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Photo by Matt Nettheim

Photo by Matt Nettheim

Photo by Matt Nettheim

Necessary Games Films

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.

Presentations: 

  • 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

Creative Team:
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!PSound Design Nick O’Connor
Sound Design Nick O’Connor
Photographer Andy Rasheed & Matt Netheim

“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

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