SOMA

SOMA is an experimental film that uses movement and dance as its primary medium for story-telling. A contemporary myth on the genesis of the human body, the piece unfolds in two parallel dimensions: an infinite black hole where entities exist outside linear space and time; and a labyrinthine house where an uncanny gathering is taking place. As the free-associative, dreamlike narrative unfolds, different characters go through visceral experiences of pleasure, enchantment, pain and death.

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Supported by East London Dance, ECHO, Abderrahim Crickmay Charitable Settlement, ACE.

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Director: Arturo Bandinelli

Concept: Arturo Bandinelli, Ana Beatriz Meireles, Esme Benjamin, Klaudia Wittmann

Producer: Arturo Bandinelli, Klaudia Wittmann

Choreography: KWAM Collective

Movement Director: Ana Beatriz Meireles

Director of Photography: Dimitris Lambridis

Original Score: Andrea Boccadoro

Main Cast: Ace Hoffman, Alex Kamienski, Esme Benjamin, Klaudia Wittmann, Stefano A. Addae

Editor: Arturo Bandinelli

Assistant Director: Tom Patrick Coley

Production Manager: Benedetta Scuto

Costume Designer: Emilia Anne Smith

Art Director: Kris Limpert

Make Up Artist: Soraya Phipps

Styling and Characterisation: Alex Kamienski

Sound Recordist: John Nick Phillips

Gaffer: Tom Nowell

First Assistant Camera: Nacho Guzman

Second Assistant Camera and Loader: Vimiti Lebrere

Additional Camera Assistant: Barbara Van Schaik

Spark: William Allan

Production Assistant: Fillipo Ginestroni

Colourist: Manthos G. Sardis

Visual Effects: Arturo Bandinelli

Sound Design: Jakov Munižaba

Supervising Sound Editor: Jakov Munižaba

Re-recording Mixer: Nikola Medić Foley

Editor: Ivan Uzelac

Foley Artist: Aleksa Prljević

Soprano: Gabriella Opacka-Boccadoro

Music Mixer: Andrea Bergesio

Backstage Photography: Fillipo Ginestroni

Backstage Videography: Thomas Ingram

Intern: Caitlin Anderson

Graphic and Title Designer: Beatrice Bonini

Additional Cast: Alberto Cossu, Ana Beatriz Meireles, Benedetta Scuto, Bismark Anobah, Carolina Bandinelli, Celina Liesegang, Riccardo Tarocco, Tom Patrick Coley