Film Awards
We celebrated videodance, documentary and animation, with the announcement of awards for the 16th Edition of the InShadow Festival. Of the approximately 350 applications in the different areas, 100 films were selected for the international competitions. The InShadow juries - Official, Documentary, Schools, Audience and Animation - were tasked with awarding 10 films in the various categories and also awarded two honourable mention.
HAMMER | Zacharie Ellia (FR)
A self-produced 16 mm video clip, at the crossroads between punk and contemporary dance. Directed by Zacharie Ellia and choreographed by Keren Lurie Pardes (Sharon Eyal Dance), this video features outstanding artists from the Paris Opera Ballet and others. The camera moves away from the stage to make the pit the centre of the show.
Bull's Heart | Eva Stefani (GR)
Why do we do what we do? A multidimensional portrait of the renowned Greek creator Dimitris Papaioannou during the preparation of his work during the pandemic.
Tumbleweed Tango | Samuel Stephens, Chris Mauch (USA)
A balloon dog is lost in a dangerous world. One wrong step and his dancing days are over. Only love and tango can save him.
The Joy and Sorrow of Time | Sara Jordan (DK)
The future is a delicate dance of possibilities, where every choice and every moment shapes the path ahead.
I Froze | Anouk Suntjens (NL)
Due to a traumatic event, ballerina Gianine Strang suffered from extreme dizziness for months. She slowly lost confidence in her body, reaching a point where she was unable to dance for over a year. How did she regain confidence in her body?
Spoken Movement Family Honour | Daniel Gurton (UK)
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.
What Remains | Michiel Venmans, Jonathan Va Hemelrijck, Zoë Demoustier (BE)
A man tries to escape the memories in his head, that slowly start shaping his bitter reality.
Bach [2] | Filipe Faria (PT)
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...
A Dying Tree | Vincent René-Lortie (CA)
As the day ends for a 45-year-old office worker, he encounters the mysterious gaze of a chimpanzee, sparking a silent exchange that prompts him to make an irreversible decision.
Ode to Age | Kati Kallio (FI)
The film portrays how wild, free and beautiful the aging body is, how pointless the fear of wrinkles and skin folds is. A dance film about elderly women who have had enough of the colorlessness of life. Together, they take off their everyday clothes and by joyful and undisciplined throw themselves into the Finnish summer.
Kineflow | Maiara Barbosa (PT)
The film explores dance beyond the body, proposing a choreographic dialogue between gesture, image and editing. The camera becomes an active element, creating a visual flow of rhythms and repetitions that expands choreography into framing, montage and time, inviting the audience to a sensory, immersive experience.
Going on Srike | Chélaine Beaudin-Quintin (CA)
A dancefilm celebrating solidarity in protest and the strength of
a group in revolt.