Amata Studio was founded in 2015 (1395 SH) in Iran. Amata’s experiences encompass the history, traditions, and native culture of Iran, as well as common global issues among all nations. Amata’s intellectual framework draws inspiration from the experiences of Robert Wilson and Jerzy Grotowski. The studio engages in various fields, including theater, film, visual theater, photography, video art, and installations. The role of visual arts, especially painting, is evident in the works of Amata Studio, emphasizing the significance of the image and referring to a shared visual memory among all people around the world.

Art Directors: Navid Memar – Mehdi Hosseinzadeh

COVID-19 (18:59 min)
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was one of the active Italian artists during 1593 till 1610. His paintings, which were a combination of realistic observation of human state both physical and mental, had a formative influence on Baroque painting. The subjects of his paintings were Christian ones. There is a deep and metaphoric relation between philosophy of Caravaggio paintings (The incredulity of saint Thomas and The sacrifice of Isaac ) and phases of Coronavirus disease. Caravaggio hurts for our recuperation.

In order to show us the whole picture of the world, he both-
ers us. Caravaggio could still have a prophetic figure for our Contemporary world.

Anders Tolergård is a multidisciplinary artist with a versatile career as an actor, director, and
 visual artist. He actively seeks to balance his work across these various art forms, constantly
 exploring new creative avenues. His artworks are project-based and he uses different techniques depending on the project. Due to his background in theatre, his works often carry a narrative and the idea of a spectator is present. Anders received his training at the Theatre Academy at Luleå University and in Fine Arts at HDK/Valand in Gothenburg.

Presence, a Future Past (05:14 min)
is about the relationship between man and nature, between absence and presence and humanity’s transience. By placing images of people in a real environment, Anders Tolergård creates a film where the person is, in a way, no longer present–as a visualization of something that has already happened, while we, the spectators, see it happen. A number of tableaus are shown one after the other and we are left alone trying to decipher the story. No movement, no words. Just the sound of the forest. A stream that flows, birds that chirp and the earth that sings.

www.kapatbolag.se

tarinainanika is a theatre company specialised in the theatrical art of Corporeal Mime. Directors Kentaro Suyama and Tania Coke trained in London with Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum and were long-time members of Wasson and Soum’s acclaimed ensemble “Theatre de l’Ange Fou”. In 2010 they moved to Japan where they set up their company tarinainanika and the Corporeal Mime School of Performing Arts. From their studio in Osaka they create original works based on the expressive power of the body which they present across Japan and internationally.

Katsuyuki Miyabe is an independent film-maker based in Tokyo. Past film works include the award-winning short film “duet.” (also featuring Kentaro Suyama and Tania Coke), and “Jinen” a documentary about Japanese mountain asceticism. He previously worked as a planetarium director for fifteen years during which time he produced many films on the theme of mythology, constellations and the universe.

Tokyo Fugue – The Movie (15:36 min)
“You are on a train. You are searching for someone. You fall asleep. In your dream you are on a train. You are searching for someone… “

Tokyo Fugue – The Movie is a short film adaptation of tarinainanika’s acclaimed stage production. The film is set in the maze-like train system of Tokyo. The scenes unfold like the variations of a fugue, conjuring up the dizzying experience of life in a modern metropolis. Poetic, comical, and unsettling, this is cinema that speaks to the soul.

www.tarinainanika.com

Lucas Carlsson professional actor, dancer and choreographer educated at Stockholm academy of dramatic arts in Sweden. With a dance technical background in the genres of Streetdance I often like to combine methods from acting, improvisation and narrative storytelling with dance, movement and choreography. The physical body is usually where my inspiration starts, whether the work is text-based theatre, character work, singing, dance or composition. When not on stage I often explore movement methods on film, and during recent years I have made myself known abroad for directing and producing award winning dance films such as Microbis and Släpp.

The cosmic drama (03:16 min)
is an exploration of dance and movement in weightlessness.
What happens when your feet leave the ground? Does it become a dance or a Cosmic drama?

www.maxlucascarlsson.com

Over the past 15 years Iraqi Bodies has created highly visual performances with a distinctive style that lies at the intersection of movement, gesture and voice. The poetics of awareness is an absolute given in their continued search for a radical scenic language. The company is based in Gothenburg and led by artistic directors Anmar Taha & Josephine Gray.

pity, a film poem (23:35 min)
is an ode to image-making. The medium of film has always been present in the oeuvre of Iraqi Bodies. Never on stage, but as an art form existing alongside the live performances. Alternative universes of the multitude of scenes that are generated in any creative act.

www.iraqibodies.com