THALA · 2002
Thala means rhythm in Malayalam, the language of Kerala in southern India.
Led by the dancer Kalamandalam Jayaprakash Narayanan, (Prakash), we are introduced to a rhythmic universe that embraces natural as well as stylised and everyday rhythms.
“THALA” reveals an awareness of rhythm that ultimately leads to a striving for and respect of a greater universal harmony.
25 min.
Director, script, camera: Kim Dambæk
Editing: Mikael K. Ebbesen
Sonic treatment: Troels Bech
Producer: Kim Dambæk
Production: NORDLYS and Danish Film Institute, Filmworkshop 2002
Produced with funding from: Filmworkshop / Foreningen af Danske Sceneinstruktører /
Danske Filminstruktører / Politiken Fonden
Festival: Art Film Fest Trencianske Teplice, Slovakia 2002
“Kim Dambæk´s ever attentive camera captures fascinating glimpses of daily life and has the Kathakali dancer, Prakash, explain philosophically about the rhythms of the dance as a universal means of communication and a way of achieving harmony with cosmos – whereby ”Thala” becomes a rare exotic and spiritual experience.”
Ebbe Iversen, Berlingske Tidende ★★★★
PASSAGES · 2000
Tiny pearls of comic and dramatic intrigue are constantly taking place around us, should we care to look. In a series of kaleidoscopic scenes, the rhythmic drama of life unfolds at Copenhagen Airport.
7 min.
Director, script: Kim Dambæk
Cinematography: Erik Norsker
Editor: Anne Hovad Fischer, Søren Ottosen, Thomas Thercilsen
Score: Troels Bech Jessen
Producer: Kim Dambæk
Production: DFI Film Workshop & Nordlys production 2000
Festivals: Filmvideo, Montecatini, Italy 2001, Mediaverkstedet Bergen, Norway 2002
CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS Workshop (FUGLENES FLUGT) · 2019
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