MALDITOS (2020)
by Elena Goatelli and Angel Esteban (Italy/Spain, feature documentary)

sinossi
Un gruppo di attori a Madrid si esibiscono in uno spettacolo concepito come una maratona di danza, un tempo una delle forme più controverse di intrattenimento dal vivo. Ogni sera combattono sul palco una competizione senza copione e un gioco surreale: in più di ottanta spettacoli di danza nel corso di tre anni, il gruppo ha dovuto fare i conti con situazioni snervanti e assurde, battaglie fisiche e debacle psicologiche. I registi hanno chiesto loro di registrarsi fuori dal palco per indagare su come la loro vita sia stata influenzata da questa performance. Questo processo è durato fino al loro ultimo spettacolo.
synopsis
A group of actors and dancers in Madrid are cast in a show conceived as a dance marathon, once one of the most controversial forms of live entertainment. Every night, they fight on stage an unscripted competition and a surreal game: in more than eighty dance performances during three years, the group had to come to terms with nerve-wrecking and absurd situations, physical battles and psychological debacles. The film directors asked them to record themselves off stage to investigate how their lives were affected by this performance. This process has lasted till their very last show.
crediti | credits
scritto e diretto da |written and directed by: Elena Goatelli and Angel Esteban
cast: Compania Danzad Malditos
dop | cinematographer Guillermo Vazquez
montatore | film editor Angel Esteban, Antonio Frutos
sound design Philippe Gozlan
produttore | producer: Roberto Cavallini
coproduttore | co-producer: KOTTOMfilms
produttori associati | associate producers: Fernando Martin, Prima & Vera Productions (Spain)
Status | Completed
Durata | Length – 80′
MALDITOS was presented in the following markets:
Pitched at LisbonDocs 2016 – International Financing and Co-production Forum for Documentary
Selected at EAVE Marketing Workshop 2016
Winner of the PerSo Lab Award – Perugia Social Film Festival 2017 – Best doc in progress
Selected at MECAS – Post-production Market 2018 – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Film Festival
Co-financed by Trentino Film Commission
With the support of Naves Matadero, Madrid
festivals & awards
2020
Perso – Perugia Social Film Festival, Italy 2020, International competition, ♦ World Premiere
Festival de Cine de Bogotà, Colombia 2020, ♦ International Premiere
Essex Doc Fest, UK 2020, ♦ UK Premiere
Cinalfama International Film Awards, Portugal 2020 ♦ Portuguese Premiere ♥ BEST DIRECTING AWARD
Premio Rizoma, Festival internacional de Cine, Spain 2020 ♦ Spanish Premiere
Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2020 ♦ Asian premiere
InShadow – Lisbon Screendance Festival, Portugal 2020 ♦ Special Screenings
2021
39th International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), Canada 2021 ♦ North American Premiere
Choreoscope – Barcelona Dance Film Festival, Spain 2021 ♥ Premio Retrato de una Generacion Choreoscope 2021