Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Duration: 8'
The girls in long dresses and high heels, with a corsage the same color as their dress; the boys wearing dark suits and freshly-shined shoes: in a garden full of tables laden with drinks and sparkling glasses, it seems like the typical end-of-the-year prom marking the end of the school year and bringing together young people and their parents in an atmosphere of shared festivity. But underneath that surface of apparent normality is lurking the seed of a true tribal rite, bloody and devastating. “This particular film was developed from a poem I wrote one night after witnessing the aftermath of a high school formal. At first it was kind of magical. The girls and boys were resplendent in their eveningwear. They held hands and seemed to be almost dancing down the footpath, but as the procession went on, things became more sinister. To me these teenagers, dressed so elegantly and behaving so bestially, symbolised a conflict, present within us all… and so I made a film about it”.
Biography
film director
Andrew Kavanagh
Andrew Kavanagh (Australia) enrolled at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne in 2008 and in later years dedicated himself to film directing, making various shorts, including Detlev’s Infidelity (2009) and Concubine (2009). In the competition reserved to short films, his short At the Formal received the award for best emerging Australian director at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
Civilized Soup (cm, 2008), This Is Not My Film (cm, 2008), Dear Umbilical Cord (cm, 2008), Detlev’s Infidelity (cm, 2009), Concubine (cm, 2009), At the Formal (cm, 2010), Men of the Earth (cm, 2011).
Cast
& Credits
regia, scenografia, musica/director, production design, music
Andrew Kavanagh
fotografia/cinematography
Kai Smythe
costumi/costume design
Simone Curry
interpreti/cast
Pauline Streatfield, Anthony Littlechild, David Macrae
produttore/producer
Ramona Telecican
