The Ama-San - the women of the sea - for a great variety of seafoods for over 2000 years. Most of them are between 50 and 85 years old. What they do, challenges the traditional role of women in oriental society, as well as the very nature of femininity itself. The film follows the everyday lives of three women of different ages who have dived together in the sea around a small fishing village on the Shima peninsular for 30 years. Shot between the silent, underwater world and rural life on land, this film is a unique portrait of a tradition that is not expected to survive much longer.
| Format | DCP |
|---|---|
| Duration | 112 min |
| Year | 2016 |
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Subtitles | English, Portugese |
| Country | Portugal |
| ISAN | 0000-0004-2526-0000-4-0000-0000-P |
Fünf Seen Filmfestival 2016
Lobende Erwähnung - Dokumentarfilmpreis
International Filmfestival Karlovy Vary 2016
Special Jury Mention
Porto Post Doc: Film & Media Festival 2016
Teenage Award
doclisboa Festival Internacional de Cinema Documental 2016
Íngreme/Doclisboa Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film
22e Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon, Competition
April 15, 2016 - April 23, 2016
51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Competition
July 01, 2016 - July 09, 2016
10. Fünf Seen Filmfestival, Competition
July 27, 2016 - August 07, 2016
57° Festival dei Popoli Firenze, Competition
November 25, 2016 - December 02, 2016
3° Porto Post Doc Film & Media Festival, Competition
November 26, 2016 - December 04, 2016
15th DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
January 23, 2017 - January 29, 2017
19th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
March 03, 2017 - March 12, 2017
32° Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara, Competition
March 10, 2017 - March 17, 2017
14th CPH:DOX International Documentary Film Festival Copenhagen
March 16, 2017 - March 26, 2017
19th Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival Tel Aviv
May 11, 2017 - May 20, 2017
57th Krakow Film Festival
May 28, 2017 - June 04, 2017
64th Sydney Film Festival
June 07, 2017 - June 18, 2017
17th Kaohsiung Film Festival
October 20, 2017 - November 05, 2017
With
Mayumi Mitsuhashi 三 橋 ま ゆ み
Masumi Shibahara 柴 原 真 澄
Matsumi Koiso 小 磯 松 美
Director, camera
Cláudia Varejão
Assistent director
Aya Koretzky 是 月 文
Sound
Takashi Sugimoto 杉 本 崇
Special camera
Masakazu Akagi 赤 木 正 和
Editors
João Braz
Cláudia Varejão
Editor assistents
Diogo Allen
Joana Góis
Maria Maranha
Color grading
Paulo Américo Da Silva
Intern color grading
Yulia Pak
Sound Design and pre-mix
Hugo Leitão
Sound mix
Dominik Avenwedde
Coordination sound post-production
Daniel Almada
Production manager Portugal
Bárbara Valentina Japão
Miho Fukushima 福 嶋 美 穂
Coordination production
Celeste Alves
Coordination post-production
Marta Lemos
Business affaires
Mariana Vasco
Technical supervisor
Rui Xavier
Design
ilhas studio
Studios
Bikini Visual Effects and Animation
Attic Sound Lisbon
Dubbing Stage Tonbüro, Berlin
Translations
Isolda Chiho Rodrigues
Etsuko Motoki 悦 子 元 木
Francisca Cortesão
Maho Kinoshita
Luisa Yokochi
Takashi Sugimoto 杉 本 崇
David Nist (Jvta)
Subtitling & Translation English
Submarines – Subtitling & Translation German and French
Production
Terratreme Filmes
João Matos
Leonor Noivo
Luísa Homem
Pedro Pinho
Susana Nobre
Tiago Hespanha
Coproduction Switzerland
Mira Film
Co-Producer
Vadim Jendreyko
Associate Producer
Hercli Bundi
Backoffice Switzerland
Nadine Forster
In coproduction with
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF
Producer
Urs Augstburger SRG SSR
Sven Wälti
