A film by Ivan Gergolet
Maria Fux is a 90 years old Argentinian dancer. In her studio in the heart of Buenos Aires she is still dancing, teaching and conserving the elegance and the energy of a young performer. She accepts all kinds of people in her classes forming integrated groups of dancers. She gives everybody the possibility to develop their own way of expressing themselves and gets out the talent from dancers of all ages and conditions. After a period of training with her, a lot of them spring out, as if something new is waking up. They take part in one of the most ancient human struggles: the battle of human beings against their limits. Maria Fux is not an exception. She is pushing her old body to the limits, but there's an unknown force coming from inside, that drives her students to a concrete change and makes her still dancing.
This film wants to tell about the power of that force.
EUROPEAN FILM AWARD
DOCUMENTARY NOMINATION 2015
“Dancing With Maria is the emotional incursion of a filmmaker in an engaging and poetic world, where word, movement, music and bodies draw the very essence of cinema in its most profound meaning” F. Di Pace, International Deleguate Venice Critics' Week
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Year: 2014
Production Countries: Italy, Argentina, Slovenia
Runtime: 75 min.
Original Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English, Italian, French
CREW
Director: Ivan Gergolet
Cinematography: Ivan Gergolet, David Rubio
Editing: Natalie Cristiani
Music: Luca Ciut
Sound: Havir Gergolet, Francesco Morosini
Producer: Igor Prinčič (Transmedia)
Co-producers: David Rubio (Imaginada Films), Miha Černec (Staragara)
AWARDS AND SCREENINGS
Venice International Film Festival, International Critics' Week – Civitas Vitae Award,
FSF – Slovenian Film Festival
Zagreb Film Festiva
Cairo International Film Festival, International Critics' Week
Goteborg Film Festival, Mar del Plata International Film Festival
Guadalajara International Film Festival
Ljubljana Documentary Film Festival
Vera Film Festival
Vilnius “Kino Pavasaris” Film Festival
Sofia International Film Festival
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
Docs Against Gravity – Young Jury Award
Malaga International Film Festival
Tirana International Film Festival – Special Mention in Feature Category
Docs Barcelona
Make Dox – Young Onion Award
Festival de Medellin
EDOC
Fest – New Director New Films, Best Documentary
Zanzibar International Film Festival
Oulu Music and Video Film Festival
Scottish Mental Health and Arts Film Festival
FES-MAP – Arts and Mental Health Festival of the Pyrenées
MiradasDoc
Free Zone Human Rights Film Festival
Muestra de Cine Latino Americano de Cinebaix
DIRECTOR
Ivan Gergolet
Ivan Gergolet was born in Italy in 1977 and graduated in cinema in the the Bologna University. Since 2001 he wrote and directed awarded short films, documentaries, industrial videos and worked as assistant director and production assistant in several projects.
