Video Movie Review: JE’VIDA – Sensitivity, Wonder, & Culture are Presented in a Beautiful Portrait [Tribeca 2023]

Je’vida Review Video

Je’vida (2023) Video Movie Review from the 22nd Annual Tribeca Film Festival, a movie directed by Katja Gauriloff, written by Katja Gauriloff and Niillas Holmberg, and starring Agafia Niemenmaa, Heidi Juliana Gauriloff, Sanna-Kaisa Palo, Seidi Haarla, Erkki Gauriloff, and Matleena Fofonoff.

Crew

Laura Naukkarinen created the music for Je’vida. Tuomo Hutri crafted the cinematography for the film.

Plot Synopsis

Je’vida (2023)’s plot synopsis: “With a face hardened by years of hurt, chain-smoking Lida carries the weight of a life defined by the shame and marginalization directed at her as a Sámi woman in contemporary Finland. Though strangers, she sets out alongside niece Sanna to clear out their long-held family home in preparation for its sale.

Lida’s instinct to burn anything and everything connected to her past is quickly overcome by memories of a warm childhood spent fishing with a loving grandfather; of railing against the boarding school that tried to beat the Sámi identity out of her; and of being a young woman whose only option was a marriage that could take her far away from her Native roots.

Lida finds herself facing a powerful reckoning with her past and a quiet reclaiming of her true self: Je’vida.”

On Tribeca Film Festival

The Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, brings artists and diverse audiences together to celebrate storytelling in all its forms, including film, TV, music, audio storytelling, games, and XR. With strong roots in independent film, Tribeca is synonymous with creative expression and entertainment.

Tribeca champions emerging and established voices, discovers award-winning talent, curates innovative experiences, and introduces new ideas through exclusive premieres, exhibitions, conversations, and live performances.

The Festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in 2001 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of lower Manhattan following the attacks on the World Trade Center.

The annual Tribeca Festival will celebrate its 22nd year from June 7–18, 2023 in New York City. In 2019, James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems bought a majority stake in Tribeca Enterprises, bringing together Rosenthal, De Niro, and Murdoch to grow the enterprise.

The 2023 features program includes 109 feature films from 127 filmmakers across 36 countries. The lineup includes 93 world premieres, one international premiere, eight North American premieres, one U.S. premiere, and six New York premieres.

There are 43 first-time directors and 29 directors returning to Tribeca with their latest projects. 41% (45) of all feature films are directed by women and, for the first time, more than half of competition feature films are directed by women at 68% (19).

Additionally, 36% (39) of feature films are directed by BIPOC filmmakers, including two indigenous filmmakers.

On Movie Reviews and Film Critics

“Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories:

journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outlets; and academic criticism by film scholars who are informed by film theory and are published in academic journals.

Academic film criticism rarely takes the form of a review; instead it is more likely to analyze the film and its place in the history of its genre or in the whole of film history.

Film critics working for newspapers, magazines, broadcast media, and online publications mainly review new releases, although they also review older films.

An important task for these reviews is to help readers decide whether they want to see a particular film. A film review will typically explain the premise of the film before discussing its merits or flaws.

The verdict is often summarized using a rating system, such as 5- or 4-star scales, academic-style grades, and pictograms.”

On this Review Video

The review for this video movie review was written by FilmBookCast host Chris Banks and put together by FilmBook Editor-in-chief Rollo Tomasi.

The Review Video

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Je’vida Review Video