Best of Fest 1 - Escape
Dance Camera West
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Directed by Heidi Duckler • Documentary • 2021 • 13 minutes
In November 2019 Heidi Duckler Dance performed as part of the international programming at the Centro de Experimentación Escénica in Valdivia and at the LOFT International Dance Festival in Concepción, Chile. The company arrived at a time of mass protests fueled by the increased cost of living and prevalent inequality in Chile. Despite the rising fear of violence and feelings of trauma coming back from the days of the dictatorship, the festivals moved forward with their programming.
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Best of Fest 2 - Dusk
Directed by Henrique Pina • Experimental Short • 2021 • 8 minutes
"Dusk" portrays an encounter between the choreographer Olga Roriz and Mudas – Contemporary Art Museum, in Madeira island, by the architect Paulo David. Horizon. Sea. Sky. Rock over the sea. A spiralling run from an interior to an ...
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Best of Fest 2 - Forest Floor
Directed by Robbie Synge • Experimental Short • 2021 • 5 minutes
Shot in Abernethy Forest in The Cairngorms, “Forest Floor” considers different bodies and physical access challenges in a rural location. Close friends Julie and Robbie sit quietly together on the ground, a simple idea requiring a ...
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Best of Fest 2 - Second Seed
Directed by Baye & Asa • Experimental Short • 2021 • 16 minutes
Second Seed is a dance horror film responding to D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation. Griffith's film is a veneration of the KKK, painting the Klan as saviors of a white race in danger as American culture and politics begin to...
