“Don’t dismiss it as another rags-to-riches white saviour narrative.
The film offers a compelling character study that speaks to access and opportunity”
BEYOND MOVING
When a young Siphe November leaves his small township in South Africa to follow his dreams at Canada’s National Ballet School, he begins a remarkable journey that reveals deeply personal pulses of family, prejudice, expectation, loss, and resilience that beat beneath the surface of a beautiful and demanding art form.
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“Beyond Moving is a heartbreaking tale of the things we sacrifice for art”
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“Dasgupta has accomplished something hard to capture on screen. He’s made a film capturing the joy of dancing.”
TEAM
VIKRAM DASGUPTA
DIRECTOR
Born in New Delhi, India into a family of artists, musicians, dancers and scientists and yet Vikram’s biggest influence was his grandmother and her stories. A gold medalist in Fine Arts from Kolkata University, Vikram made a short docudrama ‘InSANITY’ that got him into the Advanced Film & Television program at Sheridan, Canada. His short narrative, the multi award winning ‘Calcutta Taxi’ (Clermont Ferrand, Aspen Shortfest, Rhode Island Int FF) funded by Bravofact! and National Film Board of Canada, was in the races for the Academy Awards in 2014 after winning the Oscar Qualifier at the Aspen ShortFest 2013 and was screened at over 50+ festivals worldwide. Vik’s commercial for the Pan American games TO2015 titled ‘Are you ready’ was nominated for the Cannes Lions 2015 in the Film category. In 2017 he worked as the Art Director on James Cameron’s documentary ‘Search for Atlantis’ produced by the National Geographic channel. Vikram is currently working on his second documentary feature, ‘Dog-Ma’ - A deeply personal story about his own mother feeding 500+ stray dogs on the streets of Delhi.
JOHN DALRYMPLE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
FRANCESCA CIMOLAI EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
PAUL CADEUX CO PRODUCER
PENAGIOTIS IGLEZOS STORY EDITOR
JEFFREY MAHER CINEMATOGRAPHER
CHRISTOPHER LEWS CINEMATOGRAPHER
DIEGO GUIJARRO ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
DALAL BRUCHMANN MUSIC COMPOSER
“A beautiful, uplifting and inspiring joie de vivre in the world of dance that goes to the heart of sacrifice, love and hope.”
