Shadow in Motion: Lugar Futuro

As part of the 6th edition of Lugar Futuro -  Festival Internacional de Dança Jovem, InShadow will be in Viseu from 25th to 28th of March to present four award-winning videodance short films from our 17th edition. At the same time, we are promoting Little Shadow with a session of five animated films for schools, where we encourage dialogue about the body and the moving image with younger audiences.

Included in four sessions of the Lugar Futuro festival, this selection of winning short films explores what shapes us and what makes us resist — in the family, in the community and within ourselves.

Discover the films on screen:

Spoken Movement Family Honour, by Daniel Gurton (UK) 10'

25th of March | 7pm | Teatro Viriato

In a British-Ghanaian household bound by tradition and religion, a young girl lives under the oppressive control of her abusive father. At the family dinner table, heated arguments reveal the deep rift between them as they confront the scars of their shared history.

Going on Strike, by Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin (CA) 14’

26th of March | 7pm | Teatro Viriato

A dancefilm celebrating solidarity in protest and the strength of a group in revolt.

Bach [2], by Filipe Faria (PT) 6’

27th of March | 7pm | Auditório do IPDJ

A visual and sonic essay, a dialogue between Bach’s music and newly created particles by Filipe Faria and Sérgio Peixoto for Sete Lágrimas, interwoven with soundscapes by Filipe Faria… a collage of layered, linear substances… both liquid and solid… an exercise...

What Remains, by Michiel Venmans, Jonathan Van Hemelrijck and Zoë Demoustier (BE) 12’

28th of March | 7pm | Auditório do IPDJ

A film that investigates the magnetic force that unites two people. A dialogue between bodies and artificial matter. A peek at the relationship between two persons and what remains when this bond is no longer evident.

The LittleShadow session will feature:

• Wolf, by Julia Ocker

• Tumbleweed Tango, by Samuel Stephens and Chris Stephens Mauch

• The Battle for Swan Lake, by Joan Carol Gratz

• In Our Hands, by Kristián Mensa

• Ossa, by Dario Imbrogno

For further information, please visit the Lugar Futuro festival website.