Dance!

After seeing a video of a beautiful dancer, a sweet young girl decides to become one too. However, she is very shy...

  • Andrea Chiara Mangano
    Director
  • Andrea Chiara Mangano
    Writer
  • Andrea Chiara Mangano
    Producer
  • Andrea Chiara Mangano
    Art Director
    The I-Team
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 22, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    50 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Woodbury University
  • MAGICA Advertising Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    September 16, 2021
    Award Winner
  • Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema Showcase
    Huntington Beach, CA
    United States
    September 17, 2021
    Nominee
  • Deep Focus Film Festival
    Brooklyn, NY
    United States
    September 18, 2021
    Honorable Mention
  • Happy future scripts film festival "Let There Be Goodness!"
    Kyiv
    Ukraine
    September 1, 2021
    Semi-Finalist
  • Ourtoons Animation Contest

    Semi-Finalist
  • Flint Youth Film Festival
    Flint, Michigan
    United States
    July 1, 2021
    2021 General Selection - 20-25 Nonfiction - 1st Place
  • Flint Youth Film Festival
    Flint, Michigan
    United States
    July 1, 2021
    Writing, Craft Award - 20-25 Nonfiction
  • Flint Youth Film Festival
    Flint Youth Film Festival
    United States
    July 1, 2021
    Directing Award - 20-25 Nonfiction
  • IGen Film Festival 2021
    Miami, FL
    United States
    October 29, 2021
    Official Selection
  • KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
    Santa Fe, New Mexico
    United States
    September 4, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Noble International Film Festival And Awards
    Bengaluru, Karnataka
    India
    September 1, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Animae Caribe International Animation & Digital Media Festival
    Port of Spain, NA
    Trinidad and Tobago
    October 28, 2021
    Official Selection
  • BHERC's Faith Based and Inspirational Film Festival
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    September 18, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Silente México
    Puebla
    Mexico
    November 23, 2021
    Official Selection
  • FilmAid Kenya Film Festival 2021
    Nairobi
    Kenya
    September 18, 2021
    Official Selection
  • FLM FWD Festival Barrington
    Barrington, Rhode Island
    United States
    August 6, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Bridges Festival
    Mississauga, Ontario
    Canada
    March 12, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Live Link 2021
    Islington, UK
    United Kingdom
    August 25, 2021
    Official Selection
  • FECEA - Festival Internacional de Cinema Escolar de Alvorad
    Alvorada, Rio Grande do Sul
    Brazil
    December 2, 2021
    Official Selection
  • HECare Film Festival (Human-Environment Care Film Festival HECFF)
    Oshawa, Ontario
    Canada
    October 27, 2021
    Official Selection
  • EATSA ARTLAB

    France
    November 10, 2021
    Official Selection
  • First-Time Filmmaker Online Sessions
    Iver, Buckinghamshire
    United Kingdom
    July 26, 2021
    Official Selection
  • 6th Chaniartoon 2020
    Chania, Chania
    Greece
    September 13, 2021
    Official Selection
  • CAA Celebrating Abilities Virtual Film Festival
    Saratoga, California
    United States
    September 20, 2021
    Official Selection
  • SE Pennsylvania Teen Filmmakers Showcase
    West Chester, Pa
    United States
    August 9, 2021
    Official Selection
  • UMgungundlovu Gays & Lesbians Film Festival
    Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
    South Africa
    August 26, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Miami 4 Social Change Youth Film Festival
    Miami, FL
    United States
    July 23, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Flint Youth Film Festival
    Flint, MI
    United States
    July 1, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Madeira Curtas - Short Films Contest (Madeira Island)
    Funchal, Madeira
    Portugal
    June 25, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Serenity Screenings

    May 28, 2021
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Planet Classroom
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Internet
  • KIDS FIRST!
    Distributor
Director Biography - Andrea Chiara Mangano

I was born in Maryland, I then grew up in Sicily where I studied Philosophy, History, Grammar, and Literature. There I also won various regional dance sport competitions (Ballroom and Choreo) and became a published, award-winning poet with "La Balena di Ghiaccio". I was a self-taught artist until I moved back to the States in 2016, where I enrolled as an animation student in California. I choose the visual arts as my career because I see the power of media, how much it can teach people about cultures and situations different than their own. I want to be a part of that change in media and animation.

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Director Statement

I’ve been a ballroom dancer for years, and it was an amazing experience! However, I could see all the negatives this amazing sport can bring to anyone who doesn’t fit a specific category: white, cis, straight, able-bodied and neurotypical… so with this little sweet story I wanted to help shift the perception and making it more accessible.
More informations about racism in dance sport:
- https://href.li/?https://pwperspective.com/2020/08/13/racism-in-dance-how-dancers-are-speaking-out-against-systemic-racism/
- https://href.li/?https://www.jstor.org/stable/4137862
- https://href.li/?https://face2faceafrica.com/article/how-racism-pushed-margot-and-norton-a-black-ballroom-dance-couple-to-pass-as-hispanic-to-be-hired