Je'vida

Overview

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.

Directed by Katja Gauriloff

Top cast

Agafia Niemenmaa

Je'vida as a child

Heidi Juliana Gauriloff

Je'vida as an adult

Sanna-Kaisa Palo

Iida

Seidi Haarla

Sanna

E

Erkki Gauriloff

Ukki

M

Matleena Fofonoff

Grandmother

H

Heini Wesslin

Äiti

S

Sophia Kiprianoff

Anni

Emmi Parviainen

Dormitory Manager

Jarkko Lahti

Teacher

Johannes Holopainen

Lauri

Sara Sulander

Niina

T

Timo Vuento

Ethnographer

J

Jouni Ante Angeli

Illeppi

M

Maarit Kiprianoff

Fetsi

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