Jeʹvida
Sign in to saveJeʹvida is a 2023 Finnish Skolt Sámi–language drama film written and directed by Katja Gauriloff. The film describes the life of a Skolt Sámi woman called Jeʹvida during the period when her people were being forcibly assimilated into Finnish society, while following the life of Jeʹvida in three different periods.
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6.8Iida, an elderly Sámi woman, who has abandoned her roots under the pressure of forced Finnishization, is conflicted between selling her old homestead and hiding her cultural heritage from her niece, as the rural way of life she has suppressed begins to creep back in.
Released: 2023-10-2099 minDir: Katja GauriloffDrama
Cast
- Agafia Niemenmaa as Je'vida as a child
- Heidi Juliana Gauriloff as Je'vida as an adult
- Sanna-Kaisa Palo as Iida
- Seidi Haarla as Sanna
- Erkki Gauriloff as Ukki
- Matleena Fofonoff as Grandmother
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Key dates
- Published
- 20 October 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Sápmi
- Original language
- Skolt Sami
- Director
- Katja Gauriloff
- Screenwriter
- Niillas Holmberg
- Duration
- +99
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- P5021
- Bechdel test
- P462
- black-and-white
- P7937
- feature film
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Jeʹvida is a 2023 Finnish Skolt Sámi–language drama film written and directed by Katja Gauriloff. The film describes the life of a Skolt Sámi woman called Jeʹvida during the period when her people were being 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.