Ellogierdu – The Tundra Within Me
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An artist returns to her childhood home, reconnecting with her Sámi heritage and finding love with a reindeer herder, in this strikingly beautiful Toronto-selected debut feature.
After living in Oslo for many years, artist Lena moves with her young son back to Sápmi in northern Norway to reconnect with her Sámi culture through an art project. While researching in the wintry tundra, she meets reindeer herder Máhtte whose mother, the head of the family, disapproves of their developing relationship. As decisions from the past come back to haunt her, Lena struggles to choose between her heart and her culture. This debut feature from Sara Margrethe Oskal – a director, screenwriter, actress and poet who grew up in a herding family in Kautokeino – was selected for the Toronto and Trømso Film Festivals.
Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.Special Guest
Sara Margrethe Oskal
Director, Screenwriter
Sara Margrethe Oskal is a Norwegian Sámi filmmaker, actress and poet. Born and raised in Kautokeino, Oskal’s poetry collection Váimmu vuohttume reflected her experiences living in a family of reindeer herders, and her community and local culture. She holds a PhD in Performing Arts, and was nominated for the Nordic Council Literary Prize for Tireless Words in 2016.
Films showing at this event:
Tayal Forest Club
Taiwan’s first Indigenous female film director Laha Mebow (Gaga, SFF 2023) shares a coming-of-age tale full of Tayal characters, settings, and symbols, about the complexities arising from her community’s interactions with contemporary society.
Tickets
Wed 12 Jun
6pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 3
Fri 14 Jun
6pm
Palace Norton Street - Cinema 3
- Program Strand
- First Nations Award
- Original Title
- EALLOGIERDU-TUNDRAENS VOKTERE
- Year
- 2023
- Classification
- Unclassified 15+
- Country
- Norway
- Language
- In Northern Sámi with English subtitles
- Director
- Sara Margrethe Oskal
- Producer
- Mona Johanne Hoel
- Cast
- Risten Anine Kvernmo Gaup, Nils Ailu Kemi, Berit Ánne Oskal Kemi
- Screenwriter
- Sara Margrethe Oskal
- Cinematographer
- Anders Hoft
- Editor
- Anna Løvlund
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- First Nations, Women Directors, Focus on Women, Animals & Creatures, Scandinavia, Arts
- Company Credits
- Production Company: Freedom From Fear Films
