Norsk filminstitutt

Documentary film The Silence in Sápmi
(Tystnaden i Sápmi)

A film that deals with taboos that have bothered indigenous women for generations. Sexual abuse is not only an indigenous phenomenon; it is universal and relates to all of us. Silence has been a survival strategy, but the young women Marion and Ida speaking up in this film have experienced that silence will not benefit anybody. 

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2022
Production country:
Norway
Co production country:
Sweden
Release date (national):
2022-01-22
Production company:
Paranord Film
Co production company:
FilmPool Nord
Vaja Filmproduction
Financing company:
Norwegian Film Institute
International Sámi Film Institute
Filmfond Nord
Producer:
Linn Henriksen
Co producer:
Katja Härkönen
Liselotte Wajstedt
Film consultant:
Klara Nilsson Grunning

Director

  • Liselotte Wajstedt

    Based in Stockholm, Liselotte Wajstedt is a Sámi multimedia artist from Kiruna whose work spans film and video, collage, painting, photography, sculpture, textiles, and installation. Her experimental moving image body of work comprises over two dozen shorts and feature-length films. Spanning hybrid documentary, experimental media, music video, dance, and fiction films, Wajstedt mobilizes many different styles and techniques in the service of her politics and aesthetics, including animation, claymation, stop-motion, and superimposition.

Awards

2022:
Montréal First Peoples Festival
2nd Place Rigoberta Menchú Award

Festivals

2022:
TIFF - Tromsø International Film Festival
2022:
Human International Documentary Film Festival
2022:
Montréal First Peoples Festival
2022:
Nordkapp Filmfestival
2022:
Nordisk Panorama
2023:
Skábmagovat - Indigenous Peoples Film Festival, Inari

Crew

Director:
Liselotte Wajstedt

Technical information

Format:
DCP 4k
Colour:
Colour
Length in min's:
72'
Language:
Norwegian
Swedish
Subtitles:
English

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