Resting Places: A Ballet Film
When we stop believing in our dreams, we die. Nadia Mara and Heath Gill star in this ballet film about a successful businesswoman who has forsaken her childhood dream of becoming a professional dancer. Choreography by Tara Lee. Music composed by Varvara Gaigerova and performed by Eliesha Nelson, with Glen Inanga.
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Adam E. StoneDirectorJanet: A Silent Ballet Film, Thank You for the Letter, Abstractly You Loved Me, Cache Girl Saves the World
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Adam E. StoneWriterJanet: A Silent Ballet Film, Thank You for the Letter, Abstractly You Loved Me, Cache Girl Saves the World
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Adam E. StoneProducerJanet: A Silent Ballet Film, Thank You for the Letter, Abstractly You Loved Me, Cache Girl Saves the World
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Nadia MaraKey Cast
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Heath GillKey CastJanet: A Silent Ballet Film
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Tara LeeChoreographerJanet: A Silent Ballet Film
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Jason T. GreeneCinematographer and EditorJanet: A Silent Ballet Film
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:dance film, ballet film, experimental short, narrative short
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Runtime:9 minutes 3 seconds
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Completion Date:August 2, 2015
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Atlanta Ballet Block Party 2015Atlanta, Georgia
August 29, 2015
World Premiere -
Twin Rivers Media Festival 2015 (22nd Annual)Asheville, NC
September 12, 2015
North Carolina Premiere
Official Selection -
ITSA Film Festival 2015 (6th Annual)Sonora, California
November 14, 2015
California Premiere
Official Selection -
Blaquefyre Independent Film Festival 2016 (3rd Annual)Centralia, Illinois
January 9, 2016
Illinois Premiere
Official Selection and Winner of People’s Choice Award for Best Experimental Film -
Crossroads Film Festival 2016 (17th Annual)Jackson, Mississippi
April 2, 2016
Mississippi Premiere
Official Selection -
The Colony Short Film Festival 2016 (10th Annual)Marietta, Ohio
March 4, 2016
Ohio Premiere
Official Selection -
Eastern NC Film Festival (2016) (3rd Annual)Winterville, North Carolina
April 30, 2016
Official Selection -
Cerdanyola Screen 2016Cerdanyola, Spain
April 29, 2016
European Premiere
Official Selection -
Alhambra Theatre Film FestivalEvansville, Indiana
April 8, 2016
Indiana Premiere
Official Selection -
Shorts Off Film FestivalWales, United Kingdom
May 5, 2017
United Kingdom Premiere
Official Selection -
Hobnobben Film FestivalFort Wayne, Indiana
June 18, 2016
Official Selection -
Healdsburg Flix Mix Short Film FestivalHealdsburg, California
United States
June 17, 2016
Official Selection -
Free State FestivalLawrence, Kansas
United States
June 20, 2016
Kansas Premiere
Official Selection -
Dance Film Fest at Detroit Dance City FestivalDetroit, Michigan
United States
August 25, 2016
Michigan Premiere
Official Selection -
Cinema Soup Film FestivalMattoon, Illinois
United States
August 19, 2016
Official Selection -
Columbia Gorge International Film FestivalBig Bear Lake, California
United States
September 22, 2016
Official Selection -
Greensboro Dance Film FestivalGreensboro, North Carolina
United States
September 16, 2016
Official Selection -
Goddess on the Throne/Film Fest KosovaPrishtine
Kosovo
September 1, 2016
Kosovo Premiere
Official Selection -
China International New Media Short Film FestivalShenzhen
China
October 2, 2016
China Premiere
Official Selection -
Mexico City Videodance FestivalMexico City
Mexico
December 3, 2016
Mexico Premiere
Official Selection -
FilmFest by Rogue Dancer (July 2021 Edition)Raleigh, North Carolina (online, limited access)
United States
July 23, 2021
Official Selection
Adam E. Stone's latest feature film is the poetic essay film "Atmospheric Marginalia" (2022). His films have been featured at over 225 prominent, well-curated festivals worldwide, and have won numerous awards. Short films (poem, essay, or nonverbal) include "The Idealist" (2025), "Dream Sequence: Stasis" (2025), "Bridge" (2024), "form" (2024), "as the night" (2023), "Tyranny of the Unafflicted" (2023), "If Any" (2021), "Awake" (2021), "Specks and Flashes" (2020), "Elegy for Unfinished Lives" (2020), "an entombing(dis)entombing" (2020), "Declarations" (2019), and "Gods Die Too" (2018). Previous short dance films include "Do Not Forget the Lost" (2019), "Summer Friend: A Ballet Film" (2016), "Resting Places: A Ballet Film" (2015), and "Janet: A Silent Ballet Film" (2014). He also is the writer, producer, and co-director of the feature-length fictional essay film "Abstractly You Loved Me" (2013), and is one of the co-producers of, and conducted many of the interviews for, two feature-length documentaries: "Miss Fury and the Lost Legacy of Tarpé Mills" (2024), and "Black Hawk Down: The Untold Story" (DVD 2019). In 2012, Stone wrote and produced the spoken-word ballet "A Life Unhappening," which is about the impact of one woman's Alzheimer's disease on three generations of her family. In 2010, he wrote, directed, and produced the DVD novel "Cache Girl Saves the World: A Novel in Visions." He is also the author of three conventional print novels: "Xamon Song" (2006), "Kingston Fugue" (2007), and "The New Harmonies" (2009).