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MOON LIGHT

MOON LIGHT.
is a poetic, trance like short film, inspired by writing of Audre Lorde, the interplay of primordial forces and female energy.

While diving through shadow, it is an ode to light, their primal dance, which in some legends is seen as the dance creating the universe.

‘For each of us as women, there is a dark place within, where hidden and growing our true spirit rises. These places of possibility within ourselves are dark because they are ancient and hidden; they have survived and grown strong through that darkness. Within these deep places, each one of us holds an incredible reserve of creativity and power, of unexamined and unrecorded emotion and feeling.' - Audre Lorde

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This work was produced in frame of an artistic residency Cidadela Art District, Cascais (Portugal)

Special Thanx to Paulo Arraiano.

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TOURING DATES:

2025
- JUNE, PREMIERE at Between a Frame and a Soft Place at Millennium Film Workshop, New York
- Cyprus Dance Film Festival
- presentation of visuals of MOON LIGHT in frame of an exposition at Vitlov Art Space, Amsterdam
- JULY Chania Dance Film Festival, Crete
- AUG, Finalist at LIFF Luleå Film Festival
- SEPT, TCI Thessaloniki Cinedans International, Greece
- OCT, Nice International Dance Film Festival
- Semi-Finalist at Greece International Film Festival
- EIVV Video Dance & Video Art, Valencia
- Moving Images VideoDance Festival, Cyprus
- NOV, Wild Dogs Dance Film Festival, Alberta Canada
- Dance On Screen, Graz
- DEC, InShadow Festival, Lisbon
- MAR, DANCE ON SCREEN Zurich

  • Andrea Hackl
    Director
  • Duarte Netto
    Camera
  • Ivan Shopov
    MUSIC
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Video Art, Dancefilm, Screendance, dance, installation, shadow, light, feminine, oneiric, dream, poetry, poesie, poesia, cinepoesia, Cinedans, occultism, feminism, moon
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 22, 2025
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Country of Filming:
    Portugal
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Andrea Hackl

Andrea Hackl is an Amsterdam-based independent film-maker, multi-disciplinary artist & choreographer. She produces films, expanded cinema & hybrid performance projects, merging cinema with performance, creating boundary crossing, viscerally powerful and poetic projects that explore themes of freedom, empowerment, human connection.

Being invited to artistic residency programs and her work being presented at festivals and events world wide, allows her to travel, meet and collaborate with artists & communities internationally. These meetings are one of the most enriching aspects of her creative path, nourishing her inspiration and artistic work.

Her films, including THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TIME , BELE BELTZA , Silent Fragments , and Light Rising have received multiple awards for Best Film, Best Performance and Visual Poetry.
Her performance project DREAMER, created on a creative path involving multiple international collaborations, received the Award for Best Interdisciplinary Live Performance at Lensdans Festival, Brussels, and continues to tour to festivals internationally.

She cherishes to develop and produce international, collaborative and projects, on and off screen, offering cinematic and performative experiences that expand perception and connect audiences and artists across cultures.

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