Program 4: Out There: Here After AND Other Mind Benders Series: Dance on Camera Festival 2008 Director: Various
Fantastic Flower Shop
Pawel Partyka, Denmark/Poland, 2001; 15m
Inspired by the story, puppets and design of Frances Osterflet, with animation by Krzysztof Brzozowski and Adam Wyrwas, this award-winning short is bound to inspire fashion designers as well as storytellers. Set in a flower shop at closing time, wires spin out from their spools to become small characters who pluck petals to adorn themselves and dance the night away, primarily to a Latin beat. Introduced by the director.
Lifeforce #1
Lene Boel, Denmark, 2007; 14m
A proud inventor enjoys conducting and bringing to life the machines in his power station. He gets carried away by the music he hears through a pair of headphones and, voila! The room becomes his dancing partner.
Here After
Wim Vandekeybus, Belgium, 2007; 65m
Through flashbacks, Here After dramatically depicts an isolated community commanded by a power-mad tyrant. In the danced scenes we see how the characters relive their memories in the hereafter, as if their emotions and traumas were embedded in their bodies’ memory bank. The film captures the feeling of terror and its destructive effect on a community, simultaneously exploring questions of life and death. Vanderkeybus is a bold filmmaker with a powerful vision.
