Daymohk 2018

SELECTED FOR HOTDOCS FESTIVAL 2019

The film DAYMOHK tells the story of the Chechen star dancer and choreographer Ramzan Achmadov whose dance group Daymohk has been accommodated with the current president of Chechnya, Kadyrov. With that, the threat of extinction of this ancient folk dance is temporarily over. But the price is high: In his attempt to save the tradition of his country, Ramzan offers to those in power what he loves the most...