DANCE+CITY
2024 | 3 min. x 9 | Dance film series | Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, France, Ukraine | Looking for sales partners
Directors
Valerijs Olehno, Rūta Ronja Pakalne, Vadym Ilkov, Kateryna Gornostai, Lina Lužytė, Greta Grinevičiūtė, Madli Lääne, Marta Pulk, Laure Delamotte-Legrand
Producers
Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė, Danielė Kunčinaitė, Antra Gaile, Līga Gaisa, Johanna Maria Paulson, Christian Popp, Darya Bassel, Oleksandra Kravchenko, Viktoria Khomenko
Production
Just a moment (LT), Air Productions (LV), Stellar Film (EE), Tag Film (FR), Moon Man (UA)
Co-production
ARTE (FR), LRT - Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LT)
Project Producer
Just a moment (LT)
Financiers
L'Institut français (FR), Lithuanian Culture Institute (LT), Lithuanian Film Centre (LT), Culture Capital Foundation (LV), Cultural Endowment of Estonia (EE), Vilnius City Municipality (LT), LATGA (LT), LTV (LV), EER (EE)
Partners
La Saison de la Lituanie (FR), Lithuanian Dance Information Centre (LT), Architektūros fondas (LT), Kyiv Contemporary Dance Platform (UA)
Synopsis
This series of nine short films blends contemporary dance with architecture across Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, France, and Ukraine. Each film uniquely explores how the structures around us interact with the fluidity of the human body, encouraging viewers to rediscover the architecture of different eras and regions.
From France’s windswept coastlines to Latvia’s historic arenas, these films reveal how architecture, often seen as static, becomes dynamic when paired with dance. In Lithuania, the National Drama Theatre and the Palace of Marriage host stories of transformation, while in Ukraine, the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Library serves as a space for experiments with gravity. Estonia’s Arvo Pärt Centre blurs the line between inside and outside, creating a surreal dance environment, and a film in Latvia reflects on reconnecting with a familiar place that has changed beyond recognition. Through this project, viewers are encouraged to see architecture not just as a backdrop but as an active participant in our lives.
