Norsk filminstitutt

Feature film Let the River Flow
(Ellos eatnu - La elva leve )

Let the River Flow is a feature film about when the Norwegian government decides to displace the Alta River in the late 1970s, a Sámi movement begins. Ester, originally ashamed of her roots, has to embrace her heritage to help fight for the rights of her people. 

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2023
Production country:
Norway
Co production country:
Sweden
Finland
Germany
Release date (national):
2023-02-03
Production company:
Mer Film AS
Co production company:
Bufo
Zentropa Sweden
Helmet AS
Knudsen Pictures
Executive producer:
Axel Helgeland
Producer:
Maria Ekerhovd
Line producer:
Bente Maalen
Jeanette Sundby
Film consultant:
Anne Borggaard Sørensen
Sales agent:
Beta Cinema GmbH

Director

  • Ole Giæver

    Ole Giæver (b.1977) studied at the Nordland Art and Film College and Konstfack Art Academy in Stockholm. His feature debut The Mountain (2011), was selected for Panorama at the Berlinale. His second feature Out of Nature (2015) premiered at Toronto and in Panorama at the Berlinale, where it won the Europa Cinemas Label Award. He returned to the Berlinale in 2017 with From the Balcony (2017), which was also selected for Panorama. Let the River Flow (2023) debuted at the Film Festival in Tromsø, winning the Audience Award. It also won the Audience and Fipresci Award at the Film Festival in Göteborg. 

    Ole Giæver

Cast

Ester:
Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen
Mihkkal:
Gard Emil
Marit:
Marie Kvernmo
Risten:
Maret Sofia Jannok
Piera:
Beaska Niillas
Áhkku:
Mary Sarre
Stein:
Finn Arve Sørbøe
Principal:
Maria Bock
Thomas:
William Sigvaldsen
Gøran:
Ivar Beddari
Ailu:
Robert Amadeus Gaup Mienna
Ailu’s Father:
Mikkel Gaup

Awards

2023:
TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival
Audience Award
2023:
Trento Film Festival
Human Rights Award
2023:
Nuuk International Film Festival
Best Feature Film
2023:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
Prize of the Lübecker Nachrichten

Festivals

2023:
TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival
2023:
Göteborg International Film Festival
2023:
Trento Film Festival
2023:
Seattle International Film Festival
2023:
Transilvania International Film Festival
2023:
Filmfest München - Munich Film Festival
2023:
SAXO Scandinavian Film Festival
2023:
Galway Film Fleadh
2023:
Nuuk International Film Festival
2023:
Love & Anarchy - Helsinki International Film Festival
2023:
Reykjavik International Film Festival
2023:
Riga International Film Festival
2023:
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
2023:
European Film Forum Scanorama

Crew

Director:
Ole Giæver
Composer:
Ola Fløttum
Pessi Levanto
Screenplay:
Ole Giæver
Cinematographer:
Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen
Costume Designer:
Nell Knudsen
ProductionDesigner:
Ragnhild Juliane Sletta
Cecilie de Lange
Editor:
Wibecke Rønseth
Sound Design:
Bent Holm
Casting:
Nina Erdahl
Makeup artist:
Salla Yli-Luopa
VFX supervisor:
Alexander Somma

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Format:
DCP 2k
Screen ratio:
1:1,85
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Stereo 5.1
Length in min's:
122'
Language:
Norwegian
Sami
Subtitles:
English

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