Ama-San
Claudia Varejao
2017 - 112 min - Vidéo Full HD - Couleur - Portugal

A dive, the noon sunlight cuts through the water. The air on both longs will have to be enough to rip the abalone from the rocks in the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. With no aid from air tanks or any other tools to enable underwater breathing, the body as a whole is summoned to its limit. In Wagu, a fishing village in the Ise Peninsula, Matsumi, Mayumi and Masumi dive everyday not knowing what they'll find. Underwater, their delicate bodies turn into those of sea hunters. The Ama-San have been diving like this in Japan for over 2,000 years.

Histoire | Mer | Pêche | Plongée | Japon


Author-Director : Claudia Varejao
Photography : Claudia Varejao
Sound : Takashi Sugimoto
Editing : Claudia Varejao
Delegate Producer : Terratreme Filmes

Distribution


Distributor : Terratreme Filmes

Distinctions

2017 - Play-Doc, Tui (Espagne) : Best Film
2016 - Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Prague (République tchèque) : Mention spéciale
2016 - International Film Festival Message to Man, Saint Petersburg (Russie) : Special Prize of the Bellona Foundation
2016 - Doclisboa - Festival Internacional de Cinema Documental, Lisbonne (Portugal) : Best Portuguese Competition Film
2016 - Pravo Ljudski Film Festival, Sarajevo (Bosnie-Herzégovine) : Best Film at Extra Muros Competition
2016 - Porto Post Doc, Porto (Portugal) : Teenage Prize