🎬 Dance Film – Gra­dua­ti­on Pro­ject – Call for Col­la­bo­ra­tors

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🎬 Dance Film – Gra­dua­ti­on Pro­ject Call for Col­la­bo­ra­tors

🌿 Over­view
This is a deep­ly per­so­nal 7–10-minute dance film that unfolds in five emo­ti­ve stages, each a memo­ry, a trans­for­ma­ti­on, a frag­ment of self. It is inspi­red by my own expe­ri­en­ces and Nietzsche’s con­cept of the eter­nal return—the idea that life loops in infi­ni­te recur­rence, beau­tiful and pain­ful, again and again.
The nar­ra­ti­ve is non-line­ar and expres­sed through dance and visu­als, accom­pa­nied by an inter­nal voice­over blen­ding memo­ry with moti­on.

🌀 Con­cept Break­down
Each sec­tion has its own emo­tio­nal rhythm, visu­al iden­ti­ty, and move­ment lan­guage:
Birth – flu­id, inno­cent, explo­ra­to­ry; warmth and won­der.

Explo­ra­ti­on & Wound – curio­si­ty clas­hing with harsh rea­li­ty.

Strugg­le (Fight) – resis­tance, ten­si­on, being bound (rope motif).

Void /​ Redis­co­very – fati­gue, reflec­tion, reco­gni­ti­on of self.

Accep­tance /​ Rebirth – sur­ren­der, rene­wal, cir­cu­lar reso­lu­ti­on.

🎭 For the Dancer
We’re see­king a high­ly expres­si­ve mover, com­for­ta­ble with emo­tio­nal sto­rytel­ling through contemporary/​modern dance.

You’ll be inter­ac­ting with tex­tures like soil, red fabric, and props such as rope.

You’ll per­form in a stu­dio set­ting with cine­ma­tic light­ing, and your body will beco­me the can­vas of this inter­nal jour­ney.

Must be open to crea­ti­ve col­la­bo­ra­ti­on and impro­vi­sa­ti­on.

🎥 For the Cine­ma­to­grapher
Loo­king for someone who can trans­la­te emo­ti­on into imagery, cap­tu­ring both the inti­ma­cy of move­ment and the abs­trac­tion of memo­ry.

Visu­al motifs: high-con­trast light­ing, pro­jec­tions, soil, red fabric, and rope.

Expe­ri­ence with stu­dio light­ing, clo­se-up move­ment cap­tu­re, and working with voice­overs or expe­ri­men­tal nar­ra­ti­ve is a plus.

Col­la­bo­ra­ti­on on shot design and visu­al sto­rytel­ling is wel­co­me and encou­ra­ged.

🧩 Style Refe­ren­ces
Pina (2011) by Wim Wen­ders

Intro­s­pec­ti­ve dance films blen­ding voice­over, old foo­ta­ge, and sym­bo­lic set pie­ces.

📍 Pro­duc­tion Info
Pro­ject Type: BA Gra­dua­ti­on Film

Dura­ti­on: 7–10 minu­tes

Loca­ti­on: Stu­dio (Uni­ver­si­ty of Euro­pe, Ber­lin)

Time­line: Shoo­ting bet­ween the end of May – begin­ning of June, 2025

Com­pen­sa­ti­on: Free usa­ge of the final edit or ori­gi­nal mate­ri­als, no pay­ment

💌 Why Join?
This is a uni­que chan­ce to col­la­bo­ra­te on a raw, poe­tic film about iden­ti­ty, memo­ry, and emo­tio­nal trans­for­ma­ti­on.
Cont­act: Kse­nia Pak­ho­mo­va
pakhomova.​km@​gmail.​com

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