TOGETHERNESS
a science fiction dance film by Pieter Desmet, 2022
TOGETHERNESS is a science-fiction dance film that looks into longing for togetherness, made with and for The Backyard Collective.
Covid-19 changed our way of togetherness into a more digital, online always connected manner. The paradox of always being together through different digital platforms, but never physically present in the same space. The film aims to mirror this through abstract and poetic images.
The film can be seen as a living photographic work, in which Pieter conveys his vision through the images and the dance and not the chronology or the text. In a way it is an anthology work that is connected thematically, more so than narratively. A close collaboration between Pieter and director of photography Davide Belotti has led to a visual aesthetic that translates this thematic connectivity between the scenes.
CREDITS
directed by Pieter Desmet
director of photography, Davide Belotti
cast, Alexa Moya Panksep + Machias Bosschaerts + Julia Godino Llorens + Pauline Van Nuffel + Meike Stevens + Aki Iwamoto + Klara Esnerova + Daan Jaartsveld + Margot Masquelier
production, The Backyard vzw
co-production, Persona + Kokos
producer, Pieter Desmet
production managers, Aïda Gabriëls + Annelies Heyrman
production assistant, Júlia Godino Llorens
soundtrack, Adriaan de Roover
editor, Samuel Agniel
first assistant camera, Giel Dhaenens
second assistant camera, Jonathan De Maeyer
gaffer, Jan Van Lindt
technician video projection, Schröder
boom operator, Jeroen Heymans + Tim Coenegrachts
art director, RV
set dressers, Junior Yussuf + Alexandros Anastasiadis + Maureen Bator + Magdalena Ottl + Steffi Mennen + Jonathan De Maeyer
costume The Creature, Machias Bosschaerts
tailoring, Machias Bosschaerts + Margot Masquelier
analogue set photographer, Yuan Yao
BTS photographer, Johan Pijpops + Jonathan De Maeyer
drivers, Maureen Bator + Steffi Mennen + Margot Masquelier
with the support of, Stad Antwerpen + Ostron + Petra Arckens
Special thanks to, AP Hogeschool Antwerpen / Royal Conservatory Antwerp + deSingel Internationale Kunstencampus + Ultima Vez + Destelheide
DATES
13 December 2021 - pre-screening
De Cinema, Antwerpen, BE
22 October 2022
De Makersdag, Schouwburg, Leuven, BE
19 November 2022
BYOB@BROEI, Gent, BE
27 May 2023
Municipal Gallery Casa Bianca, Thessaloniki, GR
17 August 2023
On Art Dance & Music Film Festival, Warsaw, PO
