Documentary Kiruna - Rymdvägen by Liselotte Wajstedt, a personal reflection on the relocating of her home town Kiruna due to threatening mining activities below, screens at the 7th international Northern Character Film & TV Festival 27-29 November 2014 in Murmansk, Russia.
Powered by VHX LittleBig Productions have now started sales of some of their films directly from the company website and Facebook! First out are feature GRINGA by Cesar Galindo and documentaries SÁMI NIEIDA JOJK (Sami Daughter Yoik) and KIRUNA - RYMDVÄGEN (Kiruna - Space Road) by Liselotte Wajstedt.
Other titles will follow, stay tuned! Take a look!
[tweetable]The documentary Kiruna-Rymdvägen (Kiruna-Space road) by Liselotte Wajstedt takes part in Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2013[/tweetable], 30th Oct- 3rd Nov.
Festival Profile:
"The Nordic Film Days Lübeck, first presented by the Lübeck Film Club in 1956 and taken over by the Hanseatic City of Lübeck in 1971, has one of the longest traditions of any film festival worldwide. It is the only festival in Germany, and the only one in Europe, which is entirely devoted to the presentation of films from the North and Northeast of Europe.
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The Nordic Film Days Lübeck is both an audience festival and an important meeting place for the film industry in Germany and northern Europe. Many directors whose debut works were presented in Lübeck have gone on to earn fame around the world - such as Bille August, Lasse Hallström, Aki Kaurismäki or Fridrik Thór Fridriksson."
Liselotte Wajstedt's second 1hr documentary is in official selection at the Indegenious Film + Media Arts Festival, imagineNATIVE in Toronto, Canada, Oct 16-20.
Festival profile:
The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples at the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio, and new media. Each fall, imagineNATIVE presents a selection of the most compelling and distinctive Indigenous works from around the globe. The Festival's programming, cultural & social events, and Industry Series attract and connect filmmakers, media artists, programmers, buyers, and industry professionals. The works accepted reflect the diversity of the world's Indigenous nations and illustrate the vitality and excellence of our art and culture in contemporary media.
http://imaginenative.org/festival/node/2705
Sámi Nieida Jojk takes part in First Peoples' Festival PRÉSENCE AUTOCHTONE, Montreal, Canada, June 2008
Sámi Nieida Jojk in Competition at Tromsö International Film Festival, January 2008
Sámi Nieida Jojk takes part in International Leipzig Festival For Documentary and Animated Films, Oct-Nov 2007
Sámi Nieida Jojk takes part in ImagineNATVIE Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, October 2007
Sámi Nieida Jojk has been chosen to take part in the Music, Trees & Art Festival (大大樹音 樂圖像) in Taiwan, Sept/Oct 2007.
Sámi Nieida Jojk has been selected for Competition at the Nordic Short- & Documentary Film Festival, that takes place in Oulu, Finland in September 2007.