PEARL 21, 11.09.2021

Hugging you

Sita Ostheimer
Germany 2021
00:04:12
  • #Title: Hugging you
  • #Director: Sita Ostheimer
  • #Country of Production: Germany
  • #Year of Production: 2021
  • #Duration: 00:04:12
  • #Dance and Acting: Jonathan Sanchez
  • #Music: Sita Ostheimer, Adrien Casalis, Ori Alboher, Mastering Tony Birch (cover Tom Rosenthal)
PEARL 21, 09.09.2021

SALTO

Marc Philipp Gabriel
Portugal 2020
00:10:00

SALTO is a shimmering slow-motion 10-min-rollercoaster of frictions between rocks, skin, saltwater, wind, feathers, fur, moss and concrete. A single panning movement of the camera circumscribes the dramatically contrasting landscapes of Madeira Island, Portugal.
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  • #Title: SALTO
  • #Director: Marc Philipp Gabriel
  • #Choreography: Marc Philipp Gabriel
  • #Country of Production: Portugal
  • #Year of Production: 2020
  • #Duration: 00:10:00
  • #Dance and Acting: Tizo All
  • #Camera: Marc Philipp Gabriel
  • #Editing: Marc Philipp Gabriel
  • #Sound: Marc Philipp Gabriel
  • #Webpage:
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PEARL 21, 09.09.2021

George

Abe Abraham
USA 2020
00:06:04

“George” was motivated by the killing of George Floyd in May, 2020 and the global reaction to this horrifying display of racial brutality.
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  • #Title: George
  • #Director: Abe Abraham
  • #Choreography: Abe Abraham
  • #Production: Abanar
  • #Country of Production: USA
  • #Year of Production: 2020
  • #Duration: 00:06:04
  • #Dance and Acting: Desmond Richardson, Megumi Eda, Mark Caserta, Gabrielle Lamb, Brandon Gray, Jake Warren, Daniel White, Caitlin Abraham, Angel Kay, Addison Ector
  • #Camera: Frank Prinzi, Doug Shannon
  • #Editing: Abe Abraham
  • #Webpage:
PEARL 21, 09.09.2021

A que passo você está de perder o controle?

Pedro Carcereri, Rômulo Vlad
Brazil 2020
00:02:50

There are various perceptions about what time we are in and what loads our bodies can bear. It’s like an existential struggle that goes through the body, generating deep internal emotional discharge.
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  • #Title: A que passo você está de perder o controle?
  • #Director: Pedro Carcereri, Rômulo Vlad
  • #Production: Pedro Carcereri
  • #Country of Production: Brazil
  • #Year of Production: 2020
  • #Duration: 00:02:50
  • #Dance and Acting: Rômulo Vlad
  • #Camera: Taua Klonowski
  • #Editing: Pedro Carcereri
  • #Screenplay: Rômulo Vlad
  • #Webpage:
PEARL 21, 09.09.2021

In Plain Sight

Tanin Torabi
Iran 2020
00:10:30

In Plain Sight is the result of months of exploring urban movements on a boulevard in Tehran, Iran. In a society where many questions and restrictions exist around the concept of ‘movement’, three performers try to define the borders of dance.
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  • #Title: In Plain Sight
  • #Director: Tanin Torabi
  • #Choreography: Tanin Torabi
  • #Production: Sina Saberi, Tanin Torabi
  • #Country of Production: Iran
  • #Year of Production: 2020
  • #Duration: 00:10:30
  • #Dance and Acting: Tanin Torabi, Masoumeh Jalalieh, Tina Beyk Abbasi
  • #Camera: Masoud Banafsheh
  • #Editing: Anis Eshraqi
  • #Music: Farah Fahimi
  • #Webpage:
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PEARL 21, 09.09.2021

Come Rain or Shine

Sze-yeung Justyne Li
Hong Kong 2019
00:12:04

In a society of extreme distortion, people lives like ants and they actually don’t mind about it. Sunlight may not be inevitable, and in fact the rain may bring more clarity to the mind and body.
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  • #Title: Come Rain or Shine
  • #Director: Sze-yeung Justyne Li
  • #Production: City Contemporary Dance Company, Jumping Frames International Dance Video Festival
  • #Country of Production: Hong Kong
  • #Year of Production: 2019
  • #Duration: 00:12:04
  • #Dance and Acting: Sze-yeung Justyne Li
  • #Camera: Tan-ki Wong
  • #Editing: Tan-ki Wong
  • #Music: Robert Henke
  • #Webpage:
  • #Trailer:
PEARL 21, 09.09.2021

Hong Kong – episode two

Spark Wilkie
Hong Kong 2019
00:01:51

A visual representation of a day inside the hectic city.
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  • #Title: Hong Kong - episode two
  • #Director: Spark Wilkie
  • #Country of Production: Hong Kong
  • #Year of Production: 2019
  • #Duration: 00:01:51
  • #Dance and Acting: Jimmy Wong, Nikki CHeung
  • #Camera: Spark Wilkie
  • #Music: Stephan Kain
PEARL 21, 09.09.2021

Long Lane

Lin Lu ,Yating Liu
China 2021
00:02:56

This is an alley where I grew up. It was the only way to my grandmother’s house when I was a child. When I walked into it, my footsteps would be very clear, let my heart find peace.
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  • #Title: Long Lane
  • #Director: Lin Lu ,Yating Liu
  • #Country of Production: China
  • #Year of Production: 2021
  • #Duration: 00:02:56
  • #Dance and Acting: Yating Liu
  • #Camera: Yating Liu, Lin Lu
  • #Editing: Lin Lu
  • #Music: Gustavo Santaolalla - Longing
PEARLS 21, 09.08.21

We Men

Oluwaseun Usman
Nigeria 2020
00:03:30

We Men is a short length performance film that highlights, explores and gives room for questioning the internal crises that a number of men have to deal with as it relates to communicating and accepting their feminine self (i.e Anima).
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  • #Title: We Men
  • #Director: Oluwaseun Usman
  • #Choreography: Oluwaseun Usman, Moremi Amisu
  • #Production: Usmanii
  • #Country of Production: Nigeria
  • #Year of Production: 2020
  • #Duration: 00:03:30
  • #Dance and Acting: Oluwaseun Usman, Moremi Amisu
  • #Camera: Tomisin Soyoye
  • #Editing: Oluwaseun Usman
  • #Music: Nina Simone - Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair