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Our most recent screening was at Filmelodic’s Massivemuse film-live music-painting event, featuring La Folía performed live with Ensemble Leonarda (below) on May 24th, 2018!
La Folía was named Best Experimental Short of the 2017 Manhattan Film Festival
Plot Outline
La Folía is a visual anthology of twenty-four short stories, from the imaginations of over a dozen different people and all inspired by variations on the same ancient melody. The thematic story that links La Folía’s stories begins and ends the film, returning its protagonist full circle, yet changed. The story follows the pain, loss, joy and redemption of a young ballet student whose body type excludes her from being considered for a role for which she is eminently qualified in skill and passion. The twenty-four stories underlie the young dancer’s narrative arc and embody the joy, absurdity, sorrow, fury, and ecstasy she must face before realizing her own irrational fears and doubts are all that prevent her from performing a triumphant audition.
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Press
“At its heart, La Folía is a reminder that, while life isn’t perfect, there’s a dancer, or an artist, in all of us. And drawing on that can unlock a little magic when we need it most.”
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“The visual interpretations… vary widely, ranging from ballet dancers flying through the air, to a spitball fight to a woman daydreaming about flamenco dancing in her office elevator. For a viewer, particularly a viewer who is new to classical music, the collection of many of these personal narratives suggests that there is no wrong way to experience this music.”
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