“Expressive, somewhat haunting, mysterious and gracefully performed contemporary dance theatre in three acts, this seemingly simple, part improvised and part choreographed piece of experimenta, is moving and beautiful. It lingers on with you long after the final credits have disappeared.”
– Antonio Zeccola, Managing Director of Palace Cinemas and Palace Films, Shorts Jury member at the Melbourne International Film Festival
Necessary Games is a triptych of dance works created specifically for the screen. The Necessary Games films were produced when Restless, under the leadership of Ingrid Voorendt, worked with Sophie Hyde and Bryan Mason of Closer Productions. The films had their world premiere screening as part of the BigPond Adelaide Film Festival on 22nd February 2009. The Necessary Games films feature dancers from the Restless Youth Ensemble. All three films were directed by Sophie Hyde, in collaboration with three different choreographers who have all worked with Restless in the past. Collectively, the films explore our human need to connect.
Seed funding for the films was provided by the Big Pond Adelaide Film Festival with further support provided by the South Australian Film Corporation and the Dance Board of the Australia Council.
- Artistic Director
- Ingrid Voorendt
- Director
- Sophie Hyde
- Producers
- Sophie Hyde and Bryan Mason of Closer Productions and Restless Dance Theatre
- MOTHS Co-Director/Choreographer
- Paul Zivkovich
- SIXTEEN: Co-Director/Choreographer
- Kat Worth
- NECESSITY: Co-Director/Choreographer
- Tuula Roppola
- Cinematography and Editing
- Bryan Mason
- Production Design
- Gaelle Mellis
- Composition
- DJ TR!P
- Sound Design
- Nick O’Connor
FESTIVALS
BigPond Adelaide Film Festival 2009
Melbourne International Film Festival 2009
Vladivostok International Film Festival “Pacific Meridian” 2009
Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2009
Abilities Arts Festival, Toronto 2009
WOW (World of Women) Film Festival, Sydney 2009
ReelDance International Dance on Screen Festival 2010
XIII Brooklyn International Film Festival 2010
Cinedans Moving Media Festival, Amsterdam 2010
Bosifest International Film Festival For and About People with Disabilities, Serbia 2012
Picture this… Film Festival, Calgary 2011
AWARDS
Best Experimental Short Film – Melbourne International Film Festival 2009
Best Short Film – South Australian Screen Awards 2009
Best Non-Narrative Film – South Australian Screen Awards 2009
Best Editing – South Australian Screen Awards 2009
Best Production Design – South Australian Screen Awards 2009
Best Experimental – Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) Awards 2009
Best Work (Sixteen) – ReelDance Australia & New Zealand Awards 2010
Best Experimental – XIII Brooklyn International Film Festival 2010
Best Performance under 30 mins – Picture this…film festival 2011
Grand Prix – Bosifest International Film Festival For and About People with Disabilities 2012