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| Dance On Film News 80 - Filmmaker Interviews Special |
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| | March Issue - Filmmaker Interview Issue 80 - Edited by Susanne Fosse | | 
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| | | 8th Screen Dance Festival 31st March - 4th April 2008 | We invite you to come and celebrate the 8th annual Constellation Change Screen Dance Festival (CCSDF). London's Premiere Screen Dance Festival continues its proud tradition of dynamic dance/musical films, intriguing talks, and evening soirees to add to your March/April calendar. This year the CCSDF has chosen another excellent selection of dance shorts and documentary
features from a total of 200 entries from 24 countries.
The festival has developed such a strong following in part because of the easy-going atmosphere and camaraderie among filmmakers, audiences and guests alike.
Spanning five days, the festival will take place at Curzon Soho, Ritzy Brixton and Everyman Cinema from 31st March - 4th April 2008
UK Premieres include feature films Gwendolen Cates "Water Flowing Together", Benson Lee's "Planet B-Boy", Marcy Garriott's Inside The Circle, and Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula. Shorts includes Quarantine, I Hate Musicals and Pavillon Noir. All screenings take place at Curzon Soho , Ritzy Picturehouse, Brixton and Everyman Cinema. http://www.constellation-change.co.uk/ 31st March - 4th April 08  
Constellation Change Screen dance Festival opens with a glimpse of the British talent we can expect to see in the future. Producer Jonathan R Hall's film In The Mood , set in 1944 Eva, about a German spy with an unusual method of
transmitting her secret messages. Producer Emmeline Yang's My Own Private Belly Dancer, a shy, quirky scientist gets his world turned upside down when he becomes haunted by a gyrating belly dancer. - Director Paul Angunawela's Library Manju, a modern Romeo-and-Juliet story with a Bollywood twist. | | Emmeline Yang (Producer, My Own
Private Belly Dancer) Emmeline Yang, is a young British producer developing projects stateside under Steve Golin's Anonymous Content. Her next project is "44 Inch Chest" shooting in the UK. My Own Private Belly Dancer Screens Thur 3rd April 2008 |
Susanna Fosse: You were invited into BAFTA/LA's recently created Newcomers’ Programme. How did that come about?
 Emmeline Yang: BAFTA/LA is obviously a big focus of the British film community here, and the board decided that they wanted to reach out to newly-arrived Brits who are making their way in Hollywood. I heard about the Newcomers Program through a friend, and was very happy to be selected to be part of the inaugural group. As a producer who is relatively new to Los Angeles, it is a great way to expand my network and exploit my international knowledge, and the members of the Newcomers Committee are very generous and helpful. I came to Los Angeles after working for five years in the London film industry. I believe very strongly in UK talent, but I decided to come to Hollywood to broaden my horizons. I am working with a number of UK
writers and directors who I want to promote in the LA film industry. Dance On Film News: You and the director Mark Stern co-wrote the screenplay. What was the process for writing a comedy film?
Emmeline Yang: Mark and I met each other at the University of Southern California's Peter Stark Producing Programme, and we decided to collaborate on a comedy short film. I came up with the original idea and wrote the first draft of the script. Once Mark came on board as the director, we knocked the script back and forth and brainstormed scenes together. We shot this film on a super low budget, and our equipment did not allow us to shoot sync sound simultaneously.
Every sound on the film was added in post production. Essentially this means that you cannot shoot dialogue scenes, only voice-over or off-camera dialogue. So the challenge was to write a script in which the characters do not talk to each other. Therefore, we had to be creative and think about physical comedy and actions that revealed character in a fresh and funny way. This is actually a very good exercise in writing for the screen. We had a lot of fun talking about how the belly dancer would torture our hero by interrupting his structured existence. When I was writing the script, I knew I wanted to make a comedy and I knew I wanted a dance sequence. I'm really not sure where the belly dancer came from! However, music has definitely been a theme in the films I have produced. I produced a short documentary called "Forever Elvis" which is about a Thai man who performs Elvis songs at a Thai restaurant in Hollywood. His name is Kevin Thongprecha but he
is known as "Thai Elvis", and our documentary revealed how is a wonderful singer and performer in his own right, and not just a cheap
impersonator of Elvis. I'm fascinated by performers and their inspiration and process. Another short I produced is called "How To Write A Song", which is more of a mood piece featuring a talented singer-songwriter called Melissa Moshe.
| | Paul Paul Angunawela (director , Library Manju)
Starting as a live director/producer in kids TV at Nickelodeon in 1998, Paul moved onto producing and directing music videos for numerous artists to learn his craft. Following this he began directing comedy and drama for TV and was writing and developing new comedy talent in the UK. His first film Carpet Garden Flowers gave him a taste for cinema and Library Majnu is his first foray into commercial film making. He is
currently in production with his feature film debut Blame it on the Bhangra with the BBC... Library Manju Screens Wed 2nd April 2008 | Susanna Fosse: Library Manju is essentially a comedy about forbidden Love, What was the process for transition from Shehzad Chaudhary's screenplay to the screen?
Paul Angunawela:Shehzad had the great idea of setting a Bollywood drama, inappropriately in a public library. I just juiced it up by adding a full on dance scene, sword fight, wrote an original song with Infinite Scale and heightened it all a touch to make it a film that is very British but never looks it. I wasn’t so much into casting a male asian lead, as it would have made the ‘twist’ at the end too obvious. Vanessa, my producer, amazingly found Jesse and he had the energy and the passion to make the role his. The transition from paper to screen always involves a rewrite, a good cast and then a sprinkle of this and that to make it a signature piece. Copeland’s cinematography was
magical and the UCL location was the cherry on the cake. Infact all those names that roll at the end of the film made this short was it is. I just try to steer it and I guess that’s why I’m the director. You’re only as good as the crew around you and everyone was fantastic. My AD was a bit s***, but you can’t win them all and that was partly my fault.
| | Jonathan R Hall (Producer, In the Mood)
Jonathan is a writer for cinema, TV and radio. Recent work includes eight editions of BBC1’s Doctors daytime medical drama series and Three Lions Under My Shirt, a
World Cup Monologue read by Johnny Vegas for BBC Five Live. His screenplays include: Buttered Side Up, Duty Free, The Nursery, His short film, Cupids Arrows, a Magic Realist RomCom, is currently in post-production .. In The Mood Screens Thur 3rd April 2008 | Susanna Fosse:In The Mood is the story of a German spy posing as a dance teacher who receives advance
details of the D-Day landings. How did the project come about? Jonathan Hall: It’s one of those stories that I’ve moved from notebook to notebook since I was about sixteen. I finally got around to writing the script and from then on everything was a blur – everyone who read it seemed to like it (they got it and could see it and thought it was funny). Then I sent it to Kelly (our first choice) who agreed to do it and – guess what? - suddenly there was no problem with getting a crew together. Susanna Fosse: The film has a wonderful nostalgic feel to it due to the art direction, costumes and use of original recordings from that era. How important was the use of music in the film?
Jonathan Hall: The track In the Mood was essential. It was swing and represented the arrival of the Americans in the UK. My parents remember it. As it
turned out, though, there were two serious drawbacks: first, swing is not the easiest music to choreograph for tap, and second, publishing and recording rights have become THE big issue in us not being able to distribute the film. The owners have asked for an unreasonable amount of money, not caring that short films are non-profit enterprises! For my second short film (In the Mood was my first) we composed an original score! Susanna Fosse: Kelly Brook, who plays the lead role of Eva, gives a very multi-dimensional performance (dancing/acting). What convinced you that she could hold the whole film together?
Jonathan Hall: I convinced myself. I had seen her hosting Celebrity Love Island and I thought she had the style (particularly a 40’s style) and the charm to pull it off. She was the first and only person we approached.  Wednesday 2nd April 2008 / Time : 6:30pm Morning (2007, 7mins,USA, UK Premiere)
Experimenting with the use of texture on screen, this dance film tells the tale of a young couple who would rather sleep in. Dir: Bat-Sheva Guez, Chor: Bat-Sheva Guez & Everything Smaller, | 
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| | | Divine Waters (2007, 7mins, CAN, UK Premiere)
An experimental six-minute dance film featuring Nadia, an androgynous sea creature who washes up on a deserted beach and transforms into human form.Dir: Steve Rosenberg, Chor: Mary Louise Albert,
. | | | Dance Like Your Old Man (2007, 10mins, AUS)
Award Winning short: Six women imitate their dad’s dancing in a film about fathers as seen through the eyes of their daughters. These unseen men come to life through the dances and reflections of their children. Dir: Gideon Obarzanek & Edwina Throsby, | | | Quarantine (2007, 10mins, Curação, World Premiere)
First in a series of short films made around the Netherlands Antilles, Gabri Christa explores the former Curação quarantine building for enslaved Africans en route to the Americas. Dir: Gabri Christa, Chor: Kyle Abraham, | | | Out Of Beat (2005,2 Mins,USA)
8 year-old Camila wants to be a
ballerina, but she can’t keep the beat,
until she discovers the real rhythms
inside her - found in the colourful
streets of her Latin American town.
Dir: Andrea Lira, | | | Library Manju (2005, 10mins, UK)
Modern day Romeo and Juliet with a
Bollywood twist. A library, forbidden
love and a meddling father. Nothing
that a little song and dance can’t fix.
Dir: Paul Angunawela, Chor: Vandana Alimchandani |  Thursday 3rd April 2008 / Time : 6:30pm Falling (2006, 5mins,CAN, UK Premiere)
From sky to sea, from cocoon to human, this short skillfully makes us wonder about transformation through the elements of nature. Dir: Ayelen Liberona & Naya Guzman, (USA, 2006, 6mins) |
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| | | I Hate Musicals (2007, 19mins, USA UK Premiere)
Brad, a heartless insurance executive, hates musicals while his lovely fiancee, Melissa, passionately loves them. Musicals threaten to totally destroy their relationship until a spell is cast. From that moment forward every time Brad attempts to speak, he bursts into song. Dir: Stewart Schill, Chor: Cate Caplin | | | | | | In the Mood (2006, 7mins USA)
London 1944. Madame Smith, dance instructor and undercover German spy, receives advance details of the D-Day landings. But her critical transmission home is jeopardised. Dir: Hannah Robinson , Chor: Stewart Nicholls | | | At the point of self destruction, a young woman allows herself to experience an awakening. This short film explores universal human conflicts through music, dance and thought. Dir/Chor: Wade Robson
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London : Interviews filmmakers screening at this years 8th Constellation Change Screen Dance Festival 31st March - 4th April 2008 Quarantine (Curaçao)- Gabri Christa - director
Falling (CAN)- Ayelen Liberona & Naya Guzman - directors
My Own Private Belly Dancer (US)- Emmeline Yang- Producer
Out Of Beat (USA) - Andrea Lira - director
Morning (USA) - Bat-Sheva Guez - Choreographer/director
I Hate Musicals (US) Stewart Schill - director
In The Mood (UK) Jonathan R Hall – Producer
Library Manju (UK) Paul Angunawela - director
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Quarantine | 
Falling | 
My Own Private Belly Dancer | 
Out Of Beat | | | 
Morning
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I Hate Musicals | 
In The Mood | 
Library Manju
| Thursday 3rd April 2008 / Time : 7:40pm Na Kamalei + Pavillon Noir | |
Thur 3rd April 2008
Curzon Soho.
93-107 Shaftesbury
Avenue, Soho, London
W1D 5DY
Tickets £8.00/Conc £7.00
Box Office 0871 703 3988
| Na Kamalei : The Men Of Hula (UK PREMIERE)
USA 2006 | 57 mins | Documentary
Director: Lisette Marie Flanary
Winner of the Audience Award for Documentary at the San Francisco International Film Festival, 2007, Winner of 2007 AAIFF Emerging Director, Documentary Feature Award. N-a Kamalei:
The Men of Hula captures the journey of legendary master teacher Robert Cazimero and the only all-male hula school in Hawai'i as they prepare to compete at the world's largest hula festival. Beyond deep-rooted stereotypes of 'grass-skirt girls', the film tells a story of Hawaiian pride as the men celebrate their 30th anniversary in continuing the revival of men dancing hula. | | PAVILLON NOIR (UK PREMIERE) FRA 2007 | 24 mins | 35mm | Dance/Drama
Director: Pierre Coulibeuf,Chor:
Angelin Prejlocaj In a constructivist manner and inspired by the shape of the building, Pierre Coulibeuf has produced a fiction film, interpreted by Angelin Preljocaj and his dancers, unveiling the spaces of the Pavillon Noir in a game of structural oppositions : transparency/opacity, interior/exterior...
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 Participants in the three different schemes will receive a funding boost to the tune of 760,000.00 Euros (£ 580,741.06). Schemes which vary in artforms as diverse as dance film, dance photography, and critical debating are all benefiting from the programme. Programme 1 : Short film project which will receive 600,000 Euros (£458,479.78 ) will provide development and training for the next generation of film makers from UK, France and Germany. International dance filmmakers will act as mentors and In total twenty young filmmakers and choreographers are expected to benefit in each country. Programme 2 Curate Now Project is an exciting new project designed for artists to discuss their work, theory and curated projects. Curators will meet with artists for participating in debating different aspects of the arts and artistic
work in Europe. The project will be supported by 100,000 Euros (£ 76,413.30). Programme 3 Dance Photography project is designed to raise the profile of dance photographers has been awarded 60,000 Euros (45,847.98) will involve workshops and producing portfolio of dance photographs. The project will be headed up by broadcaster Amanda K. Scott currently in post production of 2007/08 Choreography Film Fund. | | About This Newsletter - the smallprint | | How to Un-subscribe:
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