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Je'vida

Directed by Katja Gauriloff
2023
Finland
103 minutes
Unclassified 18+
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The first film shot entirely in the Skolt Sámi language, award-winning director Katja Gauriloff's Je'vida tells the story of a Sámi woman in Finland facing the past she struggled to hide.

Iida is a woman hardened by decades of shame, carrying the weight of a life defined by prejudice because of her Sámi heritage. Confronted by the pain of her past, she sets out for Lapland alongside her niece, Sanna, to clear out their long-held family home in preparation for its sale. Iida’s instinct is to burn anything and everything connected to her heritage. However, as she ruminates on her history, Iida finds herself facing a powerful reckoning – and the possibility of reclaiming an identity she had denied herself.

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Shot in sumptuous black and white by director of photography Tuomo Hutri, the film retraces Iida’s life from childhood to adulthood through key moments that have stayed with her, and therefore adopts an aesthetic halfway between realistic fiction and dream logic
Elena Lazic, Cineuropa
Je’vida captures everything on camera and provides a taste of clean water in the film age of Coca-Cola
Ryan Devir, Film Threat

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Sat 15 Jun
8pm
Palace Central Cinemas - Cinema 1
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
Sun 16 Jun
2:30pm
Palace Norton Street - Cinema 3
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
Program Strand
First Nations Award, Europe! Voices of Women In Film, Europe! Voices of Women In Film, First Nations Award
Year
2023
Classification
Unclassified 18+
Country
Finland
Language
In Skolt Sámi and Finnish with English subtitles
Director
Katja Gauriloff
Producer
Joonas Berghäll, Satu Majava, Anna Nuru
Cast
Agafia Niemenmaa, Heidi Juliana Gauriloff, Sanna-Kaisa Palo
Screenwriter
Katja Gauriloff, Niillas Holmberg
Cinematographer
Tuomo Hutri
Editor
Timo Peltola
Premiere
Australian Premiere
Genre
First Nations, Women Directors, Focus on Women, Festival Award Winners, Animals & Creatures
Company Credits
Sales Agent: The Yellow Affair
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