¡ Baila Maria !, 2020
Short documentary/ essay film, 21'47, 1.66:1 (link available upon request)
Ibiza, Spain


Maria is eight years old and she grew up in Ibiza, an ambiguous and sacred insular territory. She is preparing a ballet for her familiy, which will be perfomed on a day after a full moon night. For 40 years no child has been born in S’Estanyol, a small and rural land located near Jesùs village, in the south east of the island.


Award:

Centre Pompidou Prize – Si Cinéma Festival


Screenings & Exhibitions:

2023
– Espace Colucci, as part of the 67th Salon de Montrouge
– Exhibition "Carmela", Ateliers de la Ville de Marseille

2022
– FIFIG (Île de Groix Island Film Festival), Short Film Competition, Cinéma des Familles, Groix
– Exhibition "Dress Code", as part of the Premiers Films Festival, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation, Arles
– Exhibition "Parade", Atelier Nabuzardan, Le Pré Saint-Gervais
– Exhibition "100%", La Villette, Paris
– Cinéma du Réel, 44th edition, Première Fenêtre section, Centre Pompidou
– Hors Pistes Festival, 17th edition – invited following the Centre Pompidou Prize awarded at the Si Cinéma Festival
– Si Cinéma Festival, Café des Images, Hérouville Saint-Clair
– FolFilmFestival, École des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

2021
– Premiers Films Festival, Nuit Blanche at the Maison des Arts, Malakoff