When film and reality meet
Tove Andersson
Oslo
Among the activists blocking the entrance to the Department of Finance in the Norwegian capital in March, was the movie actor Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen.
The film Ellos eatnu—La elva leve—Let the River Flow—won best film according to the audience in Tromsø, Norway, followed by Kritikerprisen in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the biggest Northern film festival, Göteborg Film Festival. Isaksen plays the lead role in the film.
With Sámi youth and climate activists, she was in Oslo to protest against a wind farm in Fosen in western Norway. The wind farm is still operating despite a ruling
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Tove Andersson
Tove Andersson is a freelance journalist who writes about travel and culture. She conducts interviews for the street magazine Oslo while writing poetry and fiction. Jeg heter Navnløs (My name is nameless) was published in 2020. Her website is www.frilanskatalogen.no/frilanstove, and she can be reached at tove.andersson@skrift.no.
