Henna Mäki is a 14-year-old Skolt Sámi girl from the northernmost Lapland near the border of Norway and Russia. About half of all of the Skolt Sámi live in the village of Lake Sevetti. Henna is one the very few youngsters who continue with the ancient singing tratidion, leu’dd. Henna practices leu’dds listening to old tapes with her grandfather Elias and aunt Tyyne. They travel across the border to Norway to perform to tourists. At the same time Henna is also a modern young woman; like everyone else at her age, she loves pop-music and is interested in snowboarding and snowmobiles. She also likes traveling itself. It seems as so the tradition of leu’dd will continue in the future as well. Henna knows how to combine the different roles in her life.
Information
| Original name |
Hennan Leu'dd |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Genre |
Documentary |
| Production year |
2001 |
| Production country |
Finland |
| Running time |
25 min |
Crew
| Direction |
Heikki Huttu-Hiltunen (also scriptwriter) |
| Performers |
Henna Mäki, Tyyne Fofonoff, Elias Moshnikoff |
| Cinematography |
Seppo Louhi, Ville Tanttu |
| Sound recording |
Niko Paakkunainen |
| Sound design |
Niko Paakkunainen |
| Composer |
Tapani Rinne |
| Editing |
Rostislav Aalto |
| Script supervisor |
Liisa Holmberg |
Screenings and awards
TV-screenings
- 30.11.-0001 YLE TV1
- 30.11.-0001 Norway TV4
Festivals
- 30.11.-0001 Arctic Directors, Rovaniemi
- 30.11.-0001 Nordic Research Forum
- 30.11.-0001 Kaamoksen kuvat -festival
- 30.11.-0001 Skandinavian House, New York
- 30.11.-0001 Yellow Knife, Canada
- 30.11.-0001 XII International Festival of Ethnographical (Commendation)
- 30.11.-0001 Kulttuurit kohtaavat -event 2001
- 30.11.-0001 The Skábmagovat - Indigenous Peoples Film Festival / Finland
- 30.11.-0001 The Finnish Institute in Paris: Images de la nuit polaire -programme series 2008 / France
- 30.11.-0001 Nuorro Sardinia anthropological documentary film festival (Jury's certificate of honour)
- 30.11.-0001 Kettupäivät 2001
- 30.11.-0001 Finnish Institute in New York 2001
- 30.11.-0001 Canada Nordic Film Festival 2004
- 30.11.-0001 Finno-Ugrian people's tv-festival (1st Prize)
- 30.11.-0001 Tampere Film Festival
- 30.11.-0001 Nordisk Filmfestival
- 30.11.-0001 Hannover Festival
- 30.11.-0001 NAFA Filmfestival
- 30.11.-0001 Saarbrücke Festival
- 30.11.-0001 Genova Filmfestival
- 30.11.-0001 Nordisk Panorama
- 30.11.-0001 Sheffield International Documentary Festival
- 30.11.-0001 Tromssa Film Festival
- 30.11.-0001 Joensuu anthropological film festival
Production
- Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
