Program 1 – 12:00 pm
The Rooster (2023, 8 mins, Florida Premiere)
Rolly Dib, Chadi Younes
“In our neighborhood, lives a rooster. In our neighborhood, lives a sadist slaying rooster!” Based on Nizar Qabbani’s poem AL Deek (The Rooster), this dance film experiments with the Baladi form to portray the journey of a dictator’s rise to power and their inevitable downfall.
Batientes (2024, 2 mins)
Roxana Barba, Claudio Marcotulli
Batiente: part of the frame of a door, a window or something similar, where it stops and beats when it closes.
Immortellis (2023, 5 mins, Florida Premiere)
Bettina Szabo, Mark Durand
Immortals is an experimental documentary short film shot in 8mm that explores the introspection of an artist, Bettina Szabo. The film delves into her relationship with her sense of belonging, her body, her imagination, and nature.
Inter-Library Loan (2024, 8 mins, Florida Premiere)
Marta Renzi with Dancers
From quiet reading to rambunctious display, 15 members of the Rhode Island College Dance Company inhabit elegant spaces in the Providence Public Library.
Sameness: Magnificence (2023, 10 mins, Florida Premiere)
Jacqueline Cousineau, Alana Waksman
One woman: two worlds. How do they collide? A woman is stuck in a claustrophobic sameness. She is magnificently present. She finds her strength in the softness of air and light. It is between the push and pull of the two worlds that she can become herself.
M E S A (2023, 5 mins, World Premiere)
Syncopate Collective
Spellbound (2024, 5 min, World Premiere)
Nicola Hepp
A woman walks slowly through a dark, untouched forest, following a figure she can’t quite see. Uncertain if she is being pursued, regret sets in as she realizes her desperate escape might have been a mistake. Approaching the point of no return, she is drawn into a dire decision.
Silencio (2024, 2 mins, World Premiere)
Cristina Candela
A dreamy encounter in New York´s high line over an Alegria´s silencio. As in traditional flamenco this is a dialogue between guitar and dance, adding the camera and the New Yorks´s horizon to the conversation
SOURCE (2023, 5 mins, World Premiere)
Mike Tyus, Luca Renzi
Like the oceans of the world pumping water through the veins of the earth, the heart is the source of human life. It’s the symbol of love and courage. When we act from our hearts, we are connected to the source of life that is found in all things.
Total length: 1 hr 5 min + a brief conversation with the filmmakers
Program 2 – 3:00 pm
Kankantri (2024, 25 min, Florida Premiere)
Gabri Christa
In “Kankantri (The Silk Cotton Tree),” a woman is transported to the parallel universe of all her different ancestors where she dances and takes part in rituals until she feels whole.