Category: — PEARLS 26 – 11.09.26

A film exploring modern masculinity, brotherhood, shot across the streets, rooftops, and shorelines of Cape Town. MORE

• Titel: NU!
• Director//Regie: Oscar O'Ryan
• Choreography//Choreographie: Conway October · Salem Kumbi · movement direction by Louise Coetzer
• Country of Production//Land: South Africa
• Year of Production//Jahr: 2024
• Duration//Dauer: 00:04:50
• Dance and Performance//Tanz: Conway October · Salem Kumbi
• Camera//Kamera: Oscar O’Ryan
• Montage: Eben Small (Haezer Studios)
• Music//Musik: Garth Erasmus · Eben Small
• Instagram: @oscaroryan
• Webpage//Webseite: oscaroryan.com

Based on the music of Robert Emms, this dance film is a visual poem exploring the relationship between humans, nature and urban architecture. MORE

• Titel: Where We Learn Our Worth
• Director//Regie: Paula Romy
• Choreography//Choreographie: Seirian Griffiths
• Production//Produktion: Valentina Novakovic
• Co-production//Koproduktion: Music Production Hugo White, CC Thomas Kumeling, VFX & Postproduktion Black Kite, 1st AC Billy Askew
• Country of Production//Land: UK
• Year of Production//Jahr: 2023
• Duration//Dauer: 00:04:00
• Dance and Performance//Tanz: Seirian Griffiths
• Camera//Kamera: Moritz Mössinger
• Montage: Rain Kencana
• Music//Musik: Robert Emms
• Instagram: @
• Webpage//Webseite: https://www.bettiberlin.com/directors/paula-romy

When the body stops resisting, the river becomes possibility …
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• Titel: Calipso
• Director//Regie: Diego Alejandro · Malena Altamirano
• Choreography//Choreographie: Cristian Federico Amprino
• Production//Produktion: Diego Alejandro · Malena Altamirano
• Country of Production//Land: Argentina · Chile
• Year of Production//Jahr: 2026
• Duration//Dauer: 00:09:59
• Dance and Performance//Tanz: Ximena Tamara Pinto
• Camera//Kamera: Diego Alejandro · Malena Altamirano
• Art Direction: Aje Roppongi
• Sound//Ton: Felipe Young
• Foley//Geräusche: Felipe Yong
• Screenplay//Drehbuch: Diego Alejandro · Malena Altamirano
• Costume//Kostüm: Aje Roppongi
• Instagram: @
• Webpage//Webseite:

AIR DE TEMPS tells of an urgent need to speak out, to delve into lost dreams, to confront your demons and
regurgitate your resentment – have a voice. MORE

• Titel: Air de Temps
• Director//Regie: Alesandra Seutin · Ben Williams
• Choreography//Choreographie: Alesandra Seutin
• Production//Produktion: Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage · Gacirah Diagne (Producer, Manager) · Bia Oliveira (Executive Producer)
• Country of Production//Land: Senegal
• Year of Production//Jahr: 2023
• Duration//Dauer: 00:15:12
• Dance and Performance//Tanz: Amy Collé Seck, Fatou Niang, Dieynaba Ndoye, Astou Diop, Ousmane Cissé Diané, Latif Arafan Wahab Diedhiou, Birame Faye, Amadou Diop, Cheikh Ibrahim Thiam, Gana Thioune
• Camera//Kamera: Ben Halford (Director of Photography) · Matteo Zenini (Steadicam Operator) · Kieran Coyne (1st AC) · Moussa Laye Mbengue (Drone) · Karim (Clapper) · Brasmagik (Camera Grips)
• Montage: Ben Williams
• Color Grading//Farbkorrektur: Ben Halford
• Art Direction: Alesandra Seutin
• Sound//Ton: Mamadou Fall (Location Sound Operator) · Mamadou Issa Thiam (Boom Operator)
• Voice//Stimme: Alesandra Seutin
• Music//Musik: Randolph Matthews (Composer)
• Screenplay//Drehbuch: Text By Alesandra Seutin, Lisette Ma Neza, Assata Shakur
• Costume//Kostüm: Alesandra Seutin
• Instagram: @sadlers_wells
• Webpage//Webseite: www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage

When we enter old buildings, we dive into old histories. What the walls say to us doesn’t need to be translated because the feeling is stronger than words, and the chills in the skin show the energies that flow in space. MORE

• Titel: 틈 teum
• Director//Regie: Tis Aly · Marc Philipp Gabriel
• Choreography//Choreographie: Tis Aly
• Production//Produktion: Marc Philipp Gabriel, Tis Aly
• Production Coordinator//Produktionskoordination: Location Management: Hyunsung Andrew Lim, 임현승
• Country of Production//Land: South Korea / Germany
• Year of Production//Jahr: 2026
• Duration//Dauer: 00:05:00
• Dance and Performance//Tanz: Inhae Choi, Tis Aly, Hyunsung Andrew Lim 임현승, Sandrine Deumier, Marc Philipp Gabriel
• Camera//Kamera: Marc Philipp Gabriel
• Montage: Marc Philipp Gabriel, Tis Aly
• Sound//Ton: Marc Philipp Gabriel
• Music//Musik: Marc Philipp Gabriel
• Instagram: @tisaaly @marquitogabriella
• Webpage//Webseite: http://www.marcphilippgabriel.com

Noche offers a participatory space—a container for the dialectical encounter of languages—from which a language of its own emerges. Noche undertakes a search to reclaim the poetic in art, positioning the body as an instrument of perception and a site for the generation of meaning. MORE

• Titel: Noche [Fizkal / Duarte]
• Director//Regie: Roberto Duarte
• Production//Produktion: Roberto Duarte
• Country of Production//Land: Germany
• Year of Production//Jahr: 2024
• Duration//Dauer: 00:02:00
• Dance and Performance//Tanz: Felipe Fizkal
• Camera//Kamera: Roberto Duarte
• Montage: Roberto Duarte
• Sound//Ton: Roberto Duarte
• Webpage//Webseite: http://robertoduarte.de

Chang Yan and Chen Jun speak their childhood wounds through voice and body – one moves toward forgiveness, the other stays with refusal. MORE

• Titel: Forgive or Not to Forgive
• Director//Regie: Elysa Wendi
• Production//Produktion: Jumping Frames - Hong Kong INternational Movement-image Festival
• Country of Production//Land: Hong Kong
• Year of Production//Jahr: 2019
• Duration//Dauer: 00:06:00
• Dance and Performance//Tanz: Chang Yan, Cheng Jun
• Camera//Kamera: Karim Hapette
• Montage: Shing Lee
• Sound//Ton: Elysa Wendi
• Music//Musik: Philip Tan
• Webpage//Webseite: https://jumpingframes.com
• Language//Sprache: Putonghua · English subtitles

A danced liturgy unfolds within sacred walls as silence breaks into breath, touch, and collective power.
Effetá explores vulnerability, belonging, and the transformative strength of love. MORE

• Titel: Effetá
• Director//Regie: Jacob Gómez + Roger Bayerri
• Original Idea//Idee: Jacob Gómez
• Choreography//Choreographie: Jacob Gómez
• First AD//1. Regieassistenz: Priscila Calonge
• Production//Produktion: Institute of the Arts Barcelona, Emma Groves, Natasha Dogmetchi
• Line Producer//Produktionsleitung: Sara Colomino
• Production Coordinator//Produktionskoordination: Anthony Trahearn
• Country of Production//Land: Spain
• Year of Production//Jahr: 2026
• Duration//Dauer: 00:07:00
• Dance and Performance//Tanz: Amber Griffiths-Rowe, Annie Gimenez, Caroline Olsen, Christina Tsounta, Chrysia Kaiserlidou, Courtney Smith CPD, Eleonore Tegelaar, Emma Forgeron Ornelas, Emma Mascolo EK, Fleur Vos, Giada Iuso, Ilia Elektra Stojcevska, Itzel Canchola Acastenco, Katie Burville, Leonor Paulo, Luka Dambravaité, Marcela Loja Felsch Silva, Mariana Moreno, Mariana Wade Romero, Maryne Romane Marchal Gonçalves, Sloan Flanagan, Tuva Søgaard
• Camera//Kamera: Joan Belmonte
• Montage: Roger Bayerri
• Color Grading//Farbkorrektur: Joan Belmonte
• Sound//Ton: Albert Galindo
• Music//Musik: Albert Galindo, Song: Niño de Elche
• Gaffer//Licht: Daniel Perla
• Costume//Kostüm: Carla Gomiz
• Behind the Scenes: Jan Castany
• Graphic Design//Grafikdesign: Evgeniya Nekrasova
• Marketing: Juan Caballer, Zeb Díaz, Sara Barbieri
• Instagram: @
• Webpage//Webseite: https://www.iabarcelona.com/dance
• Special Thanks//Besonderer Dank: Fundació Hospital de Sitges, Susana Bravo, Alba Gràcia