With 7.1 million views from April 8 to April 14 in its debut week on Netflix, the first Netflix Sámi Original feature film, ‘Stolen‘, claimed the #2 spot on the Netflix Global chartfor non-English films following ‘The Tearsmith‘.
‘Stolen’ has exceeded 12.6 million hours of views since the film premiered on the global streaming platform on April 12, 2024, and successfully reached a large global audience in a short amount of time. This milestone holds cultural significance for the Sámi community, an indigenous group living in the Nordic region of Sápmi (located in the northern parts of Sweden, Norway, and Finland), reaching out to audiences worldwide with a contemporary narrative on a global scale.
Based on an acclaimed novel with the same title by Ann-Helén Laestadius, ‘Stolen’ is the first-ever Sámi feature film produced by Netflix.
Storyline
A young woman from Sweden’s Indigenous Sámi community tracks down a killer to settle a personal score in this emotional drama inspired by real events.
Official clip from ‘Stolen’:
‘Stolen’ is directed by Elle Márjá Eira (‘Power Play’, ‘Ealát’), and written by Peter Birro (‘438 Days, ‘Monica Z’) and Ann-Helén Laestadius (‘Little Atoms’, ‘Front Row’). The Sámi cast and crew stars Elin Oskal, Magnus Kuhmunen (‘Faszination Wasser’), and Lars-Ánte Wasara, with cinematography by Ken Are Bongo (‘Power Play’, ‘Ealát’).
Khalil Al Harbiti (‘Black Crab’, ‘A Man Called Ove’) at Kolibri Productions has produced ‘Stolen’ in collaboration with Netflix. The language of the film is predominantly Northern Sámi, and it was pre-screened in Kiruna (Sweden) on April 7, 2024.
‘Stolen’ is the first Sámi feature film release to surface from the partnership between the International Sami Film Institute (ISFI) and Netflix. Read more about the partnership here.
Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment services with over 260 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages.
Source / Photo credits: Netflix
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With 7.1 million views from April 8 to April 14 in its debut week on Netflix, the first Netflix Sámi Original feature film, ‘Stolen‘, claimed the #2 spot on the Netflix Global chart for non-English films following ‘The Tearsmith‘.
‘Stolen’ has exceeded 12.6 million hours of views since the film premiered on the global streaming platform on April 12, 2024, and successfully reached a large global audience in a short amount of time. This milestone holds cultural significance for the Sámi community, an indigenous group living in the Nordic region of Sápmi (located in the northern parts of Sweden, Norway, and Finland), reaching out to audiences worldwide with a contemporary narrative on a global scale.
Based on an acclaimed novel with the same title by Ann-Helén Laestadius, ‘Stolen’ is the first-ever Sámi feature film produced by Netflix.
Storyline
A young woman from Sweden’s Indigenous Sámi community tracks down a killer to settle a personal score in this emotional drama inspired by real events.
Official clip from ‘Stolen’:
‘Stolen’ is directed by Elle Márjá Eira (‘Power Play’, ‘Ealát’), and written by Peter Birro (‘438 Days, ‘Monica Z’) and Ann-Helén Laestadius (‘Little Atoms’, ‘Front Row’). The Sámi cast and crew stars Elin Oskal, Magnus Kuhmunen (‘Faszination Wasser’), and Lars-Ánte Wasara, with cinematography by Ken Are Bongo (‘Power Play’, ‘Ealát’).
Khalil Al Harbiti (‘Black Crab’, ‘A Man Called Ove’) at Kolibri Productions has produced ‘Stolen’ in collaboration with Netflix. The language of the film is predominantly Northern Sámi, and it was pre-screened in Kiruna (Sweden) on April 7, 2024.
‘Stolen’ is the first Sámi feature film release to surface from the partnership between the International Sami Film Institute (ISFI) and Netflix. Read more about the partnership here.
View the complete cast and crew list here.
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Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment services with over 260 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages.
Source / Photo credits: Netflix
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