INTERFILM 37 International Short Film Festival Berlin
16 - 21 November 2021

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SP 02 Body Talk

Dance is transformation. 37,000 year ago, humans danced dressed as animals, to summon success in the hunt. And it wasn't until the founders of Rome danced with the god Mars that the latter morphed into the infamous god of war. In the Middle Ages, things got more profane, it's true, as gleemen and troubadours entertained audiences with dances on their travels, though here too dance pointed to an otherworld. In the 1920s, dance became ecstatic and carried a heavy sexual connotation, a tendency later extended with rock 'n roll and the fever of a long Saturday night. Dance is a rite of passage, cultural identity and an expression of humans' relationship to their surroundings and their own embeddedness in the world.

18.11.21, 18:30h, Babylon 2

20.11.21, 20:30h, Pfefferberg Theater

Body Talk
10 films
Clinamen

Clinamen

Hugo Arcier // France // 2020 // 09:04 min

Animation, Experimental

Using motion-capture technology, Hugo Arcier sheds the solid bodies of three dancers performing on stage at Palais Garnier, in order to make only the intertwined movements of the atoms visible. The result is a hypnotising dance in the futuristic backstage space of the Paris Opera.

The Circadian Cycle

The Circadian Cycle

Garry Stewart // Australia // 2019 // 16:11 min

Experimental

The stage work "The Beginning of the Nature" from the Australian Dance Theatre is set in the landscape of Southern Australia. The piece examines and interprets the morphology, biological rhythm and behaviour of animals.

Proteste!

Proteste!

Protest!

Sophie Le Hire // France, Senegal // 2019 // 06:40 min

Animation, Documentary, Experimental

Road workers’ monotonous movements morph through rhythmic krumping into a symbol of the daily struggle for survival in Dakar, a city that devours the bodies of those that exhaust themselves within.

Solo

Solo

Elsa Perry // France // 2021 // 03:30 min

Animation, Experimental

An animated film based on a 1995 performance by dancer and choreographer William Forsythe, reconstructed shot-by-shot from photos and drawings.

Rudé boty

Rudé boty

Red Shoes

Anna Podskalská // Czech Republic // 2021 // 13:43 min

Animation, Live Action

The village dance has begun, skirts are whirling and feet are stomping in rhythm. Róza is gifted a pair of red shoes. With her new footwear, Róza starts to dance with great passion.

In Media Res

In Media Res

Anthony Valon // France // 2020 // 06:00 min

Experimental

A human shadow lies motionless on the floor of a factory. A monolithic mirror reflects its silhouette and the sombre surroundings. The person attempts to tame the machine, but their body is soon swallowed up by the immensity.

Kota

Kota

project home / Christopher Martin // Japan, United States // 2019 // 07:23 min

Live Action

How can one maintain an optimistic outlook in light of the dominant forces in society? Using dynamic and expressive movements, Kota shows us the resilience of an imaginative mind.

Salidas

Salidas

Michael Fetter Nathansky // Germany // 2021 // 10:00 min

Experimental, Live Action

A fictitious dance film that relates how the dead are conveyed to the hereafter. Spanish flamenco dance is performed in an old East German ship lift, generating an atmosphere of awakening, between movement and quietude, farewell and eternity.

Pointe Black

Pointe Black

Rebecca Murray // England // 2020 // 05:24 min

Documentary

In this unfiltered documentary film, Marie-Astrid Mence relates her uncomfortable passage from adolescence to ballerina-hood and her struggles in an industry that can't see beyond her skin colour.

Tremble

Tremble

Jessica Wright / Morgann Runacre-Temple // Scotland // 2019 // 04:31 min

Experimental

An abstract dining hall is the backdrop for this film from the Scottish Ballet. Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple teamed up to choreograph and stage Anna Meredith's "Nautilus", featuring 26 dancers.