#ReadNordicFilm & Scandi: The Tundra Within Me

Scandi Film Festival offers the viewers the Norwegian drama The Tundra Within Me which takes place in the beautiful winter landscape of northern Norway. Screening of #ReadNordicFilm will be accompanied by a talk with Nordic studies specialist Vendula Hingarová.

THE TUNDRA WITHIN ME (Tundraens voktere / Eallogierdu, Norway, 2023, 97 min)

Director and writer: Sara Margrethe Oskal
Stars: Risten Anine Kvernmo Gaup, Nils Ailu Kemi, Anitta Suikkari, Berit Anne Oskal
Kemi, Anders Isak Oskal, Elias Ánte Pilutaq Gaup Lennert and others

A young Sami woman Lena arrives at an artist residence in Lapland in northern Norway with her son to get inspiration for her project about the role of women in Sami society. Although Lena had lived in the city for years, she feels drawn to the fairytale-like landscape she grew up in. The different pace of life and connection to nature make her rethink her priorities in life. When she falls in love with Máhtte, a reindeer herder, they face judgment. Máhtte’s mother has a clear idea of her son’s life path, and she disapproves of his relationship with a woman who has a completely different way of life. Lena begins to be filled with doubt about whether there can be any future for two people who have so much in common yet seem to come from two completely different worlds.

The film debut of Sami artist and actress Sara Margrethe Oskal is partly inspired by her own experience. The Tundra Within Me dives into the centre of a community which keeps traditions alive and adds to the debate on the sustainability of a herder’s lifestyle. But most of all, the film presents a timeless story of an identity crisis and the search for one’s place in the world, which takes place in the beautiful landscape of northern Norway.

In original sound with Czech and English titles.
Ticket price: 195 Kč; tickets at presale at GoOut.

After the screening, there will be an approximately half hour long talk with Nordic studies specialist Vendula Hingarová, in which we will take a closer look at Czech and Sami relations and traces that can be found not only in literature. Moderated by Anežka Soukupová.

The event is organised by the Scandinavian House in cooperation with Edison Filmhub Cinema, with financial support from the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Prague Municipality.