Hana Nováková
Amoosed
A film director possessed by an ancient moose totem embarks on a seven-year journey, discovering others like her and uncovering a profound connection to the Mi'kmaq First Nation and her ancestors.
SYNOPSIS
The director of the movie gets possessed by Moose, the ancient animal totem. She sets on a journey searching for an answer to why it happened. She follows similarly moose-possessed (amoosed) people around the world. Her odyssey lasts for 7 years and takes her from rare Czech moose to Russian moose domestication attempts, through Swedish moose living in people’s households, to remote indigenous Canada. It turns out there that it was HANA’s ancestors who made her meet the Mi'kmaq First Nation, who see the moose as their sacred spirit animal and who have an important message for Hana, too.
DIRECTOR
Hana Nováková
PRODUCER
Kateřina Traburová
CO-PRODUCER
Peter Kerekes
PRODUCTION COMPANY
LaDamplinque
COUNTRY
Czech Republic
Hana Nováková
HANA NOVÁKOVÁ (1978) studied Indian languages at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, and Documentary Filmmaking at FAMU. She obtained her Ph.D. in Ethnozoology. She worked as a director for the ecological broadcasting program NEDEJ SE (HOLD YOUR OWN!) on Czech TV and has directed science-pop spots for the Czech Academy of Science. In both her research and films, she primarily focuses on topics such as the estrangement of people from the environment, wildlife protection, and neo-colonialism. She has lived and studied abroad in Paris, Calcutta, and Leiden, and conducted research on the tribes and rhinos in the Indian state of Assam.
Production company profile
LADAMPLINQUE is a young independent creative company founded in 2020 by film producer and filmmaker Kateřina Traburová. It does not distinguish between documentaries and feature films, but understands film as a piece of art that can take an infinite number of forms. As a company with a single partner, it reserves the right to develop and select projects according to subjective taste, interest, and belief in their importance for society.