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LAZARUS, 38min,. Germany, Dance
Directed by Raphael Hahn
Lazarus is a film album by Nikolai Kemeny that refines the symbiosis of jazz and tap dance. In this 40-minute dance film, documentary footage blends artful, contemporary, urban culture and vibrant harmonies of world music traditions. In collaborations with significant musicians of the jazz and tap scene, Kemeny provides a cosmic audio-visual fusion of the roots and visions of tap dance.

https://www.verflimmert.com/projekte/lazarus
https://www.facebook.com/NikolaiKemeny/
https://instagram.com/nikolaikemeny

BRUISE, 15min,. Ireland, Dance
Directed by Mo O'Connell
From the outside it looks like Heather has it all, the fancy house, the good looking husband, but then the cracks begin to show. Heather is dealing with a serious situation of coercive control, domestic and sexual abuse. After a particularly harrowing incident at her house she manages to escape, she runs outside and screams but nothing comes out. She continues her journey and she faces a situation of sexual violence followed by being harassed by a stalker. She screams with all her might but yet again there is only silence. Heather drops to her knees, beaten, but then a little girl dressed as Grace O' Malley the Pirate Queen finds her offers her hope. Grace leads Heather into a wooded area to find a group of women who have dealt with similar situations of abuse holding a candlelight vigil. They empathise with Heather, they understand what she is going through. Surrounded by the support of these women Heather faces her husband, who is now in front of her and she screams at the top of her lungs. This time the scream is deafening. It is a defiant, guttural scream. The women join in and her husband is left powerless and cowering.

http://onthewesternfrontstudios.com/bruise/
https://www.facebook.com/BruiseShortFilm
https://www.twitter.com/Bruisefilm1
https://www.instagram.com/bruisefilm1/