Description
Russian premiere
When Déni inherits a small patch of land in the wild, beautiful valley of Pankissi, he sees a chance to finally build the house in the trees that he’s dreamed of since he was a boy. But nothing in the rugged Caucasus is ever simple. Returning to a village just across the Chechen border where he was born – a place he barely knows – Déni stirs up old feuds, buried family dramas, and above all, the question everyone keeps asking: when, and with whom, is he finally going to get married?
*Golden Eye prize and French Touch prize, La Semaine de la Critique Cannes
About the director:
Déni Oumar Pitsaev
Filmmaker. Born in Chechnya in 1986. He studied at Sciences Po in Paris before turning to cinema, later earning a bachelor’s degree in film directing at INSAS (National Institute of Performing Arts) in Brussels, followed by a Master’s degree in audiovisual arts at LUCA School of Arts, St. Lukas Campus. Déni is an alumnus of the Locarno Filmmakers Academy and the IDFAcademy. His shorts The Girl Who Plays a Game (2016) and Looking for Deni (2017) screened at numerous festivals, including Visions du Réel, Doc Fortnight MoMA, and DokumentART. Imago is his debut feature documentary.