RITO DE PASSAGEM                                                     Brazil | 2014 | videodance | 11 min 


​In a mysteriously abandoned house, a body dances its memories...

Rite of Passage is a sensory exploration of the act of becoming, of transformation and the search for one’s identity.  An experimental film featuring improvised Butoh dance and re-contextualized archival footage, it invites us to embark on a visceral and reflective journey about our relationship with memory and heritage. 

What binds us to the past? What are our own private rites of passage? How can the body express the sometimes violent nature of change? 


​awards & festivals

Awards
Best Direction at the 2014 Caeté International Film Festival (FICCA), Brazil.
Winner at the 2014 Videomovimiento Inter'l Videodance Competition.

Nominations
Women in Film and Television Showcase Awards (USA & worldwide), 2015
Best Performance - 6th Singapore Short Film Awards (Singapore),  2015
Best Sound - 6th Singapore Short Film Awards (Singapore), 2015
Best Experimental Film - 6th Singapore Short Film Awards (Singapore), 2015
Best Experimental Film - Film Miami Fest (USA)

Official Selection
Selected in 44 international festivals in 24 countries since its launch in July 2014 ...

The team


Directed and performed by:
Juliette Yu-Ming

Cinematography:
Guido Marcondes
Rafael Biondi

Costume:
Alice Luz
Asumi Hiramoto

Editing (image & music):
Juliette Yu-Ming

Second Editor:
Antonio Gil Leal

Original Score:
Daniel Rebel
Diego Duarte
Victor Astorga

Sound Design:
Juliette Yu-Ming
Alexandre Brasil

Sound Editing:
Alexandre Brasil
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Mixing (5.1 & 2.0):
Alexandre Jardim 
CTAV


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Production of Sound Finalizing:
Maria Byington
Artesanato Digital Produções

After Effects and Color Correction:
Eric Paiva
Tomás Breves

Supervision of AE and Color Correction:
Gabriel Durán

Additional Music:
Aakaash Israni
“When”

One Man Nation, Bambu Wukir, Iman Zimbot
“The Future Sounds of Folk: Future Movement 4”

Archive Footage:
Prelinger Archive

Poster Design:
Miguel Bandeira

DVD Design:
Maca Martinez

Crew members share about their own rites of passage (em português):

In order of appearance:
Rafael Biondi (DP)
Tomás Breves (After Effects)
Guido Marcondes (DP)
Maria Byington (Sound Finalizing Production)
Daniel Rebel (Composer & musician)
Gabriel Durán (After Effects supervision)
Diego Duarte (Composer & musician)
Asumi Hiramoto (Costume designer)
Alexandre Brasil (Sound editor)
Alice Luz (Costume designer)
Eric Paiva (Color Correction)



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Stills


​Festival images



Review
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"El cuerpo como frontera pero a la vez como canal, como pasaje, el cuerpo-sujeto atravesado por sus circunstancias vitales, filosóficas, políticas. 
Pero también el cuerpo como extensión de una idea fracasada y violentamente arrasada por las sucesivas catástrofes de la historia moderna. Con "Rito de Passagem" de la creadora y bailarina Juliette Yu-ming el cuerpo es usado, mediante la técnica expresiva de la danza Butoh, nacida luego de uno de los pasajes mas terribles de la historia -- las catástrofes de Hiroshima y Nagasaki, y es explorado, sentido para finalmente convertirse en vehículo de ese rito arquetípico de paso liminar, pero asimismo, es una enorme invitación a la reflexión sobre nuestro tiempo y en todo caso, trayendo a Walter Benjamin en esta corta reflexión, puedo afirmar que "Rito de Passagem" retorna a un punto en el que la obra de arte recupera una instancia Aurica ya que resulta un testimonio de la historia, a la vez que en si misma es un rito." 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
Nicolas Fazio, artista
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