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UNBOUND

original title: UNBOUND

2024, 92 min., color, English

abuse LGBTQ

CATEGORY : LGBTQ
DOCUMENTARY CATEGORIES : Art / Music / Literature / Culture, Social / Society / Human
COUNTRY: Spain
PRODUCTION : BUDGET : 160 000 euro

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

CAST

Lisa-Maria Vervoort, Stanka Pincekova, Chase Johnsey, Reo Morikawa

CREW

Director s : Screenplay : John English
Cinematographer : Tom Garner
Producers : Sara Gibbings, John English, Tom Garner
Poster

COMMENTS

FESTIVALS: Reframe Film Festival 2025, Borderlines Film Festival 2025, FIPADOC 2025, Central Scotland Doc Fest 2024, DocsBarcelona 2024 (World / National Premiere)

SYNOPSIS

A story of resistance, recovery & groundbreaking dance.

Discrimination, body shaming & violence. This is ballet in 2024. But a group of defiant dancers, survivors of industry abuse, want to form a radical, diverse company that opens its doors to others who have also suffered abuse, and give these talented, traumatised survivors a chance to fight back, on stage.

They find a run down studio, and Chase Johnsey, a gender fluid dance insurgent, to direct them. But, they have no money, no reputation, and Chase has never directed before. The dancers are brave, but young and deeply fragile. They must confront their traumas and find belief, if they are ever to take the stage again. It is a journey of pain, hope, and above all resistance -to fight for justice, change lives, and create groundbreaking, liberated ballet- one choreographed step at a time.