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
Martha Nichols, Heather Lang, Michael Rosen, Ryan Steel, Ahmad Simmons, Julien Valme, Rico Lebron, Cassandra Surianello, Kathleen Laituri, Abby Stephensen
*** Find us on instagram, youtube and facebook via #InThisLifeFilm
Baby’s first film premiere! What an honor it was to play even a tiny part in the production team of #InThisLifeFilm by the brilliant batshevaguez and robbiefairchild. There is nothing like the feeling of seeing your name in the credits on a big screen for the first time, especially at Lincoln Center’s Dance on Camera Festival - only made sweeter by having gayrott there to gawk with when we saw our names. Lucky does not even begin to explain how I feel right now. Life is a dream. filmlinc dancefilms adventurepantsfilms
On location Production office. Not too shabby!! 😎🎬#producerlife #inthislifefilm #upsince4am #flamingo
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
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. . . . dancefilms #ITLfilm #movie #dance #WalterReadeTheater
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! . . #danceoncamera #primo #camera #cinematography #arrialexa #ITLfilm
Hey look! My film #inthislifefilm won Best Experimental Film at the brooklynfilmfestival! Big thanks to the fest for putting on a great event and to my wonderful cast and crew for making the film so good. Look guys, we won a thing!! (Prizes include $200 and a gear rental from Lentini) #directing #5stagesofgrief #dancefilm #womeninfilm #inThisLifeMovie
Dear MA friends! My short film is screening in Providence at the (Oscar-qualifying ooh!) Rhode Island Int'l Film Festival. You're invited! We go on at 6pm. If you're around, it would be lovely to see you! flickers.riiff #inthislifemovie #stagesofgrief #genre-bending #awardwinning #film
Apparently the New York Times thinks you should see my movie tonight!! I'm so honored to be mentioned. 💖 Catch IN THIS LIFE at 8:45 pm at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center. Tickers in my bio. . . #inthislifemovie #grief #dance #performanceart #movies nytimes
#Repost robbiefairchild Bargaining Act lll In This Life Directed by batshevaguez Choreography by andreamiller_gallim Photo by dottaviophoto Score by babyt33th #fivestagesofgrief NYC Premiere July 12th 8:45 pm Walter Reade Theater Ticket link in bio. . . . #dance #ocean #GallimDance #inthislifemovie
Loved this shot! . #directing #onset #art #church #Repost kathleen_laituri ・・・ Had so much fun dancing on the church pews yesterday for a new dance film coming SOON. What a bomb TEAM making this all happen. 🤘🏼batshevaguez giacomobelletti robbiefairchild jamesals0p #inthislifefilm #inthislifemovie
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. . . #projection #grief #videoart #danceoncamera #inprocess #experimenting #InThisLifeMovie
Huge congrats to batshevaguez (from episode 11) Her film #inthislifefilm won Best Experimental Film at the brooklynfilmfestival! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #directing #5stagesofgrief #dancefilm #womeninfilm #inThisLifeMovie #WomeninFilm #filmmaker #filmmaking #nsldpodcast #filmmakingpodcast
Hey! What are you doing tonight? The nytimes thinks you should come see our film. Nbd. 😮😮So proud of this beautiful work of art!! Come join us if you can. Tix still avail @ filmlinc.org!! 🌟 . . . #jkitskindaabigdeal #werepremieringatLincolnCenter #omgomgomg #producerpride #ladyproducers #badassladybosses #indiefilm #indieproducers #cantstopus #inthislifefilm #danceoncamera #dancefilm
IT’S OFFICIAL! I’M COMING BACK TO LINCOLN CENTER! *********** In This Life Premieres at Dance on Film Festival Lincoln Center Walter Reade Theater July 12th 8:45pm $15 tickets *********** #inthislifefilm
Up close and personal. Day 2 is a wrap. #inthislifefilm #dreamer #dancer #actor #filmmaker #producer #lotsofhats #danceonfilm batshevaguez giacomobelletti wearerivka
Sometimes, the perfect crew just comes together. Other times, you get to call the shots and hire the perfect team. 🌟 Always a joy to work with the inimitable catriona_rubenis_stevens 💜 (and kinda sorta dress the same.) . . #film #womeninfilm #indiefilm #indieproducer #inthislifefilm #lincolncenter #premiere #frocks #crinklyskirts
So grateful to all who helped us make this film! To flickers.riiff for the award! Happy. Very happy. ❤️ #inthislifefilm
Bargaining Act lll #inthislifefilm Choreography by andreamiller_gallim Photo by dottaviophoto #fivestagesofgrief NYC Premiere July 12th 8:45 pm Walter Reade Theater Ticket link in bio.
my sunshine 🌞sunnie_kim art assisting me this week as I production design for #inthislifefilm directed by batshevaguez starring robbiefairchild 🎥👯✨#productiondesign #shortfilm #dancefilm #weberproductiondesign
Thanks dancemagazine for the exclusive look of #inthislifefilm Click my link in bio to see footage from the film and to hear a bit about the process and why my director batshevaguez and I wanted to make it.