“Body in Time@GGPPP” X “Third Act”City Contemporary Dance CompanyJumping Frames International Dance Video Festival (JF)

1. Body in Time@GGPPP 【Asian Premiere】

With Post-screening Discussion:

Year of Production: 2018
Director: Cally Yu
Country / Region: HK
Duration: 24 mins
Languages: Cantonese
Subtitles: Chinese & English
Synopsis:

Body In Time is one of the chapter of “Unlock．Body Dance Vision”. The collaborative partners are local independent creator Cally Yu, and the team behind The Green and Green Ping Pong Project which was founded by Cally. A group of elderlies jointly develop and perform the dance piece Body In Time with Unlock’s artistic director Ong Yong Lock within half year. Through the lens of director, Cally Yu and videographers, Lee Wai-shing as well as Elysa Wendi, this documentary not only shows the whole research process but also reveals the aesthetics of elderlies bodies.

“Unlock Body · Dance Vision” is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region



2. Third Act

Year of Production: 2019
Director: Lotte Stoops & Mieke Struyve
Country / Region: BE
Duration: 79 mins
Languages: French/Dutch/English/Portuguese/ Japanese/Greek
Subtitles: Chinese & English
Synopsis:

Third Act is a film about ageing, about caring and being cared for, told from the perspective of aging actors and local senior citizens, performing with the internationally renowned dance-theater company Peeping Tom. Life is a stage, but what happens when the curtain is about to fall?

This documentary follows the culturally eclectic theatrical family on tour around the world with the trilogy Father, Mother and Child. The theme of this trilogy, ageing and family, touches everybody’s lives, including those of the actors themselves. In the film sublimated theatrical stories are woven together with sensitive personal contributions.

Main actor Leo celebrates his 80th birthday on tour with the company. Being active, being creative and surrounding himself with young people keeps him young. But while playing the role of Father – an old man abandoned in a nursing home by his son – Leo’s wife, in real life, is no longer able to take care of herself, and stays in a nursing home in Belgium. Will Leo have to choose between an active old age or looking after his wife and slowing down himself?

At each stop on the international tour, Peeping Tom works with local senior citizens as extras. These extras have been sought out beforehand and receive a crash-course in acting before they

step onto the stage, often for the first time in their lives. Their personal lives provide an insight into ageing in their countries and create a dialogue with what Peeping Tom presents on stage. How do they deal with their own ageing?

The theme of Third Act touches everybody’s lives and makes you think: how do you want do grow old? Who will take care of you, if necessary? What do you do in the third and last act of your life?

Cast: Alexandre Varga, Sam Johnson