Cannes 78: Imago - Interview with Déni Oumar Pitsaev

About this episode

The episode features an interview with director Déni Oumar Pitsaev discussing his film Imago at the Cannes Film Festival.

Welcome back to our coverage of the 78th Cannes Film Festival episode three! This is the first time that we have had the chance to sit down with a director at Cannes. The film, Imago, featured in the Semaine de la Critique side section and picked up two prizes this past week: The French Touch and the Golden Eye. We talk to director Déni Oumar Pitsaev about some of the themes in this highly personal hybrid documentary film about the filmmaker's empathetic exploration and confrontation with a foreign yet familial place where culture, tradition, and displacement disparity between the symbolic and semantic: 'home' and 'house'; representing a universal entanglement with one's roots. Thanks for listening! If you have any comments, suggestions, or want to get in touch: cannesversations@proton.me Credits: Image: Imago Film Still Officiel du 78e Festival de Cannes : © Les Films 13 – Un homme et une femme de Claude Lelouch (1966) / Création graphique © Hartland Villa Frame by Kumiko Shimuzu - Free to use under the Unsplash License Sound: Intro: EFF Open Audio License for Le Carnaval des Animaux (Saint-Saëns, Camille - Aquarium) by Neal O'Doan (Piano) Nancy O'Doan (Piano), and Seattle Youth…

People in this episode

Hosts: Eliana Resnick, Patrick Fey

Guest: Déni Oumar Pitsaev

Topics covered

• Cannes Film Festival
• film interview
• documentary
• cultural exploration
• displacement
• roots

Keywords

• Cannes 78
• Imago
• Déni Oumar Pitsaev
• documentary
• film festival
• cultural themes
• displacement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cannes Film Festival

Books & works: Imago, Le Carnaval des Animaux

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