An Evening with Taglioni

2021 | 14min | 130 Elektra Films & Jess and Morgs Films & Arts Council England

directors & choreographers JESS & MORGS | writer JEFF JAMES | producer NONI COUELL, ANNA ELETTRA PIZZI DE GAETANO & GERRY MAGUIRE | director of photography MATTHIAS PILZ | sound designer NIKOLA MEDIC | composer FRANK MOON

Based on a true story. When legendary ballerina Marie Taglioni, the first woman to ever go 'en pointe' retired, her pointe shoes were bought by a fan, cooked at a lavish dinner party and served to 35 guests.

Festivals: WORLD PREMIERE at the Venice Biennale 2021 | BEST DANCE FILM at the New Renaissance Film Festival 2021 (Amsterdam) | BEST ENSEMBLE CAST & BEST ORIGINAL SCORE + Film of the Month at the Changing Face Int. FF 2021 | BEST ART & EXPERIMENTAL FILM at Sunderland Shorts 2022 | BEST NARRATIVE at the Messums Dance Film Festival 2023 | Suffolk Shorts Film Festival 2022 | Portland Dance Film Fest 2022 | Fifth Wall Fest 2022 | San Francisco Dance Film Festival 2022 | FINALIST at Messums Dance Film Festival 2023 "