Norsk filminstitutt

Documentary film Ealát
(EALÁT)

Nature is merciless and will get by without us. 

“As long as the reindeer exist here, so do we”. Through Elle Márjá Eira's eyes we follow her family in different seasons with their reindeer herd. A story about living and surviving in Sámi reindeer husbandry in strange times.       

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2021
Production country:
Norway
Release date (national):
2021-01-22
Production company:
Sahkkon
Davás film
Financing company:
International Sami Film Institute
Sámediggi - Sámi Parliament of Norway
Producer:
Elle Márjá Eira
Ken Are Bongo

Director

  • Elle Márjá Eira

    Elle Márjá Eira is a Sámi director, musician, producer and artist from Guovdageaidnu (Norway). Eira has been a strong and uncompromising voice in Sápmi for several years across genres and forms of expression. She has directed and produced several short films and has also collaborated with composer Christophe Beck in making soundtracks to the feature film The 12th Man (2017). Currently selected for the talent program UP 2.0 by the Norwegian Film Institute. In her heart she is a true reindeer herder and belong to reindeer district D-26 Lákkonjárga.   

    Elle Márjá Eira

Festivals

2021:
TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival
2021:
Bergamo Film Meeting
2021:
Love & Anarchy - Helsinki International Film Festival
2021:
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
2021:
Devour! The Food Film Fest

Crew

Director:
Elle Márjá Eira
Screenplay:
Elle Márjá Eira
Cinematographer:
Ken Are Bongo
Editor:
Idun Hermansen Kvasbø
Composer:
Elle Márjá Eira
Morten Hyld Pettersen
Johannes Garam Liebig
Lucy Parnell
Terry Edwards
Dermot Sheedy
Sound Design:
Fredric Vogel
Still photographer:
Ken Are Bongo

Technical information

Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
1:2,39
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Stereo 5.1
Length in min's:
32'
Language:
Sami
Subtitles:
English

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