The film makers of Herdswoman
Direction - Kine Boman
Kine Boman, born 1973, has been engaged professionally in documentary filming since 2001. Her first own documentary was The Only Image of My Father, first presented at the Göteborg International Film Festival 2004. The Only Image of My Father has been shown at several festivals and has been seen by millions of television viewers. Read more on the web site for The Only Image of My Father .
Photography - Hans-Olof Utsi
Hans-Olof Utsi, 38 year-old Sami photographer from Mertajärvi in the northernmost part of Lapland. Since 1994 proprietor of Fotograf Hans-Olof Utsi AB in Kiruna. The company provides services within still, video and film production. Since 1998 the company has even produced its own short films and documentaries. Hans-Olof has worked for Sveriges Television and several television companies abroad.
Editing - Rasmus Ohlander
Rasmus Ohlander, born 1972, has been active professionally in editing/cutting since 1998. Graduate of the Editing School at University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre in Stockholm. Rasmus has edited documentaries as well as short, medium length and feature films. Lives in Göteborg.
Original music - Nina Sarri Vahlberg
Nina Sarri Vahlberg, graduate of Royal College of Music, Stockholm, 1994-98. Further studies in composition at Conservatory of Music, Piteå, and between 1999 and 2002 with Jan Sandström, Jan Ferm, and Hans Hjortek. Freelances as a composer and music artist. During the past few years she has composed music for stage and film, as well as commissioned works for jojk (Sami chant) and the group Blåskvintetten.
Sound design - Linda Brännström
Linda brännström, född 1983, från Haparanda. Utbildad ljudingenjör på musikhögskolan i Piteå.
Har jobbat som frilansande ljudtekniker inom film tv och live musik
sedan 2000. De senaste åren har det mest varit ljudläggning och tramp
för film och tv serie. Som produktionerna: Möbelhandlarens dotten,
wallander filmerna, Black Island Sisters, TV serien Höök.
The participants
Lisa likens the meeting between the Sami and the non-Sami world to a couple of soap bubbles touching each other. Both are beautiful, they are together, but there will always be a divide, a boundary between them.
