Portland Film Festival 2021

Bust A Move - Music & Dance Shorts Block

Expired November 9, 2021 7:45 AM
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6 films in package
Dark Cloud/Grey Area
A visual album that tells the story of a musician who never quite made it.
Lucie & the Robot - Beyond Now
Emerging from an unhealthy relationship, Beyond Now describes the gaps between past, present and future – reforming and reestablishing a sense of self.
Blind Youth Industrial Park
A woman drags an injured companion on a stretcher through an alien landscape, as the pair are tracked by a squad of armed soldiers in pursuit.
Riotron - Dark Highway
Chased by a strange and evil presence, a man struggles to outrun his demons along the dark highway...
The Only Thing You See Now
"The Only Thing You See Now" by SeaPertls is an intimate duet filmed in the early morning hours on a dock along the Seattle waterfront. Dancers Miles Pertl and Leah Terada create a moving tableau, seeking balance on unsteady ground, accompanied by musician Jason Webley perched high atop a wooden piling.
THE SPACE BETWEEN US: Creating dance during a pandemic lockdown
From process to final film, "THE SPACE BETWEEN US: Creating dance during a pandemic lockdown," documents the unprecedented challenges faced and discoveries made as artists choreograph, learn, perform and film amid the myriad constraints of social-distancing. The resulting five-minute work of art, with its dancers separated by a glass wall, serves as a metaphor for the anguish and hope of these inherently strange times.
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For dancers and choreographers, whose passion and livelihood are centered on live performance, the global pandemic has severely impacted our ability to create and share art. Yet out of great disruption lies opportunity. “THE SPACE BETWEEN US: Creating dance during a pandemic lockdown” seeks to capture the innovation and determination demonstrated by the artists of Seattle Dance Collective, as they forged a new and unfamiliar path to performance through the medium of film.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    33.31 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA
  • Rating
    G
  • Note
    When forced to cancel live performances for our 2020 summer season, filming dance quickly became our necessary creative outlet and we suddenly found ourselves plunged into the unfamiliar world of film production. Our collaborators were made up of additional seasoned dance artists working in this medium for the first time, including new director and editor Bruno Roque. 
  • Director
    Bruno Roque
  • Producer
    Noelani Pantastico, James Yoichi Moore
  • Cast
    Bruno Roque - Choreographer, Noelani Pantastico - Dancer, James Yoichi Moore - Dancer, Marcie Sillman - Interviewer
  • Editor
    Bruno Roque
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