IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev wins Cannes' Golden Eye – The Documentary Prize
After winning the French Touch Prize of the Jury on Wednesday, IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev was presented with Cannes' prestigious Golden Eye – The Documentary Prize tonight! We are so proud of the film team and grateful for the privilege to work on this incredible film. Congratulations!
By Déni Oumar Pitsaev – CRITICS' WEEK
World Premiere
Rediance Films © 2025
dscape, deserves recognition. Pitsaev films the Pankissi community… with palpable compassion and curiosity.”
Vikram Murthi, IndieWire
"This peek into a region and a rarely seen piece of recent history will surely find admirers on the festival circuit."
Boyd van Hoeij, Screen International
"A strong festival entry."
Veronica Orciari, Cineuropa
"Whatever its echoes of war, Imago is a surprisingly lyrical documentary that even has traces of Chekhov."
Geoffrey Macnab, Business Doc Europe
IMAGO
France, Belgium
2025 - 109m - Color
Chechen, Georgian, Russian with French and English Subtitles
A Triptyque Films and Need Productions co-production
Producers
Alexandra Mélot, Anne-Laure Guégan, Géraldine Sprimont
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?
US & INTERNATIONAL PRESS
Anne Takahashi, press@takapr.com
FRENCH PRESS
Karine Durance, durancekarine@yahoo.fr
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About 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.
Déni is an alumnus of the Locarno Filmmakers Academy and the IDFAcademy. His debut feature documentary, Imago, will have its world premiere in competition at La Semaine de la Critique in Cannes. He is currently developing the script for his first feature film, Maspalomas.
Based between Paris and Brussels. Photo: Triptyque Films |
