Adamiani
Japan, The Netherlands2021documentary120'Międzynarodowy konkurs filmów dokumentalnych (2022)
The Kists are Georgian Chechens who live in the Pankisi Gorge. The local men are known for their bravery but also infamous for being ‘terrorists’. Leila has lost two sons in the war in Syria. Her cousin Abo has a soul of a fighter but now he runs a trekking company together with his Polish partner Barbara. The protagonists hope that their beautiful mountainous region will no longer scare tourists away. A multi-threaded story with many chapters, the film shows inhabitants of a little known place in the Caucasus. Today, mostly women nurture its normality.
Awards
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2022 Documentary competition
The Award of the FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics)Special Award
- directed by
- Hirotoshi Takeoka
Director, born in Osaka, Japan. He studied Japanese literature at the university of Kinki before entering the Image Forum Institute of the Moving Image to study filmmaking. In 2010, He made TV documentaries about people trying to cope with the Chechen conflict in Pankisi Valley of Georgia. For his work on “Chechen’s heart of Life” was awarded Japan’s Best New Director Award (2014). “Mothers of change”- a winner of the ATP Best Documentary Award (2019). “Adamiani” is his feature film debut.
- cinematography
- Hirotoshi Takeoka, Tai Yamauchi
- script
- Hirotoshi Takeoka
- music
- Julien Marchal
- sound
- Gernot Fuhrmann
- editing
- Herbert Hunger, Hirotoshi Takeoka
- production
- Hirotoshi Takeoka (Adamiani film), (Crossmedia Inc. TEMJIN CO.), Jia Zhao (Muyi Film)
- Photo
