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Imago
Cannes L’Oeil d’Or, Critics′ Week Jury Prize
Travel/Road Movie
Human Rights/Labor/Social
- CountryFrance/Belgium
- Production Year2025
- Running Time109min
- FormatDCP
- ColorColor
© Triptyque Films (France)
Program Note
Upon arriving in Pankisi, Georgia, director Déni Oumar Pitsaev is warmly welcomed by relatives. Born in the Chechen Republic in 1986, he has lived a rootless, drifting life, never truly settling down like floating grass. Now, in Pankisi, he longs to begin a new life. Unable to return to his homeland, he plans to build and live in a house near the Chechen border. While his mother hopes he will marry and start a family like a traditional Chechen man, Déni remains fixated on a treehouse, a dream from childhood. For him, this house represents freedom—a life unshackled from war and constraint. In one deeply moving scene, the director reunites with his father after eight years and engages in an open-hearted conversation. Through this moment, we glimpse the true power of documentary film: transformation through genuine communication. The painful, unresolved stories—the emotional scars left by war, the fraught relationship between father and son—unfold against the backdrop of a beautiful landscape rich in the scent of summer. This tranquil land becomes both a place of healing for tangled feelings and a ground of hope for rebuilding family bonds. (JUN Jonghyuk)
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© Triptyque Films (France)
Déni OUMAR PITSAEV
Deni Oumar Pitsaev was born in 1986 in Chechnya and grew up between Grozny, Saint Petersburg, and Almaty. After studying at Sciences Po in Paris, he shifted his focus to cinema, earning a BA in Film Directing from National Institute of Performing Arts (INSAS) in Brussels and an MA in Audiovisual Arts from Luca School of Arts, St. Lukas Campus. He is also an alumnus of the Locarno Filmmakers Academy and IDFAcademy.
His short documentaries The Girl Who Plays a Game (2016), selected for the Moscow International Film Festival, and Looking for Deni (2017), invited to Visions du Réel, brought him early recognition. His debut feature documentary Imago won the French Touch Jury Prize in Cannes Critics’ Week 2025, as well as the Golden Eye Award for Best Documentary presented in Cannes. He is currently developing the script for his first narrative feature, Maspalomas, and works between Paris and Brussels.
His short documentaries The Girl Who Plays a Game (2016), selected for the Moscow International Film Festival, and Looking for Deni (2017), invited to Visions du Réel, brought him early recognition. His debut feature documentary Imago won the French Touch Jury Prize in Cannes Critics’ Week 2025, as well as the Golden Eye Award for Best Documentary presented in Cannes. He is currently developing the script for his first narrative feature, Maspalomas, and works between Paris and Brussels.
Credit
- DirectorDéni OUMAR PITSAEV
- ProducerAlexandra MÉLOT
- Co-producerAnne-Laure GUÉGAN
Géraldine SPRIMONT - CastDéni OUMAR PITSAEV
- CinematographySylvain VERDET
Joachim PHILIPPE - EditorLaurent SÉNÉCHAL
Dounia SICHOV - SoundHélène CLERC-DENIZOT
Emmanuel DE BOISSIEU - Production CompanyTriptyque Films
- World SalesRediance
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