“To a film that is well-produced, daring and has invested a lot in the details. Based on a singular concept, the idea is fully implemented, with a high level of perseverance. The film offers a unique presence and a raw expression that evokes associations with something extraterrestrial but at the same time very human and realistic. The film allows for different interpretations, but it carries with it an abstract message of hope through adversity, transformation and continuous evolvement.”
– Jury Multiplié Film Festival Norway
A dance film about getting up and reclaiming the body that has been harmed
As if she had collapsed from the sky. We see a creature motionless on the ground, under the mucus and with just enough power to breathe. The long legs stretched out, the knees bony. The face hidden under the arms, anonymous, alone. To survive, an apparently impossible challenge lies in the prospect: Getting up.
How do you get up if you are thrown into life so hard? How do you proceed if life attacks you bluntly? How do you stand up if you don’t know how to get your body together?
Re:Born is dance film about the force that must be found and that must be felt in every fiber, the force that is needed to believe in the body (again), that is needed to rise.
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Re:Born is realised in collaboration with Fleur Bax (1997), a young filmmaker and director who will graduate in 2020 from the School of Art in Utrecht as a director and scenario writer. She also followed classes at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jeruzalem, Israel. Fleur has made multiple short film works in het time as a students and collaborated with artists such as composer Aura Bouw, fashion designer Virgina Patti and choreographer Annemijn Rijk.
behind the scenes
Re:Born has been shown at
Cinedans – Amsterdam, American Dance Festival – New York, San Fransisco Dance Film Festival, Dance Days Chania – Greece, Bucharest International Dance Film Festival – Romania, Dance on Screen Graz – Austria, Thessaloniki Cinedans International – Greece, Video Opera Danse Tunis – Tunisia , Stockholm City Film Festival – Sweden, Multiplié Dance Film Festival Trondheim – Norway, Festival Cement Den Bosch – Netherlands, #Summer Sessions – Tilburg and Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Re:Born won the ‘Film of the Month’ award at the RogueDance Film Festival in Colorado and the ‘Best Film Award’ at the Multiplié Film Festival in Trondheim, Norway. The San Francisco Dance Film Festival selected Re:Born as one of 5 nominees for their ‘Jury Award’.
credits
Concept and choreography Annemijn Rijk Dance Nicole van de Berg Direction Fleur Bax Director of photography David van der Drift Music Aura Bouw Camera assistance Noa Kosanović Sound and direction assistance Flip Kwakkel Make-up artist & stillsfotography Sophie Gipmans Graphic design Loes Verstappen
Re:Born has been made with financial support of: Makershuis Tilburg Makersfonds Tilburg Provincie Noord-Brabant Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Noord-Brabant And with special thanks to DansBrabant