aMari
In the deepest and most hidden dreams, Zamalzain, the shaman woman, is contacted by the ancestors through a vision. A trip to the origins and fate of the aesthetic and sacred being. "aMari", umbilical cord, a thread of mother savior.
When word loses the sense of the sacred, life becomes a desecration.
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Gregorio Azkona AnduezaDirectorBlanko Pirinero
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Gregorio Azkona AnduezaWriter
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Gregorio Azkona AnduezaProducer
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Carolina Rodríguez RodríguezKey Cast
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Aitz Arrieta EspinoKey Cast
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Project Title (Original Language):aMari
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Project Type:Documentary, Feature
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Genres:Fiction, Drama, Anthropological, Ethnographic, Native People, Spiritual, Women
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Runtime:1 hour 25 minutes 5 seconds
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Completion Date:October 4, 2016
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Country of Origin:Spain
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Country of Filming:Spain
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Language:Basque
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Shooting Format:DV
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Aspect Ratio:1:1:85
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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GOLDEN URARTU FILM FESTIVALArtashat, Ararat
Armenia
October 4, 2016
World Premiere
Semi Finalist -
33º BOGOCINE FESTIVAL DE CINE DE BOGOTÁBogotá
Colombia
October 26, 2016
America Premiere
Nominee Audience Award Best Film -
4th NOIDA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALNoida
India
February 12, 2017
Asia Premiere
Nominee Special Festival Mention -
KZ FILM FESTIVALAstana
Kazakhstan
March 19, 2017
Kazakhstan Premiere -
12th WAIROA MAORI FLILM FESTIVALNuhaka Wairoa
New Zealand
June 4, 2017
Oceania Premiere -
31th PÄRNU INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY AND ANTHROPOLOGY FILM FESTIVALPärnu
Estonia
July 5, 2017
Europa Premiere -
IV CINEMISTICAGranada
Spain
November 18, 2017
Spain Premiere
Distribution Information
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01bitartekoCountry: WorldwideRights: All Rights
Director, producer and scriptwriter
More than twenty years of experience in the audiovisual sector, he founded his first production company in 1999 and undertakes tasks as a cinematographer, editor and producer. He wrote, directed and produced his first documentary in 2001, "Blanko Pirineo" selected in international film festivals and broadcasted on public television and private television. He has worked as a camera operator for several national production companies and in various programs for public television.
Since 2004, he has specialized in the area of development and production of feature films and in 2007, he finished the screenplay "aMari", his first feature film, written, directed and produced by Gregory Azkona Andueza in 2016.
"aMari" is a conceptual and figurative film, conceived as a space-time trip of Zamalzain, the shaman woman.
The film offers an anthropological and aesthetic vision hidden in the depths of the collective unconscious. An imaginary that is been registered, cumulating and transforming from the origins of man and woman and that has been passed from generation to generation until today. An imaginary of myths and legends that will show us part of the origin of cosmogony and the worldview of the pre-Indo european ancestral culture.
Conducted through a thoughtful, contemplative and critical look through the use of the camera and focused on nature around us. The film draws a circle over the four seasons and through the natural settings of the Cantabrian Mountains, the Cantabrian coast and the Pyrenees.
A linguistic-aesthetic interpretation of the origin and development of the pre-Indo european culture. A culture born in prehistoric times and even today remains alive but locked in the deepest, sacred and etymological meaning of * the Basque.
Despite the scientific advances available today for the modern man, he still does not understand, nor shows an interest in the artistic value representing the works of art made by our ancestors in the depths of the caves through paintings, sculptures and engravings. Artistic and conceptually speaking, the modern man is trapped in the prehistoric art and helpless within the nonsense in the world that he is currently living in.
The Modern man is a man who lives in the absence of the sacred and in constant desecration, a lost and disoriented man in the darkness of his own existence.
A personal and professional challenge of an experimental and reflective nature. A job that has required 10 years of dedication to the author in product research, script writing, filming, editing, music creation and post-production of the image and sound, to finally offer to the viewer the best possible outcome of the film "aMari".
Written and directed with the intention of persuading the viewer to participate and experience the starring role in the film.
* (The Basque language is one of the few languages of preindo european origin still alive).