Radji

Original Title: Radji

Documentary | 55' | 2021 (Completed)

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Director:	Georg Götmark, John Erling Utsi
Producer:	Frederik Nicolai
Writer:	Georg Götmark, Frederik Nicolai, John Erling Utsi

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In northern Scandinavia, a seemingly never-ending border conflict is going on between the indigenous Sami people and the Norwegian and Swedish authorities.

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synopsis

This documentary concerns the northernmost part of Sweden and Norway, where a seemingly endless conflict over land and borders is taking place. Simon and Beatrice Marainen, and their three kids, are a part of an indigenous, semi-nomadic Sami community of reindeer herders, who have traditionally moved freely across northern Scandinavia, following the natural movement of their animals. But today, nationalism, bureaucracy and politics are threatening their traditional way of life.
In het meest Noordelijke deel van Zweden en Noorwegen woedt er een diepgeworteld conflict over land en grenzen. De Sami, één van de laatste inheemse bevolkingen van Europa, claimen het gebied al eeuwen langer te bewonen dan de Noren en Zweden. De tijden van kolonisatie zijn dan misschien voorbij, vele wetten en regels van de Noorse en Zweedse overheden blijven indruisen tegen hun levenswijze. Vele Sami zijn semi-nomadische rendierherders en volgen de jaarlijkse trek van hun kudde, van de vlaktes in Zweden in de winter tot de hooglanden dichtbij de kust in Noorwegen, dik tegen de zin van huidige autoriteiten…

Credits

Director
Georg Götmark, John Erling Utsi
Producer
Frederik Nicolai
Writer
Georg Götmark, Frederik Nicolai, John Erling Utsi
Editing
Thomas Pooters
Sound
Rune Hansen, Jean-François Levillain
Music
Frédéric Vercheval

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Doc
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Documentary
Year of production

2021
Production status
Completed
Original title
Radji
Original language
Sami, Norwegian

Technical specs

Running time
55'
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
5.1 (+ sub) Dolby
Available formats
DCP
Colour
Colour

Contact & sales

Contact

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T +32 2 412 4040
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Festivals & awards

Festivals

No festival information available.

Awards

No award information available.

Partners

Co-production partners

Relation04 Media (NO), SVT (S), Sami Kompania (S), Kinoteka (HR), In_Script (LT)

Supported by

Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Screen Brussels Brussels Capital Region, Belgian Federal Government Tax Shelter, Swedish Film Institute, Filmpool Nord, Sami Film Institute, Norwegian Film Institute, Filmfond Nord, Nordnorks Filmsenter, Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC), Lithuanian Film Institute, Creative Europe Programme - MEDIA