Finland 2023Language:Skolt Sámi, FinnishSubtitles:EnglishDirector:Katja GauriloffWriter:Katja Gauriloff, Niillas HolmbergCinematographer:Tuomo HutriEditor:Timo PeltolaMusic:Lau NauSound:Jukka Nurmela, Timo PeltolaWith:Agafia Niemenmaa, Heidi Juliana Gauriloff, Sanna-Kaisa Palo, Seidi HaarlaProducer:Joonas Berghäll, Satu Majava, Anna NuruProduction Company:Oktober OyDistributor:The Yellow Affair99 min, Black and white

JE'VIDA is the Skolt Sámi first name of the film’s protagonist, but since her youth she has called herself Lida, the Finnish version. She tries to hide her Sámi origins. When she travels to Lapland - with a niece she has never met before - in order to clarify inheritance issues, she is finally forced to confront a painful past after years of repression. JE'VIDA addresses the consequences of Finland’s assimilation policy and is the first film to be shot in Skolt Sámi, a minority language spoken by only around 300 people in the Sápmi region. Filmed in poetic black-and-white images and with a wonderfully defiant leading actress.

Director's Biography:Award-winning director Katja Gauriloff (born 6 December 1972) is well-known for her influential films. Her films have been screened and awarded at various festivals around the world. Canned Dreams and Kaisa's Enchanted Forest have been both part of the Berlinale festival, Kaisa's Enchanted Forest opened the Berlinale NATIVe section in 2017.

Director's Filmography:
2019 BABY JANE
2016 KAISA'S ENCHANTED FOREST (DOC)
2013 VOIMANLÄHDE (DOC)
2011 CANNED DREAMS (DOC)