Esistenza x Gioia

'Esistenza x Gioia' is inspired by the primal and uniting power of water. It celebrates our essence, the innate life force that's within and connecting all of us, healing and transforming.
It's a celebration of existence and the joy to be alive.

“This sky
Where we live
Is no place to lose your wings
So love, love
Love.”
― Hafez, The Gift

  • Andrea Hackl
    Director
    Silent Fragments, Bele Beltza, Tales in Black and White
  • Andrea Hackl Projects
    Producer
  • Andrea Hackl
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    dance film, art, art film, inspirational
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 44 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 12, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Austria
  • Country of Filming:
    France, Netherlands, Portugal
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • World Film Carnival Singapore
    Singapore
    August 10, 2022
    BEST EXPERIMENTAL FESTIVAL
  • DRUK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Paro
    May 12, 2022
    Yes
    Best Women Film
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Sendependa
    Valencia
    Spain
    July 24, 2022
  • DANCE DAYS CHANIA
    Chania
    Greece
    August 3, 2022
Director Biography - Andrea Hackl

I work as interdisciplinary artist - choreographer, dancer & visual artist / film maker - and have been touring internationally with my own work as well as in the performances and projects of other choreographers – e.g.: Jasper van Luijk (@Korzo Productions), Cascade Dance Theater, Emanuel Gat Dance, United C, Suzy Blok and toured major venues and festivals worldwide. My performative as well as visual work has been presented internationally.

My work is foremost a celebration of life. I cherish the power and poetry of the human body. Transformative processes, ritual and rite of passage are essential to my exploration. My practice is definitely inspired by cross-pollination of different disciplines and over the years I've been collaborating with musicians for live performances.

I produce dance films that are being presented in festivals world wide, of Silent Fragments has won two awards for Best Film @ Cinedanza Italy and Best Choreography @ InShadow, Portugal and is being in the competition of this year's edition of the festival CINEDANS in Amsterdam. My last work BELE BELTZA has received the PEARL ARTIST PRIZE at POOL Festival and an honorable mention at Cinedanza and various awards for Best Experimental / Art Film. As extra dimension, I am exploring the medium of video / installation in my performances.

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Director Statement

POETIC PHYSICALITY
VISUAL POETRY
IMMERSIVE CELEBRATION
ZEST FOR LIFE

ARTISTIC STATEMENT
I am an interdisciplinary artist, moving between two fields: dance/performance + film/photography. My work is a celebration of the life force within us human beings, be it my passion as performer / choreographer or in my visual and film work.
Coming from the dance world, I am a maker with a strong connection to the sensorial, cherishing the poetic
power of the human body and movement. This sensorial perception influences my interaction with the world and my work. What I love is to play with multiple layers, to journey between the narrative / rational and the abstract / sensorial. Working with film opens up another dimension and allows me to merge the physical / kinetic with the visual. A very interesting place of exploration is for me where performance + film meet, exploring the medium of video and installation.
In whichever way it might have expressed itself at different times, my innate calling is to seek, create with and give a voice to the power which permeates life, expressing itself within nature and, equally, our core as human beings, through our power, our compassion and ability to overcome and to love.
Image, film, performance, I want to share 'experiences', a journey, to open up a window onto a universe and – an aspect of – the world. My exploration is influenced by a love for the poetic and fascination for the spiritual dimension of life, a maybe purist but definitely not sterile aesthetic, the love for adventure, travel and a
calling to zoom in on our connection with the earth.
This is my political act: to create work that is embracing life and life affirming.