Lene Cecilia Sparrok, who played Elle Marja in Sami Blood attended the ceremony together with her sister Mia Erika Sparrok, who played Njenna in the film. Commenting on the difficult choices facing her character in the film, Lene Cecilia Sparrok said: “Just the idea of leaving the Sami society behind, leaving my little sister behind, personally I would have never done this. To leave the Sami traditions behind I would never be able to do it.”

Receiving the Lux Prize in plenary she also highlighted the importance of the film for the Sami cause “Receiving this award is like a reparation and retribution of the older generation of Sami that have been treated like lesser, less valuable and less intelligent.”

Afterwards Sparrok said: "The world must know how they treated us, the Sami people. What hurts a lot is that it really took place. The film was actually rather mild. The reality was more extreme." Watch the rest of the interview in our video above.