Thrilled that my new short 'solo' has had such an encouraging start to its film festival journey ✨
It was screened at the Lowther Pavilion Lytham Saint-Annes on
3rd June and at the Northwood Film Festival, West Palm Springs 6th June where it was awarded Best Experimental Dance.
This is what Northwood Film Festival said about 'solo' “Suspenseful, introspective, thought-provoking.
Thank you Ysabelle."
Awards:
Best Choreography at World Film Festival in Cannes
Best Dance Short Film at Portugal Indie Film Festival
Best Sound Design at Rohip International Film Festival
Best Dance Film at Berlin Indie Film Festival
Best Director at Alternative Film Festival
Best Dance Film at Couch Film Festival
Best Dance Film, Short at Mannheim Arts and Film Festival
Best Dance Film (short) at Amsterdam New Cinema Film Festival
Huge thanks to my wonderful little team for bringing my
40 year old choreography a new lease of life:
Aleth Berenice for her fabulous dance performance
Sean Pett for his atmospheric and rich music
Alice Pennefather for adding sensitive cinematography to the mix with camera and edit.
Balcony On A Wednesday Night
'solo' is quite dramatic with a disturbing message.
As an antidote to this I made a dance vignette to music by Élisabeth Pion (composer of Spirit Of The Tree) inspired by her evocative, calming composition.
https://www.thedancersshortfilmfestival.com/
Submissions are being accepted for the second edition of The Dancers' Short Film Festival until 8 August 2026. Event is on 20 November 2026.
https://filmfreeway.com/TheDancersShortFilmFestival