ELISA MARIA NADAL, born in 1985 in southern Brazil. She made her first documentary films in Curitiba, Brazil and studied at both the University of Television and Film and the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. The former rhythmic gymnast under-stands dance as a narrative instrument and language in its own right that enters into a dialogue with the camera. Other films: My Fre e Will (2018), Satya (2017).
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KINO DER KUNST 2020
Prisoners of the Body
DEU 2020, 4K, 26’17’’, OHNE DIALOG/NO DIALOGUE
WELTPREMIERE/WORLD PREMIERE
To be alive is to be on the move. A metaphorical journey through our existence told in the language of dance. Beginning with a symbolic birth and passing through various phases of bodily experience, the film is an ode to the power of movement
