Shortlist It starts with a (heart)beat Commercial Work: New Generation Award

PRODUCTION COMPANYMIKKI SINDHUNATA

DIRECTOR(S) MIKKI SINDHUNATA

BUSINESS REGION 36854

SHORT SYNOPSIS DEAF-BORN ENTER A LONELY BUBBLE, EXCLUDED FROM A WORLD THAT EXPECTS THEM TO ADAPT TO THE SPEAKING WORLD. NOW IMAGINE A SOCIETY WHERE BODY LANGUAGE IS THE MAIN COMMUNICATION TOOL. IN THIS FILM WE CREATE AN EXTRAORDINARY SUBCULTURE THAT CONNECT THROUGH THE VIBRATIONS, MACRO IMPULSES AND DENSITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT. WE ALL HAVE A HEARTBEAT, THAT CAN BE TRANSLATED TO A MUSICAL BEAT.
FOR A DANCER, THE BODY IS A TOOL TO EXPRESS ONESELF. FOR THE DEAF, THE BODY IS A TOOL TO BE SEEN, 'HEARD', AND UNDERSTOOD. THROUGH HIPHOP WE HOPE TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE DEAF AND THE HEARING WORLD.

RUNTIME 01:36

RELEASE DATE 2019-04-15

PRODUCER(S) MIKKI SINDHUNATA

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY GIJS WILBERS

EDITOR DAAN ADÈR

MUSIC COMPOSER YANAY BONOMO

CREATIVE DIRECTOR ANNE KAMPS

SOUND DESIGN KORREL FILM

COPYWRITER JACK STEPHENSON BUSCHMAN

INDIVIDUAL CREDITS CHOREOGRAPHY: LUCINDA WESSELS

INDIVIDUAL CREDITS GRADING: QIANWEI TONG

NOTES FOR JUDGING TRANSFERRING THIS MESSAGE THROUGH HIPHOP SEEMED TO BE THE ULTIMATE WAY TO CONNECT WITH THE WORLD. YOUNG RAPPER EQUIVOCAL WROTE LYRICS THAT CONVEYED PART OF THE MESSAGE. HIS WORDS ARE TRANSLATED INTO SIGN LANGUAGE BY DEAF PEOPLE AND TRANSLATORS. TOGETHER WITH THESE PEOPLE AND A HEARING CHOREOGRAPHER LUCINDA WESSELS, THE SIGNS ARE CAREFULLY INTEGRATED INTO A CHOREOGRAPHY. WE MAKE THIS LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDABLE FOR THE HEARING AND THE DEAF

STATEMENT 36905