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 Best Canadian Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival, citing its "formal beauty and poetic cinematic construction".[1]

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

The film featured dancers José Navas and Chi Long, with Navas also serving as choreographer.[2]

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.[3]

See also

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  • Ora, a 2011 collaboration by Baylaucq and Navas

References

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  1. ^ Mary Ellen Armstrong, "Toronto International Film Festival: That’s a wrap". Playback, September 23, 1996.
  2. ^ "Lodela". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  3. ^ 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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