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Sami versus Sami

  • Original title Lapp versus Sami
  • Director Ellen-Astri Lundby
  • Format Documentary films
  • Genre Documentary
  • Production Company Ten Thousand Images as
  • Premiere 13. February 2026
  • Producer Johanna Dorothea Raita, Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas
  • Screenplay Ellen-Astri Lundby
  • Duration 80 min / 55 min
  • Language Swedish and Sami
  • Cinematography Nils Petter Lotherington
  • Editing Michal Leszczylowski, Josefin LaBelle

In 1930, a group of Northern Sami were forcibly relocated to South Sami territory in Sweden by the Norwegian and Swedish states. Today, the South Sami are fighting the North Sami in court over exclusive rights to land, water, and reindeer herding. Through characters on each side of the conflict, the film explores the history and events that led to this controversy. The narrative shifts depending on who tells it, raising the question: Who has the rightful claim to the land?

Grants to Sami versus Sami

Allocations
Same mot Same
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Date of decision: Feb 2, 2026 Applicant: Ten Thousand Images as Awarded: NOK 190,000 Director: Ellen-Astri Lundby Producer: NORA NIVEDITA TVEDT, Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas Manus: Ellen-Astri Lundby
Lapp versus Same
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Date of decision: Jan 20, 2023 Applicant: Ten Thousand Images as Awarded: NOK 1,550,000 Director: Ellen-Astri Lundby Producer: Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas, Johanna Dorothea Raita Manus: Ellen-Astri Lundby
Lapp versus Same
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Date of decision: May 9, 2022 Applicant: Ten Thousand Images as Awarded: NOK 400,000 Director: Ellen-Astri Lundby Producer: Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas, Johanna Dorothea Raita Manus: Ellen-Astri Lundby
Lapp versus Same
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Date of decision: Feb 15, 2021 Applicant: Ten Thousand Images as Awarded: NOK 341,000 Director: Ellen-Astri Lundby Producer: Johanna Dorothea Raita, Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas Manus: Ellen-Astri Lundby
Lapp versus Same
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Date of decision: Jun 30, 2020 Applicant: Ten Thousand Images as Awarded: NOK 250,000 Director: Ellen-Astri Lundby Producer: Johanna Dorothea Raita, Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas Manus: Ellen-Astri Lundby