finnish women screenwriters Finnish LGBT screenwriters LGBT Sámi people