Ama-San
Portugal / Switzerland, April 2016
FILM,
Documentary,
113 min.
- directed by
- Cláudia Varejão
- Written by
- Cláudia Varejão
- Status
- In distribution
The Ama-San - the women of the sea - are diving since 2000 years in Japan for all sorts of seafood. Most of them are between 50 and 85 years old. What they do, calls into question not only the traditional role of women in oriental society, but also the very nature of femininity itself. The film follows the everyday lives of three women of different ages who, for 30 years, have dived together in the sea around a small fishing village on the Shima peninsular. Shot between the silent, underwater world and rural life on land, this film is a unique portrait of a tradition that is not expected to survive much longer.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2016
- Original Version
- Japanese (french/english/portuguese/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 113 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-2526-0000-4-0000-0000-P
- Production
- Terratreme Filmes, Mira Film
- Producer
- João Matos, Vadim Jendreyko
- directed by
- Cláudia Varejão
- Written by
- Cláudia Varejão
- Cinematography
- Cláudia Varejão
- Editing
- João Braz, Cláudia Varejão
- Location Sound Mix
- Takashi Sugimoto
- Sound Editing
- Hugo Leitão
- Sound Design
- Hugo Leitão
- Re-Recording Mix
- Dominik Avenwedde, Daniel Almada
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Mira Film , Terratreme Filmes
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Vinca Film GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 16.06.2016
Awards
(a selection)
- Karlovy Vary, International Filmfestival Karlovy Vary, Special Jury Mention 2016 (Winner)
- Porto, Porto Post Doc: Film & Media Festival, Teenage Award 2016 (Winner)
- Fünf-Seen-Land, Fünf Seen Filmfestival, Lobende Erwähnung - Dokumentarfilmpreis 2016 (Winner)
- Lisbon, doclisboa Festival Internacional de Cinema Documental, Íngreme/Doclisboa Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film 2016 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
17th Kaohsiung Film Festival
20.10.2017 - 05.11.2017 -
Sydney, 64th Sydney Film Festival
07.06.2017 - 18.06.2017 -
Cracow, 57th Krakow Film Festival
28.05.2017 - 04.06.2017 -
Tel Aviv, 19th Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival Tel Aviv
11.05.2017 - 20.05.2017 -
Copenhagen, 14th CPH:DOX International Documentary Film Festival Copenhagen
16.03.2017 - 26.03.2017 -
Guadalajara, 32° Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara
10.03.2017 - 17.03.2017 -
Thessaloniki, 19th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
03.03.2017 - 12.03.2017 -
Helsinki, DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
23.01.2017 - 29.01.2017 -
Porto, 3° Porto Post Doc Film & Media Festival
26.11.2016 - 04.12.2016 -
Florence, 57° Festival dei Popoli Firenze
25.11.2016 - 02.12.2016
-
Lisbon, 14° doclisboa Festival internacional de cinema
20.10.2016 - 30.10.2016 -
Fünf-Seen-Land, 10. Fünf Seen Filmfestival
27.07.2016 - 07.08.2016 -
Karlovy Vary, 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
01.07.2016 - 09.07.2016 -
Curitiba, 5th Olhar de Cinema - Curitiba International Film Festival
08.06.2016 - 16.06.2016 -
Nyon, 22e Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon
15.04.2016 - 23.04.2016