Anastasia Lapsui

Anastasia Lapsui (born 1944) is a Soviet-born Nenets film director, screenwriter, and radio journalist who has lived in Finland since 1993. Lapsui, together with Markku Lehmuskallio, directed "Seven Songs from the Tundra," the first narrative film in the Nenets language. Lapsui has won numerous honors, including the Jussi Award for Best Film, and the Grand Prize at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival.

Biography Anastasia Lapsui was born to a nomadic family Of the movie Matkalla (On the Way), completed in 2007, Lapsui says:— "This movie has a special meaning to me. In it, I present my own view of the Nenets religion and the afterlife."

Awards 2000, Best Film (Nordic), Amanda Award 2000, Grand Prize, Créteil International Women's Film Festival

Filmography 1993, Poron hahmossa pitkin taivaankaarta (editing, music, narrator, recording) 1994, Kadotettu paratiisi (planning, Nenets / Finnish translations, editing, recording) 1995, Jäähyväisten kronikka (editing) 1997, Anna (directing, manuscript) 1998, The Sacrifice: A Film About a Forest (directing, planning, recording, editing) 1999, Seven Songs from the Tundra (directing, costume, cut, staging, manuscript) 2001, Shepherd (directing, manuscript) 2002, Mothers of Life (directing, editing, voice, songs) 2003, A Bride of the Seventh Heaven (directing, costume, manuscript) 2004, Fata Morgana (directing, editing, recording, manuscript) 2006, The Sami (guidance, editing) 2007, Matkalla (directing, screenplay, actor) 2007, Nedarma - Travelling (directing, screenplay) 2009, Earth Evocation 2010, Pudana Last of the Line 2012, 11 Images of a Human 2015, Tsamo 2017, Pyhä (credited as Anastasia Lapsuy)