Dance Film Festival 2009

Choreography comes to the fore in these very different dance films.

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Flashdance Flashdance
Flashdance and Thursdays Fictions
Flashdance (Country: US; Year: 1983; Director: Adrian Lyne; Writer: Thomas Hedley Jr., Joe Eszterhas; Stars: Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson, Kyle T. Heffner, Lee Ving)
A steelworker spends her nights as an exotic dancer, saving up to go to ballet school.
Metropolis Video Dance (Country: Chile; Year: 2007; Director: Carlos Dittborn Callejas)
A specially choreographed set of perspectives on the essence of life.
Thursdays Fictions (Country: Australia; Year: 2006; Director: Richard James Allen) , Official Site
In a world where everyone lives for only one day each, Thursday tries to break the rules.
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