Sápmi-Abend mit dem Dokumentarfilm: “Máhccan – Homecoming”

In the organizer's words:

Finnish film evening: The documentary "Máhccan - Homecoming" by director Suvi West from Sápmi in Finland provides a look behind the scenes of the museum world as the filmmaker searches for a connection to her ancestors through old museum objects and encounters the collective pain of the Sámi communities.

Short lecture: Elisabeth Tietmeyer, Director of the Museum of European Cultures

Elisabeth Tietmeyer has been Director of the Museum of European Cultures - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz since 2013. Her activities and research at the museum focus on topics such as diversity, (forced) migration, cultural interdependencies, gender, minorities in Europe and im/material culture).

Impulse for the film: Mikko Fritze, Director of the Finnish Institute

Mikko Fritze took over as head of the institute in June 2021. Born to German parents in Tampere, Finland, he spent his childhood in Finland, where he attended the German School in Helsinki. He later studied German, education and biology at the University of Hamburg.

Since 1994 he has worked for the Goethe-Institut in a total of five countries.

A cooperation with the Finnish Institute and the Museum of European Cultures - National Museums in Berlin.