Homecoming
MáhccanDetails
The emotionally broken Sámi people finally get back their stolen ancestral heritage. The indigenous film director Suvi faces the collective pains and starts to break the outside image of them, not only for herself but for the wellbeing of the whole nation.
Selected festivals: Toronto IFF 2023, Göteborg 2024, CPH:DOX 2024, Nordisk Panorama 2024
DIRECTORS: Suvi West, Anssi Kömi
SCRIPTWRITER: Suvi West
PRODUCER: Janne Niskala
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Vaski Filmi
SALES: First Hand Films
Directors
Suvi West
Suvi West (b. 1982) is an award-winning director and scriptwriter. She has directed several short films and two feature documentaries: Me and My Little Sister in 2016 and Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle in 2021. 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.
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