News
Winter 2010 - Herdswoman screened at Al Jazeera English
Herdswoman was screened at the International TV Channel Al Jazeera English, January 3rd, on the program ‘Witness’.
Fall 2009 - Screenings in Seattle, Minneapolis, Santiago & London
Herdswoman will be screened in London at The 3rd Native Spirit Festival, Wednesday November the 4th, 6pm, at the 16mm Café.
16mm Café is located centrally in the heart of Soho in the West End at 19 D'Arblay Street. Itt will also be screened at The Parkway Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota at Nordic Lights Film Festival Twin Cities.
The screening will be held Sunday, Nov 22, ca.2pm. Herdswoman was screened in Seattle at Seattle Nordic Lights Film Festival, October 24, 1pm, at SIFF Cinema located at McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer Street.
Herdswoman awarded in Lübeck, Germany
Herdswoman was awarded with the Documentary Film Prize at the 50th Nordic Film Days in Lübeck.
Statement of the Jury
The Documentary Film Prize goes to the
Swedish documentary film "Herdswoman" by Kine Boman. The ongoing
conflict between Sami traditions and profit-oriented modern Sweden
serves to portray a civilization threatened to sink into oblivion. By
means of striking images and sounds, director Kine Bomann successfully
depicts the struggle of the Sami people for their culture and their
living space. Hopefully, the prize will encourage her to further pursue
the topic and keep up her commitment for this minority.
See photos from the award night here .
Herdswoman awarded in Nepal and NorwayHerdswoman won the AUDIENCE PRIZE at the Riddu Riđđu International festival in Norway! Earlier the film recieved the 'BEST ESTHETICS AWARD at 'Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival 2008'.
Awards
Herdswoman was awarded with the Documentary Film Prize at the 50th Nordic Film Days in Lübeck. The film has earlier won an Audience Prize and Best Esthetic Award.
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.
The film makers
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.
