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The BODY: Movement and Media
The BODY: Movement and Media
Program: Body of Your Dreams, CUE JANE, Dance on Budapest with BANDALOOP, .Gif: The Film, Paloma, Stations, Stim
This Shorts Program features a collection of works that verge on the experimental. The human BODY is examined in fragmented detail. It is built up and broken down; it is left out. Thoughtful montage begs questions of comparison between figures: consider differences in ability and age. Popular media shapes our perception of the human body in ways that are critical, dishonest, revelatory, and beautiful. Which body is privileged? Which body is valued?
Total Runtime: 84 mins.
Body of Your Dreams
A short film exploring the ballet A Body of your Dreams by Myles Thatcher featuring the Joffrey ballet dancers. Using athletes in a gym setting the film looks at body issues and pop culture in conjunction.
Directed by: Quinn Wharton
Country: USA;
Language: English; Genre: Experimental;
Runtime: 10 mins.
Stations
A transistor radio serves as a conduit for messages from beyond the grave. A kaleidoscope of recycled memories ensues.
Directed by: Jane Terry
Country: USA;
Language: English; Genre: Experimental;
Runtime: 10 mins.
Filmmakers expected to attend
Paloma
World Premiere
PALOMA tells the story of a woman who has lost her creative self. In present day, she is depressed and alone, combing through the deepest and darkest parts of her memory in search of an answer for her loss. It will take an act of faith to allow Paloma to recognize that she is still the woman, dancer and mother she was always destined to be.
Directed by: Sophia Conger
Country: USA;
Language: Spanish; Genre: Narrative Short;
Runtime: 16 mins.
Filmmakers expected to attend
Student Short
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Gif: The Film
California Premiere
An homage to a new visual dialect that has become a symbol of the virtual forms of communication and at the same time - due to its fascination with the fundamentals of the moving image - a memento of the birth of cinema. The continuous flow of disperse images works as a glimpse into the unconscious of the visual consumer in the age of social media, while the use of film creates a dialogue between the digital and the analogue that crafts a new texture of the real.
Directed by: Jeff Zorrilla
Country: Argentina;
Language: Spanish; Genre: Experimental;
Runtime: 15 mins.
Filmmakers expected to attend
Dance on Budapest with BANDALOOP
US Premiere
Based in Oakland, California, BANDALOOP re-imagines dance, activates public spaces, and inspires wonder and imagination in audiences around the world. Although it appears effortless, its a demanding process that requires tremendous commitment, preparation, vision, and athleticism. Shot in collaboration with GoPro, we present a celebration of the human spirit.
Directed by: Daniel Sherer
Country: Hungary, USA; Language: English;
Genre: Documentary Short;
Runtime: 10 mins.
Filmmakers expected to attend
Stim
World Premiere
Stim is a short documentary film featuring Autistic people telling in their own words what the act of stimming (self stimulatory, repetitive behaviors) means to them. Education programs often attempt to extinguish (limit or erase) stimming because it looks strange to the neurotypical eye and is considered a deficit or symptom of autism. Autistic adults offer an alternative perspective: one that celebrates the many functions and joys of stimming, taking up the call of neurodiversity instead of deficit. Open Captioned.
Directed by: Marrok Sedgwick
Country: USA; Language: English;
Genre: Experimental Short;
Runtime: 7 mins.
Filmmakers expected to attend
Student Short
CUE JANE
California Premiere
Failed to balance her acting career and taking care of her father who has Alzheimers, Jane Lee, a struggling middle-aged actress accidentally takes her fathers laxative pills whose effect hits her when she is on the way to an important audition.
Directed by: Qianzi Gao
Country: USA; Language: English;
Genre: Narrative Short;
Runtime: 16 mins.
Filmmakers expected
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LocationTannery Arts Center, Tannery World Dance Center (Courtyard Theater)
Courtyard Theater
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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