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Cinedans Festival 2022
The Dutch Dance film is growing in popularity with creators from various disciplines. Cinedans FEST presents a selection of the best new Dutch dance films. Each screening will be concluded with a short Q&A with the makers and audience.

Mermaids
Director: Pierre Bessette
Choreography: Dereck Cayla
Year completed: 2020
Country of production: France, The Netherlands, Chile
Duration: 15:00
On a trip to the Chilean Patagonia, two friends head into the wide-open natural spaces, diving deep into the self. The dancers and their movement drag you in the amazing landscape and pristine nature of South America.
The end does not see
Director: Davide Belotti
Choreography: Borna Babic
Year completed: 2021
Country of production: The Netherlands
Duration: 10:23
Seven dancers on a sailing ship, discover their limitations with a state of fear. As they descend deeper into the ship, and the spaces become narrower and more oppressive, it seems that the trap in which the dancers find themselves appears to be even larger.
The Power of Paralysis
Director: Miloushka Bokma
Choreography: Miloushka Bokma
Year completed: 2021
Country of production: The Netherlands
Duration: 7:03
A video work born out of a sense of chaos, unease, powerlessness, loneliness and detachment. The corona crisis, climate crisis and all the turmoil in the world are forcing us to face the hard facts. How do we deal with our fears and with things that are beyond our control?
Walk in Line
Director: Rutkay Özpinar, Gerrit Schreurs
Choreography: Rutkay Özpinar
Year completed: 2021
Country of production: The Netherlands
Duration: 9:40
Structure prevents chaos. Meanwhile chaos appears within us. Inspired by the working line of shepherd dogs, the beautiful creatures that live to serve and find joy in it, Walk in Line seeks for the essence of the human existence.
CROW
Director: Robin Boissevain
Choreography: Brecht Louwerens
Year completed: 2021
Country of production: The Netherlands
Duration: 16:04
CROW pictures the feeling of people who miss the nightlife experience; loneliness, melancholy and a growing sense of restlessness prevails. A group of dancers longs to dance until the sun rises again, to feel the bass pumping through their veins and to be surrounded by others.
STOMPEN (FIST)
Director: Thomas Bos
Choreography: Erik Bos
Year completed: 2021
Country of production: The Netherlands
Duration: 13:01
Patrick is angry and wants to destroy everything. When he is forced to take a course in anger management, he meets other enraged people. An experimental therapist tries to squeeze out their brutal energy through dance. Can Patrick find a way to redirect his violent energy into something of value?
Details
Production year
2022
Length
92 min.
Country
NL
Part of
Cinedans 2022
In five full days, Cinedans presents the state of the art of international dance film in partnership with dancescreen - IMZ International Music + Media Center Vienna.



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