Do Butterflies Remember Being Caterpillars?

Films.Dance

Montreal, Canada

A childlike man embraces a dance journey that leads him into various set-ups of adulting. Making the viewer wonder is he a child becoming a man or a man seeking to be a child again.

Director: CARAZ
Choreographer: Alessandro Giaquinto
Featuring: Luca "Lazylegz" Patuelli
Composer: HOLOGRAMME
Cinematographer: Derek Branscombe
Child: Clément Lafleur
Production: Martine aimait les films
Producer: Amelie Glenn
Executive Producers: Emile Lavoie, Mathieu Leduc, CARAZ, Amélie Glenn, Derek Branscombe
Camera Assistant: Sébastien Blais
Set Designer: Jeremy Sandor
Costume Designer: André-Jade Hélie
Make Up Artist: Tania Guarnaccia
Gaffer: Jaden Scholes
Grip: Vincent Plourde-Lavoie
Sound: Pierre-André Francoeur
Production assistants: Mathis Brunet, Lily Maheu
Caterer: Café Rhubarbe
Editor: Thomas Bellefleur
Colorist: Simon Boisx
Sound Designer: Francois Bélanger
Sound Designer: Théo Porcet
Sound Mix: Cult Nation
Graphic Designer: Hayley Lim
With the support of Montreal Grande, Cinépool, Colossale, Cult Nation
Special Thanks: Maude Beaupré

Films.Dance
Produced by Jacob Jonas The Company
Executive Producer/Creative Director: Jacob Jonas
Producers: Jill Wilson, Emma Rosenzweig-Bock
Associate Producers: Joy Isabella Brown, Francisco Cruz, Steve Hackman, Emily Kikta, Rubberlegz, Anibal
Sandoval, Mike Tyus, Peter Walker, Christian Stroble
Co-presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music, Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater, Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, and Stanford Live

Films.Dance engages more than 150 artists from 52 cities in 25 countries, culminating in 15 short films that have been shot during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new film will premiere every Monday.

Through non-traditional collaborations across cultures and continents, the series connects the perspectives of diverse artists from a range of disciplines, dance genres, abilities, and experiences. Filmed in locations ranging from Amsterdam, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, and London, to Los Angeles, New York, Nigeria, and Spain —Films.Dance exists at the intersection of dance, music, fashion, and film.

Produced by Jacob Jonas the Company, in partnership with Somewhere Magazine
Co-presented by the Harris, the Wallis, and the Soraya

FILMS.DANCE TEAM
Executive Producer & Creative Director:
Jacob Jonas

Producers:
Jill Wilson
Emma Rosenzweig-Bock
Mathieu Wothke

Associate Producers Dance:
Joy Isabella Brown
Francisco Cruz
Emily Kikta
Mike Tyus
Peter Walker
Rauf “Rubberlegz” Yasit

Associate Producers Music:
Steve Hackman
Anibal Sandoval