“They Dance With Their Heads”, 2021

Animation film (painting and drawing on paper), 8m 27s

The severed head of a choreographer is held captive by an eagle on a desert island. With a dazzling mastery of drawing and painting, this animated short unexpectedly takes us into the sensitive world of an artist madly in love with dance.

Director & Screenwriter : Thomas Corriveau
Actor : Marc Béland
The dancers : Audrée Juteau, Brice Noeser, Marie Mougeolle, Catherine Tardif, Liane Thériault, Antoine Turmine & Eduardo Ruiz Vergara
Direction of dancers : Thomas Corriveau & Marie Mougeolle
Drawing, painting : Thomas Corriveau, assisted by Hédy Gobaa & Leila Zelli
Sound design : Olivier Calvert
Musical conception : Guido del Fabbro
Additional music : “Dans ma tête” (“In My Head”), composed and performed by Philippe Brach (courtesy of La maison fauve)

Produced and distributed by Thomas Corriveau

This film was supported the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture, The National Film Board of Canada’s Filmmaker Assistance Program, Grupmuv & Hexagram-UQAM.

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AWARDS
Animaphix (Bagheria, Italy) : Special Mention – Animated Painting Competition
Choreoscope (Barcelona, Spain) : Award – Best International Short Dance Short Film
Gala Prends ça court! (Montréal, Canada) : Prix Voyelles films + Prix Travelling distribution
Gala Québec Cinéma (Montréal, Canada) : Finaliste du Prix Iris, Meilleur court métrage – animation
Festival Cinéma du monde (Sherbrooke, Canada) : Finaliste pour le prix du Meilleur court métrage de l’Estrie
Florida Animation Festival (Tallahassee, USA) : Honorable Mention
Festival Cuerpo Mediado (Rosario, Argentina) : Mention Especial, Traslaciones mediadas – Experimental
Lights Dance Festival (Seattle, USA) : Audience Choice winner

FILM FESTIVALS
2021
Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy, France (International Premiere)
Animaphix, Bagheria, Italy
DokuFest, Prizren, Kosovo
Imaginaria, Conversano, Italy
Sans Souci, Boulder, USA
Minikino Film Week 7, Indonesia
The Animattikon Project, Paphos, Cyprus
Choreoscope, Barcelona, Spain
Animasyros. Syros Island, Greece
Ajayu, Puno, Peru
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland
Festival du nouveau cinema, Montréal, Canada
Zinetica Festival, Spain
Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
Tbilisi International Animation Festival, Georgia
FICFA, Moncton, Canada
Festival de Videodanza de Palma, Mallorca, Spain
GIRAF International Festival of Independent Animation, Calgary, Canada
International Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey
Panamá Animation Festival, Panama

2022
Multiplié Dance Film, Trondheim, Norway
Dance on Camera, New York, USA
Animation Dingle, Ireland
Animfest, Athens, Greece
Bodyscope, Moscow, Russia
Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA
Regard, Chicoutimi, Canada
Mecal Pro, Barcelona, Spain
Festival cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke, Canada
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montréal, Canada
Moovy Tanzfilmfestival, Köln, Germany
ScreenDance festival, Stockholm, Sweden
Sommets du cinema d’animation, Montréal, Canada
Animatricks, Helsinki, Finland
Encore Dance on Film Festival, Decatur, USA
River Film Festival, Padua, Italy
Animafest, Zagreb, Croatia
Florida Animation Festival, Tallahassee, USA
ADF’s Movies By Movers, Durham, USA
Cinedans, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Diversions International Short Film Festival, Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia
Animaphix, Bagheria, Italia
Les Percéides, Percé, Canada
Long weekend du court, Trois-Rivières, Canada
ZED Festival Internazionale Videodanza, Bologna, Italy
Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, Canada
Screen Dance International, Detroit, USA
TANZAHOi International Festival, Hamburg, Germany
Imajitari International Dance Film Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia
Bolton International Film Festival, UK
Portland Dance Film Fest, USA
International Screendance Festival of Chile, Santiago, Chili
International Videodance Festival Cuerpo Mediado, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Festival Cine a la Calle FICICA, Baranquilla, Colombia
Lobo Fest, Brasilia, Brazil
Festival Internazionale di Videodanza, Cagliari, Italy
Cinedanza Festival, Modena, Italy
Arpa International Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA
Moving Body Festival, Varna, Bulgaria
ReAnimania, Yeravan, Armenia
World Of Film International Festival, Glasgow, UK
Dance On Screen FilmFestival, Graz, Austria
Lights Dance Festival, Seattle, USA
AniMate Film Festival, Sydney, Autralia
Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, USA
Dance Onscreen, Sudbury, Canada
Veçer Filmov, Boja, Slovenia
Festival international de Curtas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Shockfest: Theater of Mystery, USA

2023
Physical Cinema Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland
Thessaloniki Cinedance International, Greece
Performance Mix Festival, New York, USA
FuoriFormato, Genoa (Italy
Cinédanse Caraquet (Canada
Lago Film Fest, Italy
WildDogs Screendance Festival, Calgary, Canada