Suodji

Title Suodji
English title Shelter
Director Marja Helander
Country Finland, Norway
Year 2020
Color Farbe
Genre Experimental, Documentary, Fiction
Duration 00:05:00
Festival year 2021
Competitions International Online Competition
Online rental Yes
On-Site rental Yes

A present-day adaptation of an old story from Utsjoki, Sápmi. It is a legend of the director’s relative, Ovllá-Ivvár Helander, about what he did during the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918 in Utsjoki. Ovllá-Ivvár decided to fool Death and take his fate into his own hands. The protagonist of the film is walking in Ovllá-Ivvár’s footsteps.

Formats Language U/T Sound
DCP Saami English Stereo
BluRay Saami English Stereo
DVD Saami English Stereo
DCP Saami German Stereo
File Saami German Stereo
File Saami English Stereo