Maria Pikkarainen

Manager of language and culture groups’ education of Joensuu City. She is also a theatre and film director. She has produced several documentaries about immigrants, as well as multicultural theatre productions, a few of which are based on stories about immigrant integration. She is working with Olga Filippova and Päivi Pesonen on a book and movie for a young audience about war, refugees, and immigrants.

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