Synopsis
Khavaj, a young MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter, fled Chechnya when his brother discovered his homosexuality and promised to kill him, under the persecution of Kadyrov’s regime. In Brussels, facing the shock of exil, he is struck by mutism. The only link that he keeps with Chechnya are the vocal messages that his mother sends him.
The film traces Khavaj’s first months in Belgium. Forced to live in total anonymity to escape the Chechnyan diaspora, he will try to build a new identity.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Dublin Films
- Co-production : Maelstrom Studios
- Foreign production company : Need Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : CAT&Docs, L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : David Hurst
- Screenwriters : Reka Valerik, Anais Llobert
- Director of Photography : Arnaud Alberola
- Assistant Director : Sonam Larcin
- Editor : Jeanne Oberson
- Sound recordist : Hélène Clerc-Denizot
- Foreign producers : Anne-Laure Guégan, Géraldine Sprimont
- Co-producer : Jacques Parmentier
- Production manager : Géraldine Sprimont
- Sound editors : N'Dembo Ziavoula, Julie Brenta
- Grader : Lucie Bruneteau
- Sound mixer : Aline Gavroy
- Post-production supervisor : Damien Cabut
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Portrait
- Themes : Exile, Exodus, Homosexuality, Politics
- Production language : English, Chechen, French, Flemish
- Coproducer countries : France (70.0%), Belgium (30.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 51 min 28 seconds
- Visa number : 152.050
- Visa issue date : 26/08/2020
- Production formats : HD - Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (3)
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The Netherlands, 2020
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