Private Project

Making Men

Making Men examines the question of masculinity. This dance film zooms in on 4 individuals in the process of becoming men. As is expected, they proceed unquestioningly into manhood through various stages of their lives, adopting the clearly coded characteristics allowed by society.

However, a feeling of unease, in the very depths of their being, oppresses them. They feel uncertainty but also something else, harder to define…

Shot in the breathtaking landscape of Zimbabwe, the film features strong and rhythmical choreography but also a special camera work that intensifies emotions inspired by the movement.

  • Antoine Panier
    Director
  • Harold George
    Choreographers
  • Antoine Panier
    Writer
  • Harold George
    Writer
  • Dunia Dance Theatre
    Producer
  • Peter Lenso
    Key Cast
  • Tinashe Jerry
    Key Cast
  • Carlton Zhanelo
    Key Cast
  • Tatenda Chabarwa
    Key Cast
  • Harold George
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 41 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 1, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    25,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Belgium
  • Country of Filming:
    Zimbabwe
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital Full HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Cineteatro D. João V
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    February 8, 2019
    World premiere
  • Cineteatro D. João V
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    February 9, 2019
  • Centre Culturel Ottignies
    Ottignies
    Belgium
    February 15, 2019
    Belgium premiere
  • Centre Culturel Waterloo
    Waterloo
    Belgium
    February 23, 2019
  • Espace Magh
    Brussels
    Belgium
    February 28, 2019
  • Espace Magh
    Brussels
    Belgium
    March 1, 2019
Distribution Information
  • Dunia Dance Theatre
    Country: Belgium
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Antoine Panier

After fifteen years as a ballet and contemporary dancer, Antoine Panier redirected his professional activity to new technologies and visual communications, including web development, graphics and video. He then carried out projects in various fields (corporate videos, films and trailers for dance and theatre, motion design ...) and took part in the development of the Theatrez-moi! platform for which he makes many video trailers. Through his training and experience in dance, Antoine has developed an original approach to dance in film. This innovative camera work is based on the relationship between the lens and the choreography or the film maker and the dancer.

Through his training and experience in dance, Antoine develops a new approach cinema/dance which results in an original work. This particular camera work is based on the relationship between the lens and the choreography or the movements. The artists, in front of (dancers) and behind the camera (cameraman), listen to each other; they move and breathe together; there is synchronisation. The image is often intrusive and intimate, leaving no room for modesty of emotions.

In 2010 Antoine meets choreographer Harold George for whom he creates video material and visuals to be part of George's work. Making Men is their first work as co-creators.

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