Pauliina Feodoroff (born 1977 in

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) is a Skolt

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film director, theater director, screenwriter, and

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advocate. An active advocate of Sámi culture and Sámi rights, she has served as Chair of the

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Biography

Pauliina Feodoroff was born in Inari in 1977. Her family was involved in

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. She graduated from the

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's degree program in directing and

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in 2002. Feodoroff's first feature film, ''Non Profit'', made on a budget of

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20,000 and taking ten years to produce, premiered at the Skabmagova-Kaamos Festival in Inari in January 2007. She was awarded the Kritiikin Kannukset (Critique Award) for this film. In 2009, Feodoroff became Artistic Director of Theater Takomo with Milja Sarkola. Takomo

Feodoroff's advocacy in uploading traditional Skolt Sámi society and culture includes issues regarding land and water rights. She has served as the Chair of the Sámi Council for a two-year period during 2007–2008.

Awards

In 2012, Feodoroff won the Theatre Academy's Alumnus/Alumna award for artists, pedagogues, or other professionals for their outstanding achievement in theatre together with Milja Sarkola. In 2016, she received th
Paul K. Feyerabend Award-- a World of Solidarity is Possible
Since 2017, Feodoroff has been nominated for the Europe Prize Theatrical Realities of the

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Filmography

*2003 ''Saamen kadonnut maa'' *2006 ''Viimeinen joiku Saamenmaan metsissä? '' *2007 ''Kiurrels'' *2007 ''Sevetin tytöt'' *2008 ''Non Profit'' *2016 ''Sparrooabbán'' ("Me and My Little Sister")

References

Sources

* Kervinen, Elina, ”Pohjolan kuvaaja”, Suomen Kuvalehti 46/2008 * Moring, Kirsikka, ”Joiku vaihtui rapiksi, porot biteiksi”, Helsingin Sanomat 30.1.2007 {{DEFAULTSORT:Feodoroff, Pauliina 1977 births Living people Skolts People from Inari, Finland Finnish Sámi people Sámi film directors Sámi screenwriters Finnish women film directors Finnish women theatre directors 21st-century Finnish women writers 21st-century Finnish screenwriters Finnish women screenwriters Finnish LGBTQ screenwriters Sámi LGBTQ people Saami Council Sámi women writers