As you go inward, you can focus on your steps and on your breath, and some people like focusing on the sounds of nature and ...

Déni Oumar Pitsaev travels to the proxy homeland of Pankisi and confronts his family, weighs building a house, and evades questions of marriage.

When Chechen-born filmmaker Déni Oumar Pitsaev came to Cannes with his new documentary Imago, he felt very uncertain about how it would be received. After all, it’s a personal story and it’s ...

Imago, a documentary by Chechen-born filmmaker Déni Oumar Pitsaev, won the L’Oeil d’or prize today, the top award for nonfiction film at the Cannes Film Festival. But it wasn’t the only ...

Pitsaev's debut feature "Imago" chronicles the filmmaker's experience in Pankisi as he reconnects with his Chechen relatives while deciding whether to build a house upon his newly acquired land.