PEARL 23, 13.09.2023

Analogue Connections

Shiran Eliaserov, Johan Planefeldt
Germany 2022
00:04:26

A music video to “Analogue Connections” by Ingrid Lukas blending the worlds of contemporary dance with the gravity defying art of Aikido.
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  • #Title: Analogue Connections
  • #Director: Shiran Eliaserov, Johan Planefeldt
  • #Choreography: Shiran Eliaserov
  • #Production: Holytropic www.holytropic.com
  • #Country of Production: Germany
  • #Year of Production: 2022
  • #Duration: 00:04:26
  • #Dance and Acting: Ingrid Lukas, Analise Van Even, Ardian Hartono / Aikido participants: Franziska Dieterich, Marcel Tornow, Annalise Van Even, Kazuma Glen Motomura, Shai Yagel, Birnur Yi, Anthea Sottile, Diarmaid De Búca
  • #Camera: Johan Planefeldt
  • #Editing: Johan Planefeldt
  • #Music: Ingrid Lukas
  • #Screenplay: Shiran Eliaserov, Johan Planefeldt
  • #Webpage: ww.johanplanefeldt.com
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PEARL 23, 13.09.2023

Until

Tanin Torabi
Iran 2023
00:13:00

“We walk. We run. We fall. We hug those who we love and then we run again. We walk together until the walls move.”
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  • #Title: Until
  • #Director: Tanin Torabi
  • #Choreography: Tanin Torabi
  • #Production: Delaram Mohammadi, Tanin Torabi
  • #Country of Production: Iran
  • #Year of Production: 2023
  • #Duration: 00:13:00
  • #Dance and Acting: Tanin Torabi, Hamed Rad, Hannaneh Heydari, Ava Jalali, Zahra Fazlollah, Farsa Pourhasan, Sina Sheybani, Erfan Jafarinejad
  • #Camera: A single take effort by dancers just by switching the back and front camera
  • #Editing: Milad Sanaei
  • #Screenplay: Tanin Torabi
  • #Webpage: www.tanintorabi.art
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PEARL 23, 13.09.2023

Empu

Muhamad Alfi Majid (Moch Alvi)
Indonesia 2023
00:04:01

“Empu” is a dance film that explores the stories of Javanese women in Indonesia and invites us to appreciate and reintroduce the traditional wisdom that has been passed down through generations.
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  • #Title: Empu
  • #Director: Muhamad Alfi Majid (Moch Alvi)
  • #Choreography: Mulyani
  • #Production: Sekitar Kita Kreativa
  • #Country of Production: Indonesia
  • #Year of Production: 2023
  • #Duration: 00:04:01
  • #Dance and Acting: Mulyani, Anang, Purbojati
  • #Camera: Akbar Riyadi
  • #Editing: Khusainur Rifai
  • #Sound: Ivan Pratama
  • #Music: Gardika Gigih, Nita Aprilia
  • #Animation: Irsyad Rifai
  • #Screenplay: M faiq Arifin
  • #Webpage: www.instagram.com/sekitarkita.ekosistem/
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PEARL 23, 13.09.2023

Bodies of Water

Lois Alexander, Future of Dance Company Nigeria
Germany, Nigeria 2022
00:11:53

Bodies of Water is a film that follows the Yoruba saying, “Omi Leyan”, meaning, “humans are water” and explores the ancient mother Yemoja through imagery and dance.
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  • #Title: Bodies of Water
  • #Director: Lois Alexander, Future of Dance Company Nigeria
  • #Choreography: Lois Alexander, Future of Dance Company Nigeria
  • #Production: Temitayo Oke
  • #Country of Production: Germany, Nigeria
  • #Year of Production: 2022
  • #Duration: 00:11:53
  • #Dance and Acting: Lois Alexander, Ridwan Rasheed, Femi Adebajo, Halimat Alabi, Rebecca Johnson, Kolawole Barakat Enitan
  • #Camera: Anuoluwapo Sangokunle
  • #Editing: Gabriella Fiore
  • #Music: Waris Rasheed
  • #Webpage: www.loislalexander.com
  • #Trailer: www.vimeo.com/795330856/da91f08c93?share=copy
PEARL 23, 13.09.2023

Elegy 1938

Lícia Arosteguy
Brazil 2022
00:02:58

“You joylessly work for a lapsed world, where forms and actions do not enclose any example.”
A film based on the poem “Elegia 1938” (by Carlos Drummond de Andrade), narrated by Caetano Veloso.
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  • #Title: Elegy 1938
  • #Director: Lícia Arosteguy
  • #Choreography: Luana Arosteguy
  • #Production: Lícia Arosteguy, Luana Arosteguy
  • #Country of Production: Brazil
  • #Year of Production: 2022
  • #Duration: 00:02:58
  • #Dance and Acting: Luana Arosteguy
  • #Camera: Lícia Arosteguy
  • #Editing: Lícia Arosteguy
  • #Music: Caetano Veloso
  • #Screenplay: Lícia Arosteguy, Luana Arosteguy
  • #Webpage: www.liciajar.com.br
  • #Trailer:
PEARL 23, 13.09.2023

WALK

Gilles Estève, Mentrix
Iran, Germany 2019
00:05:17

A cinematic narrative imagined by Mentrix and Gilles Esteve, exploring themes of womanhood, unity, solidarity and spirituality from the contrast of the concrete and neon of urban Tehran to the breathtaking and symbolic horizons of the Iranian deserts.
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  • #Title: WALK
  • #Director: Gilles Estève, Mentrix
  • #Choreography: Nelly Ahlroth
  • #Production: www.mentrixmusic.com
  • #Country of Production: Iran, Germany
  • #Year of Production: 2019
  • #Duration: 00:05:17
  • #Dance and Acting: Aida, Mahsa, Faeze, Ghazal, Lava, Baran, Mehrnoush, Fatemeh, Sahar, Nafiseh, Nasrin
  • #Camera: Quentin De Lamarzelle
  • #Editing: Undercover
  • #Music: Mentrix
  • #Screenplay: Mentrix, Gilles Esteve
  • #Webpage: www.mentrixmusic.com
  • #Trailer:

luminous flux – cooperation with b12




Flatlandl

We’re excited to cooperate once more with b12 festival and to present a co-curated program of inspiring dance film productions on July 7 and 21, 2023, 9.30 pm at EDEN Studios*****, Berlin.




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STOP CALLING THEM DANGEROUS #5: CINEMA HAS POWER




TRIO FILM - Yvonne Rainer - POOL - MOVEMENT ART FILM Festival Berlin

A cooperation between Yoshiko Chuma, POOL and La MaMa Moves! Festival New York


April 8, 2023, 2 pm

Center for Remembering and Sharing, 123 Fourth Avenue, 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10003

A panel featuring a conversation on cinemas power and a film screening including works by artist Yvonne Rainer, Charles Atlas, Yoshiko Chuma and Jacob Burckhardt, co-curated by POOL.




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“Not from Here” at the Athens Video Dance Project




Not from here - Oscar O'Ryan

We’re grateful about the lasting partnership with the Athens Video Dance Project. This year we proudly contribute the film “Not from here” by Oscar O’Ryan and Louise Coetzer to the festival’s program.


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“Genna” and “Lost Horse” at FIDIC 22 in Buenos Aires




Lost Horse - Adi Halfin

We’re looking forward to cooperate with the International Dance Festival FIDIC in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

On November 7, 2022, the films Lost Horse by Adi Halfin and Genna by Maja Zimmerlin and Thomas Delord will be presented to the audience.



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