{"id":66450,"date":"2024-02-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/?p=66450"},"modified":"2024-02-06T17:38:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:38:29","slug":"saami-films-receive-multiple-jussi-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/saami-films-receive-multiple-jussi-nominations\/","title":{"rendered":"Saami films receive multiple Jussi nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Saami films, Je’vida<\/em> and M\u00e1hccan<\/em>, have received a total of eight nominations for the Finnish Jussi Award. The annual Jussi Awards are the Finnish industry prizes that have been awarded since 1944. <\/p>

This year, 15 feature films and three short films compete in altogether 16 categories. Je’vida<\/em> is nominated in seven categories: Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Sound Design, Best Editing, Best Costume Design; M\u00e1hccan<\/em> is a nominee for Best Documentary Film. Thus, Je’vida<\/em> has the third most nominations after Mummola<\/em> (11) and Sisu<\/em> (9). <\/p>

Je’vida<\/em> is the first Skolt Saami-language feature film, directed by Katja Gauriloff and written by Katja Gauriloff and Niillas Holmberg. The film tells the story of Iida, a Skolt Saami woman who abandoned her ethnic identity under the pressure of assimilation. <\/p>

M\u00e1hccan<\/em> (Homecoming) is directed by Anssi K\u00f6mi and Suvi West, and written by Suvi West. The documentary film is about the Saami people’s fight to regain their ancestral heritage.<\/p>

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