Kaisa’s Enchanted Forest

A filmmaker found a treasure trove of 16mm footage of her grandmother Kaisa, a legendary Skolt Sami storyteller. By sending postcards all over Europe, she recovered priceless film and voice recordings from the 50s-70s, shot by the Swiss writer Robert Crottet, who lived with Kaisa in the 30s, and Spanish photographer Enrique Mendez. Their poetic footage and newly created animation depicting the stories create a poetic, moving portrait of a charismatic woman who stayed strong as World War II forced her people to give up their nomadic way of life.

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Script: Katja Gauriloff

Cinematography: Enrique Mendez, Heikki Farm

Editing: Timo Peltola

Sound: Timo Peltola, Jukka Nurmela

Music: Timo Peltola

Production: Oktober

Producers: Joonas Berghall, Satu Majava

Format: Color

Production Country: Finland

Production Year: 2016

Duration: 82

Contact: Oktober Oy joonas@oktober.fi

Awards
Best Αnimated Documentary – Doc Leipzig 2016, Germany
Audience Choice – Midnight Sun FF 2016, Finland

?The tribute "Minorities" has free admission, and is implemented through the Operational Program “Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning” and co-funded by the European Union (European Social Fund) and national funds.