It Cries Too Loudly
Directed & Choreographed by Dolly Sfeir
Executive Producer Chad Austin
Cinematography and Editing by Pierre Marais
Starring Princess Grace Foundation Honoree Omar Roman de Jesus, Ian Spring, and Annalee Traylor
Devastated and powerless as she watched the 2020 Beirut explosion and its aftermath from afar, Lebanese American choreographer Dolly Sfeir set about creating a work to express her delicate state of mind. It Cries Too Loudly, is a dance film exploring the overlap between joy and tragedy in her tumultuous home country and the experience of being an emigre.
It Cries Too Loudly received its public premiere after Abingdon Theatre Company’s third annual Virtual Festival of Short Plays
Winner
Eastern European Film Festival - Best Cinematography, Best Short Film
Dance Camera West - Best Narrative or Experimental Short
FINALIST
Prague International Film Awards - Best Short Film
SHORT to the Point - Best Short Dance/Musical Film
honorable mention
London International Monthly Film Festival - Best Dance Film
Official Selection
Austin Dance Festival presents DANCE ON FILM
San Francisco Dance Film Festival
Portland Dance Film Fest
Wild Dogs International Screendance Festival
International Meeting on Video
DANCE@30FPS
Short Waves Festival
TAZAHOi International Festival for Dance
The Cabriolet Film Festival
Dance Camera Istanbul
F-O-R-M: Festival of Recorded Movement
Frame Rush
InShadow
DANCINEMA
RAKSA Ciné Paris