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UMBA (Fabien Coupez. France.) 14:41 min.
A beautiful girl suffers from a hit and run on the streets of Brooklyn. Her lifeless body is brought to a morgue where she wakes up among the dead dregs of society: junkies, prostitutes, homeless and gangsters. First perceived as a threat, these freaks will prove to be full of humanity allowing the girl to finally find her peace. Year of production: 2014
Director: Fabien Coupez
Choreography: Katherine Helen Fisher
Performers: Ramona Kelley, Alison Clancy, Jonathan Eden, Eric Hoisington, Steven Ezra Marshall, Sarah Nachbauer, Shakira Stewart
Photography: Derek McKane
Editing: Adam Bazadona
Music by: Ark
Production: Fabien Coupez & Paradoxal ( Gaetan Rousseau, Carole Jarrin)
It has participated in the Festivals:
* New MediaWave / Hungry / April 2014
* Brooklyn Music Video Festival / Brooklyn, NY USA / April 2014
* Agite y Sirva (Pour & Shake) · Screendance Touring Festival 2014
* Guadalajara, Mexico · 15-21/06 · Encuentro Nacional de Danza / August 2014
* Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (Pifan) / South Korea / July 2014
* Festival International Cortometraje ESMI / Bella Vista Buenos Aires, Argentina / September 2014
* Burbank International Film Festival, Los Angeles, September 2014
* NeMaf Seoul New Media Film Festival, Seoul, Aout 2014
* Open Air Filmfest, Weiterstadt, Germany Aout 2014
* 7th Siguientescena Festival in Queretaro, Mexico, Aout 2014
* 6th Jumping Frames International Dance Video Festival / Hong Kong , China. / 11-17 Septembre 2014
* New Orleans Film Festival / New Orleans, USA / October 2014
* Zompire – Undead Film Festival / Portland / USA / October 2014
* Busan International Video Festival 2014 / Seoul / South Korea / December 2014
* Taiwan National Museum of Fine Arts (Taichung, Taiwan) from April to June in 2015 in a solo room
Awards: Special Prize @ Festival International Cortometraje ESMI / Bella Vista Buenos Aires, Argentina
FABIEN COUPEZ
French Director, Producer and Writer. Fabien lives in Brooklyn, has a heart in Paris and draws inspiration from Greek Mythology to Nietzsche and especially from Music. He has been in production as a Flame artist and VFX supervisor for over fourteen years. Umba is his first film.
COMING SOON: INTERVIEW TO FABIEN COUPEZ SPEAKING ABOUT HIS CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
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