Slamdance Film Festival: Sweet 16 (Promo)

The Slamdance Film Festival is an American independent film festival held in Utah every year since 1995, at the same time as the famous Sundance Film Festival. Slamdance’s organisers believe that Sundance’s success has marred its role as a representative of true independent cinema, leaving a void that Slamdance has been able to fill, a fact that is wholeheartedly recognised by the industry.
This year the festival celebrates it 16th anniversary, and boolab has created the titles and promo piece for this new edition. The Ebeling Group, the American production house that is now representing us exclusively in several countries, including the US, since 2009, enlisted us to develop this piece. Directed and scripted by Nico Casavecchia, the piece, entitled Sweet 16, uses metaphor to evoke the essence of the festival’s birthday. At sixteen, on the edge of maturity, Slamdance needs to reaffirm its role as the spirit of American independent cinema.
The metaphor is expressed in the transition from childhood to adolescence of a girl who dances herself into a trance, from which she emerges entirely transformed, revealing her true potential. As commissioned, this is a highly cinematographic piece that combines film with stop-motion and visual effects.
A boolab / The Ebeling Group production
Director: Nico Casavecchia
Executive Producers (boolab): Lucas Elliot, Coke Ferreiro
Executive Producer (TEG): Dexton Deboree
Assistant Producer: Maria Soler Chopo
Creative Supervision: Lucas Elliot
Director of Photography: Eloi Sánchez
Actresses: Carlota Urdiales (teen), Jessica Alonso (adult)
Puppets and mask: Lula Cartoons
Dance Monitor: Iris Heitzinger
Talent Agency: Laura Costa
Technical Supervision: Joan Janer
Postproduction: boolab
Music: Alex Candela, Geronimo Balado
Sound Design: Alex Candela
Studio: www.hangar.org