BELE BELTZA

[Basque - black raven]

A dreamy fairytale taking you into the high mountains, leading through a soul landscape. It’s a meditation on lightness, birth and death. Inspired by the wisdom of the raven, it’s an ode to the freedom of our spirit and the power of our soul.
Raven knows how to continue through the dark, to die and be reborn and how to find the light.

This short film was entirely shot on a 2.5 months long solo trekking journey in the high mountains of Europe – around the Mont Blanc massif and across central High Route of the Pyrenees, being shot in different countries: Spain + France [/ Pays Basque], Catalonia, Andorra, Switzerland, Italy.

This film is part of the film and photography project: OF RAVENS AND GODS

“Bele Beltza reflects a strong spirituality that fits with the black and white imagery. It gives a strong expression to a journey in the vastness of the mountains. This work should be best displayed in huge screen - and not ‘only’ as a film project but also as an installation. I wouldn't change a single thing. Your edit has an excellent rhythm and its duration was just as it should be.”
- Aliki Chiotaki, Dance Days Chania

"A spiritual journey, in a dramatic scenery." - audience

"Expressing a primal force" - audience

  • Andrea Hackl
    Director
    Silent Fragments, The Pier, Tuonela
  • Andrea Hackl
    Key Cast
  • Vero Mora
    music
  • Raffaele Schiavo
    music
  • Andrea Hackl
    music
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Dance Film, Outdoor film, Mountains, Art Film
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 14 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 15, 2021
  • Country of Origin:
    Netherlands
  • Country of Filming:
    France, Spain
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    25:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • ViDEOSKiN film festival
    Pokhara
    Nepal
    April 15, 2021
    Asian premier
  • Prague International Film Award
    Prague
    Czech Republic
    April 12, 2021
    Worldpremiere
    FINALIST
  • Braga International Dance Film Festival
    Braga
    Portugal
    April 28, 2021
  • Dance Days Chania
    Chania
    Greece
    July 21, 2021
  • Vesuvius International Film Fest

    Italy
    July 31, 2021
    Italian Premiere
    FINALIST
  • Vaasa Art Night
    Vaasa
    Finland
    August 12, 2021
  • POOL Tanzfilmplattform
    Berlin
    Germany
    September 11, 2021
    German Premiere
    PEARL ARTIST PRIZE
  • Thessaloniki Cinedance International
    Thessaloniki
    Greece
    September 24, 2021
  • Almada Dance Film Festival
    Almada + Lisbon
    Portugal
    October 1, 2021
    Portuguese Premiere
  • CINEDANZA Festival
    Modena
    Italy
    October 23, 2021
    Honorable Mention
Director Biography - Andrea Hackl

ANDREA HACKL
is a choreographer, performer & visual artist, based in Amsterdam and Austria. As independent artist, she's been
working and touring internationally with her own performative work as well as in the performances of other
companies and choreographers.

PERFORMANCE

Her performative as well as visual work is, foremost, a celebration of life. She cherishes the poetry within the
physicality of the human body. Her artistic practice is inspired by cross-pollination, the alchemy of interdisciplinary
work. Her understanding of dance & movement got formed and enriched by conventional techniques as much as
somatic and sensorial work.
She has danced with companies & choreographers like Jasper van Luijk/SHIFFT (@Korzo Productions), Cascade
Dance Theater, Emanuel Gat Dance, United C, Suzy Blok and toured major venues and festivals worldwide. Her
own work has been presented internationally, in Europe/Scandinavia, North/Central America, S/E Asia & India.

VISUAL WORK + FILM

Andrea Hackl is an award winning film maker and has produced dance films that were presented in festivals world
wide. Her last work Silent Fragments has won two awards recently: for Best Film [Cinedanza Festival, Modena
Italy] and Best Choreography [InShadow Festival, Lisbon Portugal].
She's been exploring projections and the medium of video installation in her choreographic work. Regarding both,
her performances as well as work as video artist, the visual composition is an essential aspect for her to explore
and work with.

MOUNTAINS AND THE OUTDOORS

Being an athlete, an outdoor as well as mountain lover and deeply inspired by nature, textures and the sensorial,
she's searching for new ways to combine her biggest passions: Nature, film and visual work as well as the primal
and poetic power of dance and the human body.
With OF RAVENS AND GODS, her main project of last year, she's sharing a work that is a first step to answer this
calling.

Website: www.andreahackl.com

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