I am sure that there is a dark side to humanity, so there is a dark side to me. I am sure that to get moving makes more sense than to freeze. To be vulnerable instead of stepping back to be safe - but what can I do to be brave?
 How do I answer -today- in a way that makes sense? ...I Dance.

Director Statement

In reaction to the shocking world news earlier this year, that fell upon us like a dark shadow, we created this film. Even though we felt powerless and sad, at the same time, there was the urge to move. Not to hide, but to connect. Because even in times when you feel there are only dark shadows surrounding you, getting moving and staying connected is the most important thing. 

CHOREOGRAPHY

Movement and choreography are created by Feike Santbergen, for whom this video-performance is the first time he presents a work of dance.

CREATION

This creation was at heart a response to the outbreak of war in Ukraine. The film was created within a short amount of time, with improv as its main mode of creation. Both directors of film, Feike and Sanne worked closely on both the visual as the performance aspect of l'Ombre du Doute.

• Feike SantbergenDirectorThe Last Day Of Summer, To Music, The Long Reach of Shadow
• Sanne KortoomsDirectorTo Catch a Fly, The Blue Bus, Your Moral Courage
• Feike SantbergenA Film By The Last Day Of Summer, To Music, The Long Reach of Shadow
• Sanne KortoomsA Film By To Catch a Fly, The Blue Bus, Your Moral Courage
• Feike SantbergenProducer
• Sanne KortoomsProducer
• Feike SantbergenChoreography & Dance
• Erik VerweyMusic
• Camiel JansenMusic
• Sanne KortoomsCinematography

Director Biography -  Sanne Kortooms

SANNE KORTOOMS: Sanne is Dutch writer/director who works in Amsterdam. Since her graduation she made short films, including black comedy To Catch a Fly (for which she received 5 director of a short film awards). Sanne also directed documentary series like Diary of our Heroes for which she went to conflict zones in Mali and Somalia to follow the lives of Dutch soldiers abroad.