DUST

a short film by anthony atanasio

1998 | 8 mins | 16mm

Winner of the IMZ Dance Screen Award

Best Screen Choreography, Dance Screen 1999

Selected for Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival.

DUST traces the absurd solitary journey of a stranded, long- distance swimmer within a waterless world. Searching for the sea of her dreams, her struggle eventually brings rain, regeneration and hope. With a strong foreboding atmosphere and a massive soundscape, it reverberates through to very heart of Planet Dust.

Jury Citation

The short film "Dust" creates a gripping atmosphere within 8 minutes. This is due to a carefully placed camera, framing details of body movements, as well as special lighting effects and carefully chosen frames. The award honours outstanding camera work. What is astonishing about this film is that one would wish it were longer.

A Film by Anthony Atanasio

written, directed and produced by: Anthony Atanasio

choreography: Anthony Atanasio and Miriam King

camera, edit, sound: Anthony Atanasio

supported and funded by south east dance agency and lighthouse

produced by Anthony Atanasio, Valerie Martinez and Iconography Inc

production assistants: Valerie Martinez, Kevin Early, Darryl Lonsbrough, and Stanley Atanasio

performed by Miriam King and Valerie Martinez

shot entirely on location in camber sands and a garden in portsmouth

Screened on ARTE and at the clermont-ferrand film festival and numerous other festivals

"Dust" was the first South East Dance Agency (UK) Dance for Camera commission awarded for collaboration between choreographer and performer Miriam King and film-maker/director Anthony Atanasio

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