Festival chorégraphique International

2
saturday
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july
17h
3
sunday
-
juillet
18h30
2 original programs
17 films
TRAILER
programS
Since its creation, the festival has received over 1 800 films from 55 countries !
You will find below this exceptional year's edition, divided into two original programs.
After each screening, the audience will be invited to vote for its favorite film, in order for one of the films to receive the 2021 Audience's Choice Award from the festival.

Film out of competition
ARTISTE ESSENTIEL
French film shot in Blois and Vineuil, featuring choreographer Jonathan Breton and the AZOTH Dance Theatre company through a topical portrait, full of grace and beauty.
Directed by
Olivia N'Ganga
Mikaël Dinic

RE-ENCHANTMENT
Russian film featuring Irish dancing.
"Re-enchantment" is about looking for new ways to be fascinated by the world in our streamlined daily lives.
Directed by
Elena Kholkina

HERBARIUM
Graphically and visually stunning Polish film, which transports the bodies of the dancers through the four seasons. A colorful film about nature and plant life.
Directed by
Iwona Pasińska

RESPIRE - REPEAT
American film focusing on the body.
Through reflection and refraction, sharply contrasting forms explore rhythm, tension and breath in unity.
Directed by
Alexander Petit Olivieri
Alia Swersky

19
Japanese film that questions our relationship to communication.
19 is an experimental film in which the image becomes rhythm through the choreography of a dancer in an urban environment.
Directed by
Hiroshi Kizu

MOVING BARCELONA
British film about the Catalan capital, an autonomous Spanish region in identity crisis. A city that has everything to please but is haunted by the ghosts of its past. And despite much progress, it finds itself digging up old wounds.
Directed by
Jevan Chowdhury

WHILE YOU WERE GONE
American film conceived as a letter of love and support to theaters around the world which have seen their doors closed for many months due to the crisis.
A film full of energy and colors.
Directed by
Jennifer Weber

RESSOURCE
French film with the dancers of Malandain Ballet Biarritz, offering an allegory of leaving a supposedly civilized and ultra-industrialized world. Human chrysalises, fruits of an oppressive plastic universe, hatch and find a way out towards the light in the dance.
Directed by
Maxime Dos
Martin Harriague

ULRICHS 1867
German film inspired by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825-1895) who was a lawyer, journalist, publisher, writer, pioneer in sexology and is known as the "first open gay man" and "LGBTQ+" activist in Germany.
Directed by
Sven Niemeyer
Program 2 - Sunday July 3rd, 18h30
Screening followed by a Q&A with some of the film directors and dancers
Film hors compétition

Film out of competition
ARTISTE ESSENTIEL
French film shot in Blois and Vineuil, featuring choreographer Jonathan Breton and the AZOTH Dance Theatre company through a topical portrait, full of grace and beauty.
Directed by
Olivia N'Ganga
Mikaël Dinic

FOR THE LOVE OF DANCE
American portrait of a septuagenarian in love with classical ballet, which explains to us her relationship to dance, her history and her aspirations.
A film full of poetry and tenderness.
Directed by
Sarah Marquelle Kruger
Paul Antico

I JUST WANNA DANCE
American film in which two dancers are invited to team up during an audition and overcome their prejudices.
A dance duo exploring joy as a transcendent force.
Directed by
Amanda Beane

HARMONY
Polish film that deals with harmony and symmetry through a graphic dance featuring many young dancers.
A duality is expressed through dance, music and emotion to bring an original film to life.
Directed by
Dariusz Mrowiec
Andrzej Rolski
Patrycja Trzynoga

NEVER NEVER LAND
Korean film.
As Youngmin was preparing for a dance competition, he gradually lost his hearing until he became deaf. His thirst for dancing pushes him to overcome his disability.
Directed by
Jungjae hur

A BODY IS
Spanish movie. Antonio José Martínez Palacios would go on to be the greatest Spanish musician of the 20th century. Unfortunately, he was imprisoned and executed without trial at the age of 33, at the start of the Spanish Civil War, with a vast work unfinished.
This film pays homage to him by revisiting and rethinking his music.
Directed by
Jaime Dezcallar

NORWAY BY DANCE
Norwegian film taking us into Norwegian culture, way of life and tradition.
A film with striking images of breathtaking landscapes and a dynamic and playful dance.
Directed by
Daniel Grindeland

ELF
Spanish movie. Paula, a young university student and her best friend train every afternoon in a gymnasium in Seville. But the days go on, and a huge void prevents her from enjoying life. One day, she found out about flamenco, and her life changes forever.
Directed by
Manuel Ramos Ramos

BROKEN
French film that denounces violence against women. 1 in 3 women is a victim of violence in her lifetime, that is 1 billion women worldwide. They are victims but do not always have the words to talk about it and find help.
Directed by
Olivia N'Ganga
Mikaël Dinic