Koltloop
I use the samish traditional dress in different hypothetical situations and contexts. How will it be to wear it, will I find it comfortable? This movie is a part of a jojk, it is my jojk without the singing. The jojk is traditionally used to remember or dedicate something to something or someone. A jojk can be about longing. I have been denied to be a sami, my language has been taken away, as well as my traditional costume and my culture. I want to recapture lost knowledge and culture.

Liselotte Wajstedt
Liselotte Wajstedt was born 1973 in Kiruna, North of Sweden.  Liselotte, an artist and filmmaker, lives in Stockholm. Many of her movies are based on her samish background. Education: Gerlesborgsskolan in Stockholm, Art. University of Gotland: Animation and experimentalmovie + Documentary movie, 2005; Manuscript. 2006. Films: The experimental documentary movie Sámi nieida jojk/Sami Daughter Yoik 58', Produced by Littlebig Productions and distributed by Folketsbio. The DVD is including the shortfilms: Jojk 3.21 min, Koltloop 3.18 min, Rockabilly 8.50 min. Sámi nieida jojk has been screened in several Filmfestivals: Skábmagovat filmfestival -07; Tamperefilmfestival -07; Sámi filmfestival -07; Hela Sveriges filmfestival -07; Riddu riddu -07; Upcoming: Nordisk panorama -07 in September and Migration music festival in Taipei, Taiwan in 29-30 Sept. Koltloop has been screened at: Uppsala kortfilmsfestival 2005; Luleå filmfestival  2005; S.O.T KONSTFILMFESTIVAL  2006, Art Video Screening. 2007 Rockabilly has been screened: Fe-mail, Blixter Toad tour 2006; ”Dans for voksne” i Oslo 9:e maj 2006; MadCat Women's International Film Festival 2006 in San Francisco 12-27:e september, ATA window screening.

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