In the Komi-Permyak language, the word «mam» means both «mum» and «mother». In the context of the film, the title takes on yet another, central meaning: «motherland». Among the films Baluev shot in his Komi-Permyak homeland, this picture occupies a special place — both for its two-hour length and for the wealth of associative connections it contains. Its complex composition can, with effort, be reduced to a single workaday phrase: «A film about the present-day life of one of Russia’s small peoples».
Special Jury Prize at the Trieste Film Festival (Italy).
Selected for the main competition programme of IDFA in Amsterdam (Netherlands).
The Perm Region Prize in the field of culture and art.