Returning A History To Its People. Indigenous Repatriation Documented in New Feature Film, Homecoming (Máhccan), From Directors Suvi West and Anssi Kömi
World Premiere As Part of 2023 TIFF Docs Programme at Toronto International Film Festival, September 7-17th
A bold, gentle power is emitted from the screen in the beautifully directed new documentary Homecoming (Máhccan), from acclaimed documentarians Suvi West and Anssi Kömi. The documentary is slated to World premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the TIFF Docs section. The festival runs September 7-17th.
The film follows Sámi filmmakers West and Kömi as they observe and help assist in the return of Sámi cultural artifacts, which hold significant spiritual and historical importance to the community, long appropriated by museums and more, as they are documented and returned to the people and their homeland.
Through elegantly structured documentary storytelling and visually sumptuous camerawork, Homecoming (Máhccan) is a vital and uncompromising work that, through its uniquely delicate energy, plunges into the issue of cultural repatriation currently facing indigenous groups globally while maintaining its gaze upon the story of the heart and soul of the Sámi people, diving deep down into the question of one’s connection to the ancestors through the museum items.
Homecoming (Máhccan) is a Finnish/Norwegian co-production produced by Janne Niskala of Vaski Filmi (Finland) in association with Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas and Johanna Dorothea Raita of Ten Thousand Images (Norway).
Screening Times:
Public 09/08/2023 4:15PM Scotiabank 11
Press & Industry 09/09/2023 3:05PM Scotiabank 8
Public 09/09/2023 9:15PM Scotiabank 13
Press & Industry 09/13/2023 9:10AM Scotiabank 5
