Proxima Competition / Ayspes asatc qamin / Armenia 2025
Hayk, an introverted child, lives with his aunt Narine in a remote Armenian village. While Narine cares for him as if he were her own son, Hayk is finding it difficult to fit in with the local teenagers, who amuse themselves trying to toughen him up. When his young mother Anahit returns home after a lengthy period abroad, she upsets the patriarchal order in the village with her striking appearance and rebellious nature, ultimately inciting a conflict for which no-one is prepared. This cryptic, visually and aurally mesmerising film, viewed through the eyes of a child forced to grow up too soon, is dominated by the all-pervading motif of the wind. Its rustling stirs the tension in a radicalising conservative society, while its wailing heralds the irreversible consequences of raging human emotion.
Natalia Kozáková
92 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Maria Rigel
/ Screenplay Maria Rigel
/ Dir. of Photography Ayrat Yamilov
/ Music Steve Brand
/ Sound Georgi Givargizov
/ Editor Aleksey Shevchenko
/ Art Director Vladimir Mogilevsky
/ Producer Ernest Bagdasaryan, Maria Rigel, Gala Minasova
/ Production EMA Production
/ Cast Albert Babajanyan, Lusine Avanesyan, Annika Abrahamyan
/ Sales Antipode
Maria Rigel (1993). Filmography: The Dreams Is Gone (Son, 2021), Vordi (2022, short), Thus Spoke the Wind (Ayspes asatc qamin, 2025).
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