Adak
Amandine Faynot
2011 - 23 min - Mini DV - France

In Istanbul, the sacrifice of the sheep used to be practised by the father in his own garden, now however it’s welcomed in a municipal public place. A recently adopted law prohibits individuals from carrying out this sacrifice in a non-specified public or private place. Professional sacrificers now stage a mass killing, codified, perfectly realized. The mutation of codes governing these rituals raises personal questions. Does catharsis provoked by the sacrifice still exist when the violence is institutionalized?



Author-Director : Amandine Faynot
Photography : Volkan Sarisakal, Amandine Faynot
Sound : Volkan Sarisakal
Editing : Amandine Faynot
Delegate Producer : Amandine Faynot Production

Distribution


Distributor : Amandine Faynot Production
Disponible au Club du doc

Distinctions

2012 - Filmer le travail, Poitiers (France) : Compétition Internationale
2012 - Festival International Jean Rouch, Paris (France) : Compétition Internationale
2012 - Images en bibliothèques, Paris (France) : Film soutenu par la Commission nationale de sélection des médiathèques
2011 - Visions du réel, Nyon (Suisse) : Compétition Internationale - Courts métrages
2011 - Doc en courts : rencontres du court métrage documentaire, Lyon (France) : Prix Graine de doc