Mitten
Olivia Rochette & Gerard-Jan Claes, 2019
Mitten follows the final weeks of rehearsal of Mitten wir im Leben sind, a performance by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, her company Rosas and cellist Jean- Guihen Queyras, based on the six cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach. The film offers a glance into De Keersmaeker’s meticulous working process, building a choreographic universe by studying the musical composition. This intense creative process of continuously reshaping and honing, characterised by an inexhaustible longing for precision and detail, is reflected in the filmmakers' patient look at the work of the choreographer, the musician and the dancers.
with Boštjan Antončič, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Marie Goudot, Julien Monty, Michaël Pomero & Jean-Guihen Queyras
a film by Olivia Rochette & Gerard-Jan Claes
production Rasmus Van Heddeghem & Ruben Desiere
image Olivia Rochette
sound Lennert De Taeye
editing Dieter Diependaele
sound editing Sabrina Calmels
sound mixing Aline Gavroy
colour grading Raphaëlle Dufosset
production Rosas Hans Galle
planning Rosas Anne Van Aerschot
supervising producer 24images Farid Rezkallah
line producer 24images Julie Charrier
post-production - video Pom'Zed
post-production - sound Actarus & Alea Jacta Post Production
graphic design Casier/Fieuws
music Cello Suites (BWV 1007-1012) by Johann Sebastian Bach
produced by Accattone Films
a collaboration with Rosas
a co-production with 24images, Mezzo, Kaaitheater and De Munt / La Monnaie & Sadler's Wells
with the support of Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Canvas, RTBF & Le Mans Télévision
festivals Asolo Art Film Festival, Italy (2019); B.Motion, Italy (2019); Brussels Art Film Festival, Belgium (2019); Cinedans Festival, The Netherlands (2019); Dance on Camera Festival, USA (2019); Dancescreen, Germany (2019); Doclisboa, Portugal (2019); Dokuarts, Germany (2019); Encuentro Internacional de Vídeodanza y Vídeoperformance, Spain (2019); FIPADOC, France (2019); Fiver, Spain (2019); InShadow Lisbon Screendance Festival, Portugal (2019); International Dance Film Festival Brussels, Belgium (2019); Jumping Frames, Hong Kong (2019); Sadler's Wells, UK (2019); Seoul Dance Film Festival, South Korea (2019); Montpellier Danse, France (2019); Montréal International Festival of Films on Art, Canada (2019); Working Title Film Festival, Italy (2019); Diana Vishneva’s Context Festival, Russia (2020); Journées Internationales du Film sur l’Art, France (2020)
awards Best Documentary, Dancescreen 2019; Best Documentary, InShadow Lisbon Screendance Festival 2019; Nominated for Best TV-Documentary, Ensors 2019; Special Mention of the Jury, Asolo Art Film Festival 2019; Special Mention of the Jury, Working Title Film Festival 2019
theatrical release Belgium (Accattone Films)
broadcast Canvas, Belgium (2019); RTBF, Belgium (2019); Mezzo TV, Germany, France, Japan (2020); RTP, Portugal (2021)
distribution Avila