Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 20, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 21:00 (UMAMI)

Country of Origin: Canada
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 9′
Category: Fiction

Director: Pedro Pires
Screenplay: Pedro Pires
Cinematographer: Pedro Pires
Editor: Pedro Pires
Music: Casta Diva (Norma) performed by Maria Callas
Producer: Catherine Chagnon, Pedro Pires
Cast: AnneBruce Falconer

Synopsis: For a period of time, while we believe it to be perfectly still, lifeless flesh responds, stirs and contorts in a final macabre ballet. Are these spasms merely erratic motions or do they echo the chaotic twists and turns of a past life?

Festivals & Awards: Mecal International Short Film Festival Barcelona, Spain 2009 (Honorable Mention), Art Film Fest International Film Festival: Trencianske Teplice / Trencin, Slovak Republik Official Selection 2009, Palm Spring International Short Fest – Palm Spring, USA Official Selection 2009, Los Angeles Film Festival – Los Angeles, USA Official Selection 2009, World Wide Short Film Festival Toronto, Canada Official Selection 2009, Transilvania International Film Festival: Transilvania, Romania Official Selection 2009, Seattle International Film Festival: Seattle, USA Official Selection 2009, Dance: Film’s 09, Edinburg, Scotland Official Selection 2009, Busan Asian Short Film Festival: Busan, Korea Official Selection 2009, Cannes International Film Festival 2008: Cannes, France Short Film Corner Cannes 2009, Festival du Court Metrage à Bruxelles – Brussels, Belgium Nuit du court, May 2 2009, San Francisco International Film Festival, USA Official Selection 2009, St-Petersburg International Dance Film Festival, Moscow Official Selection 2009, L’etrange Festival Lyon, France Official Selection 2009, Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival, Germany Official Selection 2009, Mecal International Short Film Festival Barcelona, Spain Official Selection 2009, AFI Dallas International Film Festival, USA Official Selection 2009, Ann Arbor International Film Festival, USA Official Selection 2009, Cleveland International Film Festival, USA Official Selection 2009, Mouviz Festival 2009 in Nantes, France Official Selection 2009, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival: France Official Selection 2009.

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