10-09-2014

FNE at Potoroz 2014: Dancing with Maria

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    Dancing with Maria by Ivan Gergolet Dancing with Maria by Ivan Gergolet

    LJUBLJANA: One of the three feature documentaries at the Slovenian Film Festival in Portoroz is Dancing with Maria by Italian director Ivan Gergolet which premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival.

    It tells the story of 90 year-old Argentinean Maria Fux, a celebrated dancer, choreographer and founder of dance therapy in Argentina who teaches students from all around the globe that it is not the tune that provokes movement; it is our inner rhythms such as heartbeat and breathing. Her studio has come to attract a very diverse crowd: dancers, actors, intellectuals, as well as the deaf, the blind, and people with physical or mental disabilities.

    Italian, Argentinean and Slovenian production companies Transmedia, Imaginada Films and Staragara respectively have cooperated on this project which has also been co-funded by the Slovenian Film Center in the amount of 25,000 EUR.

    Production Credits:

    Production Company: Transmedia
    Co-Producer: Imaginada Films, Staragara
    Co-funding: Slovenian Film Center
    Producer: Igor Prinčič
    Co-producer: Miha Černec
    Director: Ivan Gergolet
    Screenwriter: Ivan Gergolet
    Director of Photography: David Rubio, Ivan Gergolet
    Composer: Luca Cuit
    Film Editor: Natalie Cristiani
    Sound Designer: Havier Gergolet, Franceso Morosini
    http://www.staragara.com/si/filmska/?v=ples%20z%20marijo