Asiemut
Oliver Higgins, Mélanie Carrier
2007 - 56 min - SD - Couleur - Canada (Québec)

There are so many choices in everyday life! Everyone has their own journey, their own direction, their own azimuth. Olivier Higgins and Mélanie Carrier chose a journey, but most would call it a long adventure, approximately 8000 kilometres long. Riding their bicycles and pedalling through Asia. Olivier and Mélanie travelled from Mongolia to Kolkata, at the mouth of the Ganges in India, passing through Xinjiang, the Taklamakan Desert, Tibet and Nepal.
Along the way, they discover the world, but over all, they discover themselves. Who are they? What do they want? What is their place in this world? Maybe, between the encounters, obstacles and the discovery, this daring journey made them reflex. Do we not all have a common "Asiemut"?



Author-Director : Oliver Higgins, Mélanie Carrier
Editing : Éric Denis
Delegate Producer : Mö Films
Broadcasting Sale : ARTE France
Broadcasting Sale : RAI (Italie), RTBF Bruxelles, Télé Québec (Canada), Al Jazeera, TVC - Televisiô de Catalunya

Distribution


Distributor : Ampersand, Mö Films
DVD Editing : Mö Films
VOD : Capuseen

Distinctions

2008 - Festival du Film d'Aventure, La Rochelle (France) : Grand Prix du Public
2008 - Cervino CineMountain - Festival International du cinéma de montagne, Breuil-Cervinia et Valtournenche (Italie) : Oscar des Oscars des films d'Aventure
2007 - Inkafest Mountain Film Festival, Lima (Pérou) : Prix du Meilleur Film d'Aventure
2007 - FIFAD - Festival du film des Diablerets, Les Diablerets (Suisse) : Prix Spécial du Jury
2007 - Festival international du film Aventure et Découverte, Val d'Isère (France) : Prix Espoir du Jury