MALDITOS (2020)

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