SVONNI VS THE SWEDISH TAX AGENCY

SVENSK TITEL: Svonni vs Skatteverket

DOC | 2020 | 5 MIN | SÁMI, SWEDISH

A Sámi woman fights for her right to claim a tax deduction against the purchase of a dog. Why the Swedish authorities fail to recognize the dog's use as a reindeer herding tool versus a pet opens up a larger discussion about Indigenous rights and economic discrimination in this humorous takedown of the Swedish government's ignorance of Sámi culture. Angie Driscoll, HotDocs

PROD INFO

DIRECTOR

Maria Fredriksson

DOP

Pia Lehto

EDITORS

Fredrik V Thelander
Maria Fredriksson

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Fredrik V Thelander

SOUND/MIX

Arvid Lind

PRODUCER

Ina Holmqvist

ADDITIONAL PHOTO

Martina Carlstedt

COMPOSER

Crille Olsson

COLORIST

Annika Pehrson

VOICES

Eva Sandström
Joakim Lundberg
Camilla Eriksson

With support from the Swedish Film Institute
Cinema distribution in Sweden by Folkets Bio
International festival distribution by the Swedish Film Institute
Licensed to Sveriges Television AB
Distribution in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by The Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg

FESTIVALS

Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden, 2020
Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway, 2021
Tempo Documentary Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, 2021
Glasgow Short Film Festival, UK, 2021
BUFF International Film Festival, Malmö, Sweden, 2021
Hot Docs, Toronto, Canada, 2021
Vienna Shorts, Austria, 2021
Short Shorts Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 2021
OFF, Odense International Film Festival, Denmark, 2021
NIFF, Nordic International Film Festival, NYC, USA, 2021
Imagine NATIVE, Toronto, Canada, 2021
Devour FIilm Fest, Wolfville, USA, 2021
Sydney Film Festival, Australia, 2021
Alcine Film Festival, Madrid, Spain, 2021
Bogotá Short Film Festival, Colombia, 2021
Calgary Underground Film Festival, Canada, 2021
Skábmagovat Indigenous Film Festival, Finland, 2022
Available Light Film Festival, Yukon, Canada, 2022
Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival, Ottawa, Canada, 2022
Nordic Lights FIlm Festival, Seattle, USA, 2022
Film Fest Petaluma, USA, 2022
Alexander Valley Film Festival, USA, 2022
In short, Europe: Loving Encounters, London, UK, 2022
Smithsonian National Museum of American Indian's, USA, 2022
BBC Long Shots, USA, 2022
The New York Times, Op-Docs, USA, 2022