Edition: 2009

Selected by the Festival: INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM 2008, Belgrade, Serbia

Award winner: GRAND PRIX

Year of production: 2008

Country of production: Finland

Production: Oktober Oy

Set in: Finland

Duration: 55'

Film: Color

Directed by: Katja Gauriloff

The film unfolds in the remote land of the Skolt Sámi people of Finland, in the Lake Sevetti region, a 60km string of lakes that link the Sámi people together. This documentary tells one family’s struggle to maintain a delicate balance between preserving cultural traditions, economic survival and rapid modernization within their community. The evocative musical score seamlessly interweaves past and present in this sensitive and thought-provoking portrayal of a family united in their love for their one another.