Shifting
Anna Nykyri
“Shifting” is a short documentary dance film of three women, whose number one goal in life has been to work as a professional dancer in New York. Due to an injury, lack of resources and competitiveness of the field, their dreams are shifting into others. Yet, dance is still present in their life, because it would not let them go.
Production Year
2019
Duration
00:15:15
Type
Tags
dance (performing arts),
documentarism,
dreams (aspirations),
experimental films,
New York City,
short films
Original Title
Shifting
English Title
Shifting
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Anna Nykyri (Author), Aitor Mendilibar (Cinematographer), Petri Kuljuntausta (Composer), Anna Nykyri (Director), Jaakko Peltokangas (Editor), Maria Haipus (Editor), Satu Majava / Oktober Oy (Producer), Joonas Berghäll / Oktober Oy (Producer), Anna Nykyri (Script), Jukka Nurmela (Sound Design), Willa Carroll (Actor), Isabella M. Kazanecki (Actor), Oona Touissant (Actor), Suomen kulttuuri-instituutti New York (Funder), Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Funder), AVEK (Funder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), Alfred Kordelinin säätiö (Funder)
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Anna Nykyri (b.1981) is a visual artist and documentary film director (MFA, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts & MA Choreography, Trinity Laban) who works with moving image in the fields of visual arts, documentary film & contemporary dance. Nykyri uses film and found footage to create documentary films and cinematic video installations.