REELING: DANCE ON SCREEN
Digital Screening 2: Divergence

Available to watch on demand from May 21 until June 5.

Curated by Gerry Morita and Shawn Tse
Co-presented by Metro Cinema, Edmonton
(Total duration: approximately one hour)

REELING: Dance on Screen is a series of short film screenings produced by Mile Zero Dance, every second year. Each time the breadth, scope, and quality improves greatly along with technical knowhow, as the form expands and more filmmakers become aware of dance as a viable medium.

PROGRAM:

itsy bitsy (Japan/USA)
Director - JuJu Kusanagi, Lisa Kusanagi
Dance Credit - JuJu Kusanagi, Lisa Kusanagi
2015
6:37 minutes
According to research, there are 9 different types of intelligence; naturalistic, musical, logical-mathematical, existential, interpersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, linguistic, intra-personal, and spatial. Kusanagi Sisters question alternative types of intelligence not previously defined.

Queda (Brazil)
Director - Filipe Marcena, Marcelo Sena
Dance Credit - Filipe Marcena, Marcelo Sena
2020
5:36 minutes

The ground is who walks.

Luz y Espacio (Italy)
Director - Chiara Rigione, Manuel Iuliano
Dance Credit - Clelia Borino
2020
1:59 minutes
A discharge of electrostatic energy, a real lightning in the night, capable of producing an alien nativity.

TOKE (United Kingdom)
Director - NONO
Choreographer - Stuart Shugg
Dance Credit - Toke Broni Strandby
2021
6:42 minutes
Set in the urban metropolis of London, Toke, is an intimate portrait of Danish-born dancer Toke Broni Strandby. Director NONO expertly visualizes the emotionally layered journey we endure to fulfill our dreams while exploring themes of identity, contemporary alienation, and acceptance. An inspiring story about triumph, Toke, is a celebration of the beautiful resilience of the human spirit.

Project 3 (Israel)
Director - Daniel hassine
Choreographer - Dor Eldar
Dance Credit - Seymour Daniel, Rom Shacher, Adar Riklas, Niv Eelbaz, Scmuel Halfon, Maya
2020
3:00 minutes
When body, soul, passion and anxious meet in a place of unrest.

Masked Ball (Austria)
Director - Markus Keim, Beate Hecher
Dance Credit - Markus Keim
2020
3:00 minutes
Masked Ball is a minimalist dance experience... The production facilities abandoned and paralyzed...dusty environment...people waiting for better times breathing over masks in leisure mode...standstill.

TOKYO '20 (Japan)
Director - Yuya Matsutaka
Dance Credit - Rina Mizumura
2020
7:23 minutes
Tokyo in 2020.

smart dress is absolutely essential (Poland)
Director - Slawomir Milewski
Dance Credit - Adriana Cygankiewicz, Andrzej Adamczak
2015
7:30 minutes
The film is a study for a larger work that refers to the Bataille-esque theme of transgression and retaining that which is transgressed.

Pause, Play, Repeat (United States)
Director - Ankita Panda
2020
4:28 minutes
‘Pause. Play. Repeat’ is a film that identifies the patterns that exist in the macro and micro systems around us.

SUNLESS (Romania)
Director - Corina Andrian
2020
7:27 minutes
How deep can you dive into the concept of “dance”? What moves when everything is still?
The still body is alive. The pores breathe, the heart beats, the weather disturbs it. The dynamic viewer is shaken. This film was shot REMOTELY in 2 countries (GB, Romania) and 3 cities (London, Bucharest, Timisoara) during the 1st lockdown.

Dynamite (United States)
Director - Leila Jarman
Dance Credit - Maceo Paisley
2018
6:42 minutes
Dynamite is an experimental short that investigates gender and masculinity as it relates to the American black male experience incorporating movement, spoken word, and chant as it uncover truths about race, gender, and success in an ever-changing social landscape.