The documentary file has taken seven years to make and is about the silence surrounding sexual abuse and mental illness.

In the film, we get to follow two young women who no longer want to be silent, who want to show that silence doesn't make it better.

The world premiere took place at the film festival in Tromsö earlier this year.

- It's always a little nervous at home.

For me, the film is made for the Sami people, and of course can touch others as well, but I want it to go home in Sápmi, says director Liselotte Wajstedt.

Award at the Montreal Film Festival

This week, Tystnaden i Sápmi was awarded second prize at a film festival in Montreal, the Rigoberta Menchú Awards.

It is the foundation in the name of Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum that awards the prize to indigenous films.

- It's fantastic, an honor!

And that it is an indigenous award in an indigenous context.

We had an international premiere there so it was fun and it means a lot to me, says filmmaker Liselotte Wajstedt.

Tour in Sweden and Norway

Tystnaden i Sápmi has its Swedish premiere on September 23 and goes on tour in both Norway and Sweden.

It is also selected in Nordic Panorama as one of the fifteen best Nordic films.

Watch her talk about the premiere feelings in the clip above