JE’VIDA

Directed by: Katja Gauriloff
Original Title: Je’vida
Genres: Drama
Cast: Agafia Niemenmaa (Je’vida as a child) Heidi Juliana Gauriloff (Je’vida as an adult) Sanna-Kaisa Palo, Seidi Haarla, Erkki Gauriloff, Matleena Fofonoff
Written by: Katja Gauriloff, Niillas Holmberg
Produced by: Joonas Berghäll, Satu Majava, Anna Nuru
Production Company: Oktober Oy
Production year: 2023
Release year: 2023
Country: Finland
Language: Skolt Sámi, Finnish
Subtitled Versions: English
Duration: 99 min

Synopsis:

An aunt and her niece who’ve never met before drive to Lapland to empty a house they’ve inherited. Turns out the withdrawn and distrusting aunt had been a victim of the assimilation policies and the niece has to make a big decision. By taking interest in each other they find value in themselves and their roots.