The documentary "Máhccan - Homecoming" by director Suvi West is set in the Museum world in a turning point, where the national museums have to deal with their colonialistic history. The National Museum of Finland returned thousands of everyday objects taken from the indigenous Sámi people back to them. 

Filmmaker Suvi West takes the audience behind the scenes of the museum world, revealing a visual, philosophical, and spiritual realm. She seeks a connection with ancestors through old museum objects, eventually arriving at the collective pain points of the Sámi people. How can the damage caused by outsiders be repaired so that collective pains can be left behind? The film will be followed by a discussion with Suvi West and Mikko Fritze (Finnish Institute in Germany).

Suvi West is an award-winning director and script writer. She has directed several short films and two feature documentaries, Me and My Little Sister and Eatnameamet - Our Silent Struggle. Her films have been screened in film festivals around the world and distributed in European TV channels. In 2019 she was selected to be one of the directors present in Venice Biennale in Finland’s pavilion.

The film will be shown in the original language with English subtitles.

Location: Cinema Capitol Dahlem, Thielallee 36, 14195 Berlin
Admission: 11€, tickets via www.yorck.de or at the box office