Lodela

Lodela is a 1996 dance film directed by Philippe Baylaucq, and produced in Montreal by the National Film Board of Canada. The film received eight awards, including Best Short Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and a Special Jury Citation for its "formal beauty and poetic cinematic construction" at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film featured dancers José Navas and Chi Long, with Navas also serving as choreographer.[1]

Lodela
Directed byPhilippe Baylaucq
Produced byIolande Cadrin-Rossignol
Written byPhilippe Baylaucq
StarringChi Long
José Navas
Music byEric Longsworth
CinematographyPhilippe Baylaucq
Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
Edited byRoch La Salle
Production
company
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
26 minutes
CountryCanada

Lodela draws its inspiration from the Bardo Thodol, with the film's title a corruption of "l'au-delà," a French term for the hereafter.[2]

See also

  • Ora, a 2011 collaboration by Baylaucq and Navas

References

  1. "Lodela". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  2. Judy Mitoma; Elizabeth Zimmer; Dale Ann Stieber, eds. (2003). Envisioning Dance on Film and Video. Routledge. p. 171. ISBN 0-415-94171-7. Retrieved 19 August 2010.


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