FILMS
DEVOURING STONES UP CLOSE
COMMISSIONED by Experimental Film Virginia
Directed by Zap McConnell, Cat Rider
A non-linear dance film that serves as a visually poetic abstract expression of personal and shared rage, artistic harvesting, and channeling the spirit of those whose land we walk, create and dance on.
Official Selection - Dance on Camera Festival 2023 at Lincoln Center, NYC
SOLE
Created with support of Experimental Film Virginia (Films That Move)
Director: Irina Khokhlova (Unface Films)
Dancers: Mizuho Kappa, Silvia Sisto, Laurence Gonzalez, Jiang Feng and Jackson Kettell
Composer:Eldar Baruch
Movement consultant: Katie Baer Schetlick
Director of Photography: Sergio M. Lorenzana
Official Selection - Dance on Camera Festival 2023 at Lincoln Center, NYC
CALL ME DANCER
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A street dancer from Mumbai struggles against his parents' insistence that he follow a traditional path. Then he meets a curmudgeonly Israeli ballet master, who inspires him to follow his dreams.
Directors
Pip GilmourLeslie Shampaine
Writers
Jennifer BemanPip GilmourLeslie Shampaine
Stars
Manish ChauhanYehuda Maor
A street dancer from Mumbai struggles against his parents' insistence that he follow a traditional path. Then he meets a curmudgeonly Israeli ballet master, who inspires him to follow his dreams.
Directors
Pip GilmourLeslie Shampaine
Writers
Jennifer BemanPip GilmourLeslie Shampaine
Stars
Manish ChauhanYehuda Maor
THE PERFORMANCE
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Self-taught and lots of hustle, a dancer performs his best work: surviving.
Starring: Hussein Smko
Directed by Alfredo Chiarappa, Caterina Clerici
Production company: KINOBRIGANTE Co-production company: Piroetta srl
Premiered at LOWER EAST SIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2023
Self-taught and lots of hustle, a dancer performs his best work: surviving.
Starring: Hussein Smko
Directed by Alfredo Chiarappa, Caterina Clerici
Production company: KINOBRIGANTE Co-production company: Piroetta srl
Premiered at LOWER EAST SIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2023
THE LUNCH
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A Mexican chef and a Trumpian voter held together by an unconscious act of reconciliation, while in the background the electoral battle for the American presidential elections takes place.
A Mexican chef and a Trumpian voter held together by an unconscious act of reconciliation, while in the background the electoral battle for the American presidential elections takes place.