WOMB – a stereoscopic dance film (3D) (2016)

Premiered on November 6th 2016 at GIFF Geneva International Film Festival, Geneva, Switzerland

Best Art/Experimental Film at San Francisco Dance Film Festival

PRESENTATION

WOMB is a stereoscopic dance film that offers an augmented artistic experience thanks to high-definition 3D technology. The film develops an innovative form of spatial narrative that combines stereoscopic images, choreography, visual arts and music.

The action in WOMB takes place in a space-time continuum. The film is designed like an existential tracking shot, an abstract analogy of life. Thanks to stereoscopy, the film relies on depth of space and the volume of bodies to trigger a contemplative emotion.

The spectacular stage set, designed by visual artist Sylvie Fleury, is made up of a series of backdrops arranged in a false perspective, which look like an abstract lounge or a grotto. This combines beautifully with the hybrid costumes of Belgian stylist Jean-Paul Lespagnard and the atmospheric music of The Young Gods leader Franz Treichler. WOMB is an exclusively musical film with 3 dancers performing : Gilles Jobin, Susana Panadés Diaz and Martin Roehrich.

Awarded at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival, WOMB was presented at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal, the Solothurner Filmtage, the Cineteca Nacional de Mexico, the Lyon Biennale de la Danse, the Festival Courant 3D in Clermont-Ferrand, CINEDANS in Amsterdam and the Festival Internacional de Danza in Buenos Aires, among others.

TOUR

2021
22 January: ROLLOUT Dance Film Festival, MUST Movie Hall, Macao University of Science and Technology, Macao, Chine

2020
12 May-25 October: Exhibition « Nombre, Rythme, Transformation. Dialogues Contemporains avec Emma Kunz », Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, Appenzell, Switzerland

2019
3 December : FESTIVAL CLIMA-X, Milan, Italy
14 – 17 February : Théâtre du Passage, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2 February : CNDC Angers, Angers, France
27 January : Solothurner Filmtage, Solothurn, Switzerland

2018
11 December : Centre Togola, Bamako, Mali
3 December : Centr’Art Don Sen Folo, Bamako, Mali
30 November : Fondation Passarelle, Bamako, Mali
10 November : Cineteca nacional de Mexico, Mexico DF, Mexico
19 – 20 October : Mercat de les flors, Barcelona, Spain
21 September – 28 October : Lux scène nationale de Valence, Valence, France
3 September: Biennale de danse de Lyon, Lyon, France
7 April : Loikka Dance film festival, Helsinki, Finland
17-18 March, Phoenix Theater, Steckborn, Switzerland
3-4 February : Festival courant 3D, Clermont- Ferrand, France
22 January – 2 February, Festival Frimats, Belfort, France
19 January Panorama Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2017
12-13 December : Stereopsia, Bruxelles, Belgium
27-30 October : Sofia Independant Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
13 October : CIBDI – Festival Courant 3D, Angouleme, France
12-15 October : Forum Meyrin, Meyrin, Switzerland
9 October : Festival du nouveau cinéma, Montréal, Canada
22-23 September : Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema, Boulder- Colorado, USA
16 September CAC Genève / La Bâtie Festival, Geneva, Switzerland
15 September : Marquee on Main Festival, Washington, USA
19 September : Bideodromo, Bilbao, Spain
09 September-28 October : San Francisco Dance Film Festival, San Francisco, USA
24 August : Cine Helios – FIDBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
21 August : Ciné Gaumont – Festival Internacional de danza, Buenos Aires, Argentina
17 August : Dança em Foco, Fortaleza, Brazil
22 June : Sydney World Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
1 June : Cines Golem Baiona DNA Festival, Pampelona, Spain
9 June : Institut français du SénégalSt-Louis, Senegal
8 June : le Château – Diagn’art, St-Louis, Senegal
31 May : Ecole des Sables, Toubab Dialaw, Senegal
7 May : Centre de Culture ABC – Fete de la danse, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
7 May : Cinéma Le Casino – Fete de la danse, Sierre, Switzerland
7 May : Atelier Kult Kino- Fete de la danse, Basel, Switzerland
6 May : Kino Xenix – Fete de la danse, Zürich, Switzerland
6 May : Bio 72  – Fête de la danse, Carouge, Switzerland
6 May : Arsenic – Fête de la danse, Lausanne, Switzerland
5 May : Arsenic – Fête de la danse, Lausanne, Switzerland
5 May : Kino Seehof 1 – Fete de la danse, Zoug, Switzerland
5 May : Centre de Culture ABC – Fete de la danse, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
5 May : Cinérive – Fête de la danse, Vevey, Switzerland
5 May : Kino RiffRaff – Fête de la danse, Zürich, Switzerland
4 May : Cinémotion Les Rex – Fête de la danse, Fribourg, Switzerland
29 April : Lux Art House- Fête de la danse, Massagno, Switzerland
28 March-1 April : Programme Commun Arsenic-Vidy, Lausanne, Switzerland
9 -11 March, CINEDANS , Amsterdam, Netherlands
3 February: Ciné 17 – Journées de danse Suisse, Geneva, Switzerland

2016
6 November : Cinérama Empire GIFF, Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans, Geneva, Switzerland