Imago
Poster
Directed by
Déni Oumar Pitsaev
Full Synopsis
As the new owner of a plot of land, where he dreams of building a house on stilts in a Georgian valley bordering Chechnya, Déni finds there his memories, family conflict and his uprooted clan, who are only interested in one thing: his marital perspectives. This humorous, sensory chronicle of lineage received the Œil d’or Award at the last Festival de Cannes.
Producer
Alexandra Mélot
Anne-Laure Guégan
Géraldine Sprimont
Mariam Chachia
Screenwriter
Déni Oumar Pitsaev
Cinematographer
Sylvain Verdet
Joachim Philippe
Editor
Laurent Sénéchal
Dounia Sichov
Production Company
Triptyque Films
Distribution
Xu Jing
REDIANCE FILMS
jing@rediancefilms.com
REDIANCE FILMS
jing@rediancefilms.com
Festivals & Awards
Cannes 2025 – Œil d’Or for Best Documentary és French Touch Prize of the Critics’ Week Jury
RIDM Montréal 2025 – Grand Prix of the International Competition
DOC NYC 2025 – Grand Jury Prize
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Déni Oumar Pitsaev
Director
Déni Oumar Pitsaev was born in Chechnya in 1986 and grew up between Grozny, St Petersburg and Almaty. He studied at Sciences Po in Paris before turning to cinema. He later obtained a bachelor's degree in film directing at
the INSAS (National Institute of Performing Arts) in Brussels, followed by a master's degree in audiovisual arts at the LUCA School of Arts, St. Lukas Campus.
