Multi-Screening: Genna, WHEN THE BASS DROPS, Dance for it, Pas de Deux, At the limit of feelings, Bad Feeling, 2 in a Million, ICON

At the limit of feelings

Classical love triangle. An excruciating situation from which there seems to be no way out. Love. Jealousy. Revenge. What can happen if all these feelings are at the limit?

Pas de Deux

A love story transcends time when two ballet dancers meet at a mysterious private estate.

Genna

Flooding. Soft stone shedding. Hard water, merging veins. Inside or outside. Bodies, connected. The earth, the stone, the air, the sea. Cold scream of burning lungs. Creating. Path bodies, planting bodies, growing bodies. Connected. Inside or Outside.

ICON

ICON is about the creating of an image, an unattainable icon of perfection that is pursued in vain. Again and again we are confronted by this, as are the figures in this film. In the world that they created, they discover their imperfections and project this on the icon they designed themselves . They give her the shape they can not attain, a shape of this perfect image that can last only briefly. An endless practice in repetition, in increased expectations, in the self-imposed expectation of perfection that can never be fully achieved.

This pursuit of perfection is something that reflects on our society in many different ways. In the dance, and film industry, these expectations are further enhanced. The constant inner and external pressure to be the best, to meet a beauty standard and to be a model of perfection, creates an enormous pressure on the self-image. As a result, we create an ideal image for ourselves that we almost worship but equally despise, because it emphasizes all our shortcomings. We should be better, faster, prettier. The form and content of the film emphasize and abstract this inner struggle.

Bad Feeling

A couple of young Polynesian dancers share a dance in Paris, maybe for the last time ...

WHEN THE BASS DROPS

A 40 year old woman at rock bottom tries to OD, but instead has 2Pac appear in a dream telling her to pursue her passion. She decides to go for her childhood dream of being a hip hop dancer in NYC despite the obstacles.

Dance for it

"Dance for it" documentary tells the story of three dancing couples united by the common goal to create a legacy of their performance: preserve the heritage of Kizomba dance, loving relationships and something crucial within themselves. These human stories about love and helping each other against all odds show how this dance helps them to explore and resolve deep personal issues and crucial life questions. Taking the audience on a journey to Spain, Portugal, Angola and Panama, the fusion of their personal origin and the roots of Kizomba are illuminated.