Film
Je'vida
Finland- Age rating
- K-12
- Director
- Katja Gauriloff
- Year
- 2023
Iida, 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.
Top cast
Agafia Niemenmaa
Je'vida as a child
Heidi Juliana Gauriloff
Je'vida as an adult
Sanna-Kaisa Palo
Iida
Seidi Haarla
Sanna
Erkki Gauriloff
Ukki
Matleena Fofonoff
Grandmother
Heini Wesslin
Äiti
Sophia Kiprianoff
Anni
Emmi Parviainen
Dormitory Manager
Jarkko Lahti
Teacher
Johannes Holopainen
Lauri
Sara Sulander
Niina
Timo Vuento
Ethnographer
Jouni Ante Angeli
Illeppi
Maarit Kiprianoff
Fetsi
Directed by
Katja Gauriloff
Written by
Niillas Holmberg, Katja Gauriloff
Produced by
Anna Nuru, Satu Majava, Joonas Berghäll
