Through the supermarket in five easy pieces

The screenplay won the competition for a dance film production 2016. Often dance in films jump out as a separate section but I wanted to challenge the old narrative- choreography dichotomy and was inspired by the contemporary dance icons like Pina Bausch. The film has since its release in end of March 2017 been invited to both narrative orientated and dance orientated film festivals and won several first prizes. I was also invited as an object of research to the International Meeting on Video- dance at Universidad Polytechnic de Valencia.

In this dance film a family tries to manage through the weekly grocery shopping without disintegrating. The moment they enter the supermarket the children go off in separate directions and the parents face the ovewhelming load of merchandise under the time pressure of a closing store. Will they be able to gather the supplies for existence and still come out of the store with all the children? The story is also a metaphor to the five classical elements earth, air, fire, water and aether, of how they strive into different directions but still keep together as one.

Info

Short dance film 9 min. “Through the supermarket in five easy pieces”
Directing, Dramaturg: Joakimsdottir-Hutri
Choreographers: Maria Saivosalmi & Andrius Katinas
Performers: Jenni-Elina von Bagh & Andrius Katinas
Producer: Petteri Lehtinen / Valve King oy
Financed by: YLE, the Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK and Loikka: 50 000 euro.

Invitations to festivals and awards:

Palm Springs ShortFest, USA – 20.-26.6.2017
HollyShorts Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA – 10.-19.8.2017
Festival Internacional VideoDanzaBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 21.-27.8.2017
12th Annual Broad Humor Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA – 30.8.-3.9.2017
Calgary International Film Festival, Canada – 20.9.-1.10.2017
International Meeting on Video-dance and Video-performance, Valencia, Spain – 21.-23.9.2017
Nordisk Panorama, Malmö, Sweden – 21.-26.9.2017
Lisbon International Film Festival, Portugal (Online festival) – 22.9.2017
Bali International Film Festival, Indonesia – 24.-30.9.2017
Lady Filmmakers Festival, Beverly Hills, USA – 29.9.-1.10.2017
FEEDBACK Female Film Festival, Toronto, Canada – Autumn 2017
Short Sounds Film Festival, Bournemouth, UK – 12.-15.10.2017
Show Me Shorts Film Festival, 20 cities around New Zealand – 28.10.2017–24.1.2018
Leeds International Film Festival, UK – 1.-16.11.2017
St. Louis International Film Festival, USA – 2.-12.11.2017
Dance Film Festival Bestia Danzantes, Santiago, Chile – 3.-5.11.2017
FIVER International Screendance Movement, Spain – 2.-7.1.2018
Athens Video Dance Project, Greece – 19.-21.1.2018
Brussels Independent Film Festival, Belgium – 11.-18.2.2018
World of Women Film Fair Middle East, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 6.-8.3.2018
Tampere Film Festival, Finland – 7.-11.3.2018
Toronto FEEDBACK Film Festival – Best of FEMALE Festival lineup, Canada – 19.3.2018
Stories We Dance 2018 Festival, Genova, Italy – 29.6.2018
Finno-Ugric Festival, Tsiistre, Estonia – 4.-7.7.2018
Special film evening for Finland in Tehran, Iran – 5.9.2018
Bucharest Dance Film Festival, Romania – 6.-9.9.2018
Choreoscope – International Dance Film Festival Barcelona, Spain – 9.-14.10.2018
San Francisco Dance Film Festival, USA – 11.-14.10.2018
Bestias Danzantes Dance Film Festival on Tour, Chile – Autumn 2018
Short films by Finnish Female Filmmakers, Stockholm, Sweden – 20.10.2018
InShadow – Lisbon ScreenDance Festival, Portugal – 15.11.-15.12.2018
Nordic Film Days Tour around Eastern Europe – 2018/2019 – Monikansallinen
Dumbo Film Festival – 6.1.2019 – Yhdysvallat
Tampere Film Festival – 6.3.2019 – Suomi
Short Waves Festival – 19.3.2019 – Puola
Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance, Brisbane – 31.3.2019 – Australia
Festival de Finos Filmes – 22.5.2019 – Brasilia
Screening at Scandinavian House in Prague – June 2019 – Tshekin tasavalta
Flow Re:Mix International Dance Festival – 7.7.2019 – Puola
Oulu Music Video Festival – 22.8.2019 – Suomi
All Lights India International Film Festival – 1.12.2019 – Intia
Wicklow ScreenDance Laboratory – 2.12.2019 – Irlanti
Screening at Conservatorio G.P. da Palestrina in Cagliari – 15.12.2019 – Italia
Short Waves Festival Presents ”Best of Dances of Camera” – 13.1.2020 – Puola – Screening
Special Screening at International Performing Arts Festival in the Atacama Desert – 5.10.2020 – Chile – Online Programme
Reykjavík International Film Festival – 30.9.2021 – Islanti – Golden Egg Competition
Bestias Danzantes Dance Film Festival – 16.7.2021 – Chile – Special Screening
Dance On Screen FilmFestival Graz – 1.11.2021 – Itävalta – Official Selection

AWARDS

Leeds International Film Festival, UK – 2.-16.11.2017
International Screendance Award

The Women’s International Film & Television Showcase (TheWIFTS)
Best Short Award (Through the Supermarket In Five Easy Pieces) at TheWIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards for 2017

Stories We Dance 2018 Festival, Genova, Italy – 29.6.2018
Audience Award

InShadow – Lisbon ScreenDance Festival, Portugal – 15.11.-15.12.2018
Audience Award

Film on Vimeo (password: annamariafilms)
Narratives of physicality in ”Through the supermarket in five easy pieces” (pdf)

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