GIRL AND BODY
A short film by Charlotte Mars
2019. 18mins 30secs
YURI did not see the fall coming. One moment, she was rehearsing for her graduation show. The next, she was on the floor, unable to get up. Now the young dancer finds herself partially paralysed in hospital, with no idea how or when she will dance again. As Yuri gives her body over to tests and rehabilitation, her world starts to splinter. When she encounters OLANDA, a puzzling young woman with juvenile diabetes, a chance for growth and connection stirs... GIRL AND BODY is an exploration of the fragile connective tissue that binds women to their bodies, and each other.
Written and directed by Charlotte Mars
Produced by Ella Millard
With Nancy Denis, Adele Perovic, Ling Cooper Tang, Sri Sacdpraseuth
Cinematography by Bonnie Elliott ACS
Edited by Ryan Haysom
Music by Nick Wales
Sound Design by Brooke Trezise
Production and Costume Design by Asia Swida
Hair and Make Up Design by Jennifer Lamphee
Choreography by Amrita Hepi
FESTIVALS / AWARDS
Official Selection 70th Berlin International Film Festival, Shorts Competition 2020 (world premiere)
Official Selection Melbourne International Film Festival and MIFF Accelerator Lab 2019 (international premiere)
Nominated Best Sound in a Live Action Short, Australian Screen Sound Guild
Nominated Best Achievement in Cinematography, St Kilda Film Festival 2020
Nominated Best Short Film, Gimli Film Festival 2020
Official Selection Palm Springs International Shortsfest 2020
Official Selection St Kilda Short Film Festival 2020
Official Selection Gimli Film Festival (Canada) 2020
Official Selection Interfilm Berlin 2020
Official Selection Kuki International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth (Berlin) 2020
Official Selection Big Apple Film Festival (NYC) 2020
Official Selection Tofifest International Film Festival (Poland) 2020
Official Selection Breaking Down Barriers International Disability Film Festival (Moscow) 2020
Official Selection Berlin Feminist Film Week 2020
Official Selection Pink Screens Film Festival (Brussels) 2021
Official Selection Asia Pacific Women in Film Festival (Melbourne) 2021
Official Selection Athens International Film and Video Festival (USA) 2021
Financed with the assistance of Screen Australia
