Production information
| Title |
Herdswoman |
| Sami title |
Eallonissonat |
| Original title |
Hjordeliv |
| Premiere/Release | 2008, January 26 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Length |
58 minutes |
| Spoken language | Swedish/Sami |
| Subtitles | English, Spanish, German, Sami, Swedish, Norwegian |
| Produktioncountry |
Sweden/Sápmi |
| Format |
HD1080i |
| Picture format |
16:9 |
| Sound |
Stereo |
| Screening format | Digibeta, DVCam, MiniDV, DVD (PAL & NTSC) |
| Production company |
Filmateljén 89 AB |
| Co-production |
Filmpool Nord, Sirel Peensaar-Miell |
| Producer | Bo Harringer |
| Creative producer | Kine Boman |
| Director & script |
Kine Boman |
| D.O. Photography |
Hans-Olof Utsi |
| Editor | Rasmus Ohlander |
| Sound design/editing | Linda Brännström/Ljudbang Produktion |
| Original music |
Nina Sarri Vahlgren |
| Additional Photography | John Erling Utsi |
| Additional Sound | Christoffer Demby |
| Post production |
Josef Harringer, Per Niila Stålka |
| Website | Per Niila Stålka, Anders Sjögren |
| Participants | |
| Ran Sameby |
Aina Jonsson |
| Tina Jonsson |
|
| Vapsten Sameby | Lisa Omma |
| LarsJonas Omma |
|
| Sirges Sameby | Elisabeth Nejne Vannar |
| Per-Anders Vannar |
|
| Antaris Vannar |
|
| Sanna Vannar |
|
| Translation subtitles |
|
| Swedish | Svensk medietext AB |
| Sami |
Anne-Kristine Utsi |
| Norwegian | Anne Woulab |
| English & German |
Rolf Meyer |
| Spanish | Julietta Lodeiro |
| Original translation website | |
| Northern Sami |
Anne-Kristine Utsi |
| Lule Sami |
Sara Aira Fjällström |
| Southern Sami |
Sakka Nejne |
| Finnish |
Kaisa Raitio |
| German & English |
Rolf Meyer |
| Spanish |
Julietta Lodeiro |
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
Elisabeth is a woman who stands up for herself in a male-dominated trade. She hunts elk, she slaughters and cuts up the meat. She is the strongwoman, with a headstrongness that makes anything possible as long as you are determined enough.
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.