LAMIA CHRAIBI

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SYNOPSIS

In a world on hold, a common story is being written.

Without sight, without touch, bodies move to the rhythm of solitude. Locked in their existence, they have become impatient and entwined. They roll and they stretch. In the dawn of madness, they are breaking the status quo. In a creative impulse, they, together, stand up and transport us to the abandonment of thoughts. However, deep down inside, they will know one day this will only be memories. 

Memory is fiction. It has no name or color. And often faced with vertigo, we end up forgetting all. Only our bodies will continue to vibrate. This is why we must step out and dance.

APPROACH

Status Quo is an experimental short film created thanks to the exceptional participation of ten Montreal dancers who have performed, in front of our cameras, for the very first time since the Covid 19 pandemy. In the streets of Montreal, they have improvised a dance, alone or together. Without choreography or stage direction, they have expressed through their bodies and eyes what we have been experiencing for months and what the future holds. We have captured their movements, sometimes inspiring the anguish of isolation or the joy of reunion. This film is a testimony of the bonds that unites them and the common story written by their bodies.

DISTRIBUTION

Goethe-Institut Montréal - Programmation « La Métropole Virale », Place des Arts, 2020

33. Filmfest Dresden, Allemagne 2021

Festival Quartier Danse, Montréal, Canada, 2021

Short to the point, 2021

We Make Movies International Festival, Hollywood, USA, 2021

ReelHEart,Toronto, Canada, 2021

Longue vue sur le court, Montréal, Canada 2021

REGARD, Québec 2022

RVCQ - Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québec 2022

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