In This Life
Grief is unavoidable and universal; a painfully physical experience in which language is often inadequate and where words are often unable to convey loss or to comfort it. In five acts, this film illustrates the stages of grief, exploring the language of loss through dance, narrative scenes, and performance art, conveying the complexity of grief in the often wordless way it impacts all our lives.
After every major loss, we must grieve for the person we used to be, for the future we thought we'd have. The journey to accept this new version of ourselves is often fraught with rage and pain as we shed our old skin to make way for the new. This film is about that journey.
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Directed by
Bat-Sheva Guez
Written by
Bat-Sheva Guez & Robbie Fairchild
Starring
Robbie Fairchild
Choreographers
James Alsop, Warren Craft, Robbie Fairchild, Andrea Miller, Christopher Wheeldon
Cinematography
Giacomo Belletti
Production Design
Karen Weber
Performers
Kathleen Laituri, Heather Lang, Rico Lebron, Martha Nichols, Michael Rosen, Ahmad Simmons, Ryan Steele, Abby Stephensen, Cassandra Surianello, Julien Valme
*** Find us on instagram, youtube and facebook via #InThisLifeFilm
Additional Festivals/Screenings:
Newport Beach Film Festival
Art of Brooklyn Film Fest
Lighthouse International Film Festival
Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
Bolton International Film Festival
ADF Movies by Movers
Exit-6 Film Festival
On Art, Poland
Elba International Film Festival
InShadow Screendance Film Festival, Lisbon
Reel Affirmations Film Festival, Washington DC
Santa Monica College
Watch on ALL ARTS.org
So I’m a day late...but it’s been a crazy busy two days of filming my first dance film #inthislifefilm An exploration of the language of loss. Beyond grateful to be collaborating with these amazing artists! ❤️❤️❤️batshevaguez giacomobelletti dremills_gallim wheeldony jamesals0p #warrencraft michaelhsurosen heatherblee rysteele ahmadsimmons nichols14 julienvalme kathleen_laituri cassysurianello eslyn9 ricolebron jortface dottavio77 #dreamer #filmmaker #danceonfilm #dance #storytelling #producer
#inthislifefilm WON BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM brooklynfilmfestival!!! 🌈🌈🌈🌈
Congratulations batshevaguez and robbiefairchild 🤸♂️ So honored to share a part of this beautiful work!!!
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So moved by robbiefairchild ‘s performance today. This actor can seriously bring it. #InThisLifeFilm day 3/5 #directing #onset #filmmaking #ITLfilm
We are going to Lincoln Center!! Such a milestone to screen something that I directed at the Walter Reade Theater. (But I will play it cool - NBD) #InThisLifeFilm is one of the highlight short films at the Dance on Camera Festival. .
Catch us July 12th at 8:45 pm. Oh, and I did I mention we have a trailer? Here it is. .
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Starring robbiefairchild who wrote it with me. Choreography by jamesals0p Warren Craft, wheeldony gallimdanceco and Robbie Fairchild
Cast includes heatherblee, kathleen_laituri michaelhsurosen, ahmadsimmons cassysurianello abigailemstephenson, nichols14, ricolebron ryesteele julienvalme
Score by babyt33th
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WHOOPINGTON!
IN THIS LIFE will screen at Lighthouse Film Festival 🌟😎 congratulations Bat-Sheva Guez, Robbie Fairchild and, Jeanette Bonner AdventurePantsFilm #FFacceptances #inthislifefilm #filmmaking #filmfestivals #filmmakers
Huge congrats to batshevaguez (from episode 11) Her film #inthislifefilm won Best Experimental Film at the brooklynfilmfestival! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Spent my Labor Day directing a dance film in the ocean. Here are our dancers heatherblee and michaelhsurosen resting on the dock before our last setup. Choreography by dremills_gallim #InThisLifeFilm day 2/5. Masks by jortface .
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Our screening of In This Life is tonight! 7:30 pm at the Broad Stage on 11th street in Santa Monica. Tickets are free! I'm happy to be here and was so relieved to see a gorgeous rain this morning and no fires. Big thanks to smcedu for hosting us. Right now, robbiefairchild is off teaching a master class with Griz while I catch up on work. If you can make it to the screening, I would love to share this film with you! .
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Still from Act 1 -Denial of #inthislifefilm with #butoh choreographer warren_craft #fivestagesofgrief #languageofloss #lightsubjectmatter #fishhooked photo by dottaviophoto link for tickets to our premiere in Lincoln Center in my bio. July 12th
I can't travel, but my work is traveling for me. IN THIS LIFE, is going to Poland! Catch us at the On Art Poland film festival, the largest open air festival in Europe. The film screens tomorrow 7/15 at 9pm in this gorgeous plaza at the Royal Castle in Warsaw (2nd photo). It was originally built in 1619 and reconstructed after WWII. Can you imagine what that screening must feel like? Will be dreamy.
Thanks to our producer, kellyspoolhall for finding that pic and to festivalformula for finding the festival for us. Film stars robbiefairchild who wrote it with me. Directed by yours truly. Dancers in this pic are Michael Hsu Rosen and Heather Lang. Choreography in this shot by andreamiller_gallim and photo by dottavio77
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Big THANK YOU to flickers.riiff and panavisionofficial for awarding my film #BehindTheWallFilm best cinematography and giving us the camera grant that helped make #inThisLifeFilm possible! How great to work with giacomobelletti again. He’s a true artist! And such a sweet camera and lenses from Panavision! .
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Big Thank You to the brooklynfilmfestival for our two screenings of my short dance film, #inthislifefilm ! We had a fabulous time and really enjoyed sharing it with cast, crew and friends. These pics are from our second screening last night. One audience member told me that our film made her cry. (The film is an exploration of grief) #danceoncamera #dancefilm #5stagesofgrief #ITLmovie
#inthislifefilm premier last night! Huge thanks to robbiefairchild and batshevaguez for including me in this incredible project 😊 I was blown away by the finished product! 🎥 #Dance #danceonfilm
This week! My short film IN THIS LIFE plays at the kashishfilmfest.
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Starring robbiefairchild who wrote it with me. Produced by us with kellyspoolhall. Cinematography by Giacomo Belletti #dance #grief #danceoncamera #inthislifemovie
I was so honored to see how many people showed up for our screening at #LincolnCenter on Friday night. We filled the entire theater! People attended from so many different parts of my life, it made me smile for hours to discover them after the show. Afterwards, robbiefairchild said to me, "that was a very special night." And it was.
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Thursday. Watching playback so we could do jamesals0p choreography justice ❤️ #inthislifefilm rysteele ahmadsimmons cassysurianello kathleen_laituri julienvalme eslyn9 batshevaguez
My beautiful dancers watching playback during our shoot yesterday. #InThisLifeFilm choreography by jamesals0p .
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I wanted to make my dance film In This Life because I wanted people to feel less alone in their grief. We don’t speak enough about grief and it can be incredibly isolating. So while it won’t take away your pain, I hope in watching my process of grief you feel less alone in yours. Thank you to all of you who watched and shared your comments. They really touched me. You can watch the whole film including the last movement on allartstv Thank you to all of my incredible collaborators and friends who helped make this ❤️ #inthislifefilm
Playing with #texture for the #dancefilm series I’m directing #InThisLifeFilm starring robbiefairchild Love merging all my favorite art forms into one!! Production design by kwyoyo and assisted by sunnie_kim . This was the day we played with fabric options before building the actual projection screen. .
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#projection #grief #videoart #danceoncamera #inprocess #experimenting #InThisLifeMovie
