Private Project

Virgins

Three Italian prostitutes are caught in a daily routine. Their only escape is through dance.

  • Camiel Zwart
    Director
  • Andrea Baker
    Choreography
  • Maria Concetta Borgese
    Choreography
  • Fiorenza d'Alessandro
    Choreography
  • Andrea Baker
    Key Cast
  • Maria Concetta Borgese
    Key Cast
  • Fiorenza d'Alessandro
    Key Cast
  • Gemma Carducci
    Key Cast
  • Alessandra Caruso
    Key Cast
  • Chiara Cingolani
    Key Cast
  • Cristiano Marcelli
    Key Cast
  • Camiel Zwart
    Editing
  • Martijn de Man
    Music
  • Canova22
    Production Company
  • Blackframe
    Production Company
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 18, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Hilltop Film Festival of Diversity and Inclusion

    United States
  • Cinedans 2020

    Netherlands
  • International Choreographic Festival of Blois - Dance

    France
  • Zinetika Festival
  • Human environment care festival

    Canada
  • Dance on screen Graz

    Austria
  • MICMX - Muestra Itinerante De Cine Mx

    Mexico
    December 20, 2020
    Best experimental film
  • LIFFT INDIA FILMOTSAV - World Cine Fest LIFFT INDIA FILMOTSAV

    India
  • InShadow 2020

    Portugal
Distribution Information
  • Cinedans 2020
Director Biography - Camiel Zwart

Camiel Zwart (1980) graduated at the directing program at the Dutch Film Academy in 2006. At his own production company Blackframe he has since then directed several award-winning short documentaries (Together Alone, On Our Own) as well as longer documentaries like Past Perfect Tense, Terror, source of fear and The Debt Machine. In addition to his documentary work Camiel has always had a passion for dance films. He has directed and produced several short dance films, with multi award-winning Platform 13 being the latest one. For Camiel cinema and dance are made to fit and enhance each other. He believes that the best way to make an intriguing story for the big screen, is through movement rather than words. This is how film can distinguish its self from literature. Using choreography in film is the way to combine movement and cinema and bring them to their maximum potential. Alongside his work as a director and producer Camiel teaches at Cinedance education. In this roll he teaches workshops in dance film across the Netherlands at several (dance) academies.

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Director Statement

Camiel Zwart been working as a film director for more than 14 years, ever since he graduated from the Dutch Film Academy in 2006. Camiel made his first dance film together with the National Ballet and has always been very interested in modern dance. He loves the way dance tells a story through movement, knowing that movement and film have been connected ever since the Lumière brothers invented the film camera. The first film the brothers made was a shot of a moving train arriving at a station, and soon after they filmed Loie Fuller’s serpentine dance. He is a strong believer of the fact that film exists with the grace of motion. Without it, it could just as well be a picture. In dance, movement also is the key element of telling a story. When these two art forms are brought together they create a very powerful combination of storytelling. Camiel directed many dance films, all well received on the festival circuit. One of them, Platform 13, was selected for more than 70 festivals worldwide and won 12 awards. Schooled in the documentary tradition, he always address social issues. His last two films were about segregation in the Dutch school system and young people in debt. He always aim at sparking a debate or initiating social change in the subjects he addresses. His documentaries have been shown at festivals such as IDFA, TIFF and Prix Europa. Besides directing I also run my own production company Blackframe and I work as a dance film workshop instructor for Cinedans.