Imago

When Déni inherits a small patch of land in the wild, beautiful Valley of Pankisi in Eastern Georgia, he sees a chance to finally build the house in the trees that he’s dreamed of since he was a boy. But nothing in the rugged Caucasus is ever simple. Returning to a village just across the Chechen border where he was born – a place he barely knows – Déni stirs up old feuds, buried family dramas, and above all, the question everyone keeps asking: when, and with whom, is he finally going to get married?

Imago is Oumar Pitsaev’s debut feature film. This personal and poetic documentary premiered in the 2025 Cannes Critic’s Week, picking up the French Touch Jury Prize and the L’Œil d’or (Golden Eye), the overall top documentary prize in all categories at the Cannes International Film Festival.