Denmark produces many international dance stars and everything depends on having the perfect partner to reach the top. But in a small country it is not always easy to find the right one. Russian Egor (15) goes to Denmark to dance with Mie (14) and pursue his dream.
At their first international tournament they rank really poorly and at home problems are piling up. Egor is having a hard time adjusting to a different life in Denmark. Suddenly, things change completely on the dance floor, and Mie and Egor win the Danish Championship and are selected to represent Denmark at the European Championship. They are on their way to the top.
DANCE FOR ME follows Egor on his journey filled with great expectations, loneliness, cultural challenges and a constant requirement to perform. It is a film about a vulnerable young male dancer that has left everything behind for a new life in a totally strange family and culture. With sensitivity and insight, director Katrine Philp unravels the story in a poetic and aesthetic way.
DANCE FOR ME is a documentary film about two young and deeply passionate dancers, where the ambition of success overshadows everything else.
Original title (Danish): Dans for mig
Director: Katrine Philp
Producer: Lise Saxtrup
Cinematographers: Sophia Olsson, Niels Thastum & Sturla Brandt Grøvlen
Editor: Signe Rebekka Kaufmann
Sound design: Sille Just Boel
Film composer: Uno Helmersson
With support of The Danish Film Institute and Danish Broadcast Corporation. Developed with support of DOK.Incubator.
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Festival distribution: Danish Film Institute
BIOGRAPHY
Katrine Philip is an Emmy-nominated director who graduated as a documentary film director from The National Film School of Denmark in 2009. She has a Bachelors degree in Film Production Design from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Her first documentary film, ‘Book of Miri’, was awarded the President’s Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, was nominated at IDFA and won the European Young CIVIS Media Prize in Germany.
In 2014, Katrine won the Audience Award at the American Documentary Film Festival for her debut feature length documentary ‘Dance For Me’ which was also selected for POV on PBS in 2015 and nominated for an Emmy Award in the category ‘Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming’ in 2015.
Her latest film, ‘Home Sweet Home’, was competing in the Kids & Docs competition at IDFA and won a Danish Academy Award (Robert Prize) in 2016.
Her films have been screened and awarded on various festivals around the world.