Synopsis:

The film moves between underwater silence and outdoor rural life, where the Ama-san, the women of the sea, occupy a special place, being revered and at the same time misunderstood. The Ama-san have been diving in the sea for more than 2,000 years. In Wagu, a small fishing village in the Shima peninsula in Japan, three women of different ages have been collecting molluscs for 30 years. And always without oxygen tanks. Cláudia Verajão shows their daily lives, their demanding and meticulous tasks, both on land and in the sea. these women of the sea have succeeded in gaining a respected status, and by doing so, contradict the role of women in Japanese society.

2016: Menção Especial - Karlovy Vary Film Festival

2016: Doc-Lisboa: Melhor documentário

2016: Prémio Especial da Fundação Bellona - IFF Message to Man

2016: Prémio Ingreme/Doclisboa Melhor Filme da Competição Portuguesa

2016: Melhor Filme na Competição Extra Muros - Pravo Ljudski Film Festival

2016: Prémio Teenage - Porto/Post/Doc

2016: Melhor Filme - Play-Doc