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| Suddenly Sami |
| Original title |
Min mors hemmelighet |
| Alternate title |
Jeg - en same fra Lambertseter |
| Type |
Documentaries |
| Director |
Ellen-Astri Lundby |
| Short summary |
Suddenly Sami is a personal film about identity. During the director’s childhood and youth in Oslo her mother never told her about her indigenous Sami background in the Arctic area of Norway. Why didn’t she? And how can the director suddenly become Sami in the middle of life? And does she really want to? |
| Screenplay |
Ellen-Astri Lundby |
| D.O.P |
Runar J. Wiik |
| Producer |
Ellen-Astri Lundby |
| Production company |
Ellen Lundby Film & Media | tel + 47 908 39 168
e-mail ellen (at) film.online.no
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| Co-producer |
Britt Kramvig | Sonar Film DA | Movik | N-9022 Krokelvdalen | e-mail britt (at) sonarfilm.no
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| Country of origin |
Norway |
| Release date (national) |
2009-01-15 |
| Technical information |
| Format |
DIGIBETA |
| Colour |
Colour - B/W |
| Length in min's |
52 |
| Festival participation |
2009 Tromsø International Film Festival
2009 Sami Film Festival, Guovdageaidnu
2009 Den norske dokumentarfilmfestivalen, Volda
2009 Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival
2009 Taiwan International Ethnografic Film Festival
2009 Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, Canada
2010 Skábmagovaf Film Festival, Ouluu, Finland
2010 Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival
2010 DOXA, Vancouver
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| Prizes received |
2009 Tromsø International Film Festival: Honorary mention
2009 Sami Film Festival, Guovdageaidnu: The Corvoš Award
2009 Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival: Bronze Drum
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Director biography:
 Ellen-Astri Lundby is an independent filmmaker and producer. She has produced and directed several short films, both fiction and documentaries. Her films usually have a humoristic touch, whatever serious topic she’s into. Ms Lundby has also worked as a freelance reporter for newspapers and specialized journals.
Filmography (selected titles):
2004: The Fourth Wife and her African Husband
1997: Forgotten Goddesses
1994: The Happy People of Crete
1993: The Drummer Girls
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