Finalist
Gathering Firewood
Küttepuude hankimine
2025
Entry 25-48 | Estonia | 2024 | 30’ | Language: Nenets | Subtitles: Estonian
The film follows a group of Nenets women gathering firewood in a snow-covered tundra. This film is part of a larger Yamal Nenets Series, which explores the daily life of nomadic reindeer pastoralists on the Yamal Peninsula in Western Siberia during the calving season in the spring. The footage for the series was captured during a three-month ethnographic fieldwork in 1999.
Director
Liivo Niglas
| Cinematography
Liivo Niglas
| Editing
Liivo Niglas, Marju Juhkum
| Producer
Liivo Niglas
| Production Company
mp doc
| Distributor
mp doc
| Original Title
Küttepuude hankimine
2025
Captivating archival footage that transports audiences across space and time. Today, it feels even more valuable — a rare opportunity for Indigenous communities in Russia to have their voices heard beyond their borders.
| Director | Liivo Niglas |
| Cinematography | Liivo Niglas |
| Editing | Liivo Niglas, Marju Juhkum |
| Producer | Liivo Niglas |
| Production Company | mp doc |
| Distributor | mp doc |
| Original Title | Küttepuude hankimine |
| Entry Number | 25-48 |
| Country of Production |
Estonia
|
| Year of Production | 2024 |
| Running Time | 30’ |
| Language: | Nenets |
| Subtitles: | Estonian |
