Necessary Games: Triptych

A dynamic collaboration between Restless Dance Theatre and screen media company Closer Productions, NECESSARY GAMES is a triptych of dance works made specifically for the screen. The young members of Restless ensemble, who predominantly have an intellectual disability, worked with the Closer Productions team to develop these polished films. With three different takes on intimacy and connection and three explorations of the games we play, NECESSARY GAMES delivers honest, idiosyncratic movement and documents compelling interactions. The triptych forms a complete work, or each film is available separately. Awards: Best Experimental Short Film at the Melbourne International Film Festival (2009), Best Short Film at the SA Screen Awards, Best Experimental Short Film at the 2009 Australian Teachers of Media Awards and most recently Best Work for Sixteen at the ReelDance International Dance on Screen Festival and Best Experimental Short Film at the Brooklyn International Film Festival. MOTHS: Two men collide in a dank night world, drenched with loss and heavy with hope. Who do you see in your dreams? SIXTEEN: A coming-of-age game about the joy, nervousness, desire and intimacy of the different kinds of connections a young woman will, did or might have in her life. NECESSITY: A game between two girls eternally bound together as they trace their lives onto the walls of their room and try to get below the surface.