Sámi Nieida Jojk
Synopsis: Armed in Sámi clothing and with a summer course in the Sámi language, the director is determined to take this road trip to enter the world she longs for and wants to belong to. Liselotte is Sámi herself, but she neither learned the language nor grew up within the Sámi community. It's a compelling journey, filled with hope and anticipation — yet around the corner lurk fears of rejection and exclusion.
The documentary storytelling, interwoven with imaginative animation and rhythmic editing, conveys both a deep yearning for belonging and anxiety about the unknown. How Sámi is a City Sámi without reindeers, really? Will she be accepted in Sápmi?
Director and script writer: Liselotte Wajstedt
Main crew: DoPs: Ellen Kugelberg, Liselotte Wajstedt, Elisabeth Cronvall, Music Ola Tappert ("Introsong Sami") Editing Liselotte Wajstedt, Nina Wedberg Thulin, Sound, recording editing & Mix Göran Edström, Mikael Brodin, Ola Tappert, Graphic Design Arvid Tappert, Animation Liselotte Wajstedt, VO Coach Katarina Wikars, Stills Liselotte Wajstedt, Eivor Wajstedt, Gunnar Rönn, Roald Benjaminsen, Borg Mesch
Director’s Comment “The film is a personal perspective on the experiences I encounter. It is seen with my eyes, touched by my skin, projected through my pictures out to the world. I have now, with this film as a starting point, decided to get to know my roots so I’ll have to have the damn courage to SEE! If I find out that I don’t like what I meet, so be it. I might even be able to become Sami in my own way, without having to depend on their acceptance.” - Liselotte Wajstedt
Producer: Anna Guðbjörg Magnúsdóttir, Production Company: LittleBig Productions, Sweden
Co-Producers:
Filmpool Nord, Sirel Peensaar-Miell
Sveriges Television AB , Hans LIndeberg
Length: 58 min. Genre: Documentary Language: Swedish, Country of production: Sweden Year of release: 2007