ALMATY INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
Dear tree, please don't spill on our grave.
Overview
'Dear tree, please don't spill on our grave.' tells a short story about the history of humankind. In an attempt to make sense of it all, the film origins from a somewhat dry research to 'how did we get here?' and 'what is that 'here' anyway?'. Of course this lead to nothing but more questions. So here is a clunky film about adventurous Anna, who lives in a toilet, and who accidentally throws herself a surprise party.
Watch trailer
Director Biography — Jonne Covers
Jonne Covers is a choreographer, contemporary dance teacher and film maker from the Netherlands, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. She is educated within the performing arts field, she has a bachelor in Dance in Education from ArtEZ (NL) and a master in Contemporary Performative Arts from Högskolan för Scen och Musik (SE).
In her work, Jonne specializes in bringing art forms together. She has been collaborating with many musicians, composers, writers and actors. In 2016 she fell in love with the medium of film when she created her first dance film 'Amuse', in collaboration with director Ivo van Aart. In the spring of 2021 her second dance film 'Dear tree, please don't spill on our grave.' started it's festival tour with a premiere at Cinedans FEST (NL). Jonne currently has her focus on developing her next film 'Six Fat Men'.
Credits
- Director
- Jonne Covers
- Writer
- Jonne Covers
- Photography
- Floris Verweij
- Sound recording
- Luc van Baaren
- Sound design
- Sam Huisman
- Foley artist
- Suzan van Eck
- Music
- Thomas Jaspers
- Music
- Jort Terwijn
- Colorist
- Luuk van Stegeren
- Producer
- Jonne Covers
- Key Cast
- Anna Fransen
- Key Cast
- Laurens van de Linde
- Dancers
- Julia Heider
- Dancers
- Jurgen Hierck
- Dancers
- Daan Jaartsveld
- Dancers
- Alkis Barbas
- Dancers
- Tijmen Teunissen
- Dancers
- Nienke Morren
- Dancers
- Fernanda Silva
- Dancers
- Hellen Boyko
- Dancers
- Noa Simons
- Dancers
- Merel Franx
- Dancers
- Aida Guirro Salinas
- Dancers
- Kim Tuerlings
Specifications
- Project type
- Experimental, Short, Other
- Runtime
- 15 minutes 4 seconds
- Completion date
- January 30, 2021
- Production budget
- 500 EUR
- Country of origin
- Sweden
- Countries of filming
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- Shooting format
- Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Film color
- Color
- First-time filmmaker
- No
- Student project
- No
- Digital Cinema Package
- Unavailable
Awards & Festivals
Cinedans FEST'21
Amsterdam
Netherlands
March 26, 2021
World Premiere
Official Selection, International Competition
ScreenDance Festival
Stockholm
Sweden
April 30, 2021
Official Selection
Stockholm Independent Film Festival
Stockholm
Sweden
Winner 'Best Arthouse Film'
FuoriFormato - Stories We Dance: Intenational Competition
Genova
Italy
July 2, 2021
Official Selection
FuoriFormato - Stories We Dance: Intenational Competition
Genova
Italy
July 2, 2021
Winner 'Best Film'
Not So Happy Film Festival
Västra Ämervik
Sweden
July 3, 2021
Official Selection
DIAMETRALE Film Festival
Innsbrück
Austria
July 17, 2021
Official Selection
Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema
Boulder (CO)
United States
American Premiere
Official Selection