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Big Dance Shorts for Channel 4
In association with BAFTA
We are delighted to announce that the following films have been chosen as part of the Big Dance Shorts programme:
VIDA LONGA
Director: Bertie
Choreographer: Ponciano Almeida
Performers: Mestre Joao Grande & Mestre Ponciano Almeida
Production Mgr: Marketa Krivdova
Production Co.: Bertie Films Ltd.
Logline:
Visually rich and culturally loaded, ‘Vida Longa’ is an intimate journey, a simple game, between one of the oldest and youngest Capoeira Masters in history.
SWIM
Genre: Animation
Director: The Brothers McLeod
Choreographer: Struan Leslie
Producer: Greg McLeod
Production Co.: The Brothers McLeod
Logline:
The ebb and flow of a journey to work.
ON THE OTHERSIDE
Director: Felix Harrison & Kate Prince
Choreographer: Kate Prince
Performers: Natasha Gooden & Robert Anker
Producer: tbc
Production Co.: tbc
Logline:
In a sleepy laundrette a curious girl follows a mysterious young man through the door of a washing machine...
DOUBLE TAKE
Director: Sam Hodges
Choreographer: Ben Duke
Performers: Michael & Jeremy Hodges
Producer: Sophie Vickers
Production Co.: Greene Light Films
Logline:
Inspired by real-life events, DOUBLE TAKE is a story of family rivalry and reconciliation along a trail of forgotten memories.
THE CLICK
Director: Heather Eddington
Choreographer: Pete Shenton & Tom Roden of New Art Club
Performers: Pete Shenton & Tom Roden of New Art Club
Producer: tbc
Production Co.: tbc
Logline:
Two men, Tom and Pete, embark on an epic physical journey evolving before your eyes. They seek to define and express the symbiotic relationship between rhythm and movement…or do they? This film is a witty and lighthearted wink at contemporary dance!
About Big Dance Shorts:
Following an open submission process, which prompted over 170 proposals, a long list of 11 projects was selected to pitch to the Jury.
The five chosen projects receive £4,000 and a package of support to make their film, including guidance from experienced Executive Producers Ivana MacKinnon (The Scouting Book for Boys; Slumdog Millionaire; The Descent 2) and Andrea Cornwell (Last days on Mars, Micro Men, The Scouting Book for Boys). As part of a package of support for the film production teams, BAFTA is setting up a series of mentor meetings to discuss the projects and also talk more generally about longer term careers in the industry. Confirmed mentors include BAFTA and Oscar winning Editor Chris Dickens (Submarine, Paul, Slumdog Millionaire), Jane Soans, Location Manager (Sherlock Holmes, W.E., Shadow Dancer) and BAFTA nominated Director Amanda Boyle (Cast Offs, Skins). Other mentors will be confirmed shortly.
