Leaving

Leaving is a film about a recognizable state of mind about leaving; a house, a friend, a time in life, a special place...
As an extended farewell with highlights of intimacy and closeness.
The dancers embody their own physical experience of leaving there home.
What remains when we leave a place for good?

  • Helena Franzen
    Director
    Black island, Tammi, Happy Hour
  • Håkan Jelk
    Director
    Black island, Tammi, Happy Hour
  • Jelk / Franzén
    Director
  • Helena Franzén
    Producer
  • Tomáš Červinka
    Key Cast
    "Dancer"
  • Claudia Fürnholzer
    Key Cast
    "Dancer"
  • Jakub Mędrzycki
    Key Cast
    "Dancer"
  • Hanna Nussbaumer
    Key Cast
    "Dancer"
  • Sam Hall
    Key Cast
    "Dancer"
  • Margherita Mattia
    Key Cast
    "Dancer"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 29 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 19, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Country of Filming:
    Sweden
  • Language:
    Swedish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Stockholm Dance Film Festival 2018
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    December 15, 2018
    Swedish premiere
Distribution Information
  • Helena Franzén
    Country: Sweden
Director Biography - Helena Franzen, Håkan Jelk, Jelk / Franzén

The choreographer and dancer Helena Franzén and
cinematographer and photographer Håkan Jelk has an
ongoing collaboration since 2011. Several of their dancefilms have been presented at filmfestivals around in Europe.
In their work they investigate how to capture the dance.
into photography and film. In all their projects they are
searching for a personal way to approach the language of the moving body.

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