Short Film, 10 min / Canada, 2020

In a world on hold, a common story is being written. Without sight, without touch, bodies move to the rhythm of solitude. Locked in their existence, they have become impatient and entwined. They roll and they stretch. In the dawn of madness, they are breaking the status quo. In a creative impulse, they, together, stand up and transport us to the abandonment of thoughts. However, deep down inside, they will know one day that these will only be memories. Memory is fiction. It has no name or color. And often faced with vertigo, we end up forgetting all. Only our bodies will continue to vibrate. This is why we must step out and dance.

SYNOPSIS

Statu Quo is an experimental short film created thanks to the exceptional participation of ten Montreal dancers who have performed, in front of our cameras, for the very first time since the Covid 19 pandemic. In the streets of Montreal, they have improvised a dance, alone or together. Without choreography or stage direction, they have expressed through their bodies and eyes what we have been experiencing for months and what the future holds. We have captured their movements, sometimes inspiring the anguish of isolation or the joy of reunion. This film is a testimony of the bonds that unites them and the common story written by their bodies.

APPROACH

WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY

LAMIA CHraibi

Marion Chuniaud Lacau

Distributed by

Videographie

Filmed and edited by

Lamia Chraibi  

Marion Chuniaud Lacau 

Marcel Mueller 

MUSIC

Vertigue et Aube by Virginie Reid

DANCERS

Arthur Toshiro Kamara . Yesenia Fuentes . Andréa Nino . Nicolas ContrerasJossua Colin Dufour . Motrya Kozbur . Scott McCabe . Corinne Crane . Danny Dematos  charles Brecard

DISTRIBUTION

Goethe-Institut Montréal - Program « La Métropole Virale, Place des Arts, 

33. Filmfest Dresden, Allemagne 2021

Festival Quartier Danse, Montréal, Canada, 2021

Short to the point, 2021

We Make Movies International Festival, Hollywood, USA, 2021

ReelHEart,Toronto, Canada, 2021

Longue vue sur le court, Montréal, Canada 2021

REGARD, Québec 2022

RVCQ - Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québec 2022