Feature Film Selection/ France, Switzerland, Panama, 2021, 86’
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Details
- Director: Andrés Peyrot
- Screenplay: Claire Maugendre, Andrés Peyrot, Elizabeth Wautlet
- Editing: Sabine Emiliani
- Cinematography: Patrick Tresch, Nicolas Desaintquentin
- Music: Grégoire Auger
- Producer: Brieuc Dréano, Andrés Peyrot, Johan De Faria,
- Sebastian Deurdilly, Bénédicte Perrot
- Production: Industrie Films, Upside Films
- 2024 Ismailia International Film Festival Best Film FIPRESCI Prize
- Millennium Docs Against Gravity Etnomatograph Award
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Recap
In 1975, French Oscar-winning director Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau travelled to Panama to document the Kuna community, where women hold a sacred status. Gaisseau, along with his wife and young daughter Akiko, lived among the Kunas for a year. However, the project ultimately ran out of funds, and a bank seized the film reels. Fifty years later, the Kunas are still waiting to see 'their' film, a legendary story now passed down from elders to the new generation.
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Director
Andrés Peyrot
Andrés Peyrot is a Swiss-Panamanian filmmaker based in Paris. A graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, he has worked as an editor and cinematographer, notably on Jonathan Caouette's 'Walk Away Renee,’ which was presented at Cannes Critics' Week in 2011. ‘God Is a Woman’ marks his directorial debut in feature filmmaking.
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