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Jeʹvida
''Jeʹvida'' is a 2023 Finnish Skolt Sámi, Skolt Sámi–language drama film written and directed by Katja Gauriloff. The film describes the life of a Skolts, Skolt Sámi woman called Jeʹvida during the period when her people were being forced assimilation, forcibly assimilated into Finnish society, while following the life of Jeʹvida in three different periods. Background ''Jeʹvida'' is the first feature film shot in the Skolt Sámi language. It received monetary support from the International Sámi Film Institute and the Finnish Film Foundation in 2021. In the film, Gauriloff depicts the discrimination and forced assimilation the Skolts experienced and the resulting mental trauma that still affects them. The director, who is also Skolt, had similar experiences in her childhood. Plot summary A chain-smoking elderly Iida () and her relative Sanna (Seidi Haarla) drive to Lapland (Finland), Lapland to look at an inherited family house, with the intention of cleaning it up to pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Gauriloff
Katja Gauriloff (born 6 December 1972) is a Finnish-Skolts, Skolt filmmaker, director, and one of the owners of the Finnish production company Oktober. Early life and education Gauriloff was born in Inari (village), Inari to a Finnish father and a Skolt Sámi mother. Although Gauriloff is of Skolt Sámi heritage on her mother's side, she grew up in Rovaniemi, far away from the main areas the Skolt community lives in around Lake Inari. As she did not grow up in an environment where Skolt Sami language, Skolt Sámi was spoken and it was not spoken at home, she did not learn the language. In spite of this, Gauriloff has developed a strong identity as a Skolt and has explored her heritage through two of her documentaries. In 2016, the cultural association of the Skolts Saaʹmi Nueʹtt and the Skolt village meeting named her Skolt of the Year for her work on ''Kaisa's Enchanted Forest''. From 2000 to 2004, she studied directing at the Tampere University of Applied Sciences at the Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |