Paul-Anders Simma
Paul-Anders Simma is a Finnish Sámi film director and screenwriter. His 1997 film The [Minister of State] was entered into the 20th Moscow International [Film Festival].
After the Norwegian Nils Gaup’s film Pathfinder was the first Sámi full-length movie, Simma’s film The Minister of State was the second. After this, more full-length movies in Sámi languages haven’t been completed. The Minister of State is a comedy about an outlaw arriving to a small village in the meeting point of Norway, Sweden and Finland. People mistake him for a minister of the Finnish government. The man uses the mistake in order to gain trust from the villagers.
Selected filmography
The Minister of State- ''Give [Us Our Skeletons]''