LeVioloncellePress Kit ANew South Wales Film & Television Office Young Filmmakers Fund Film Conceived & Directed by:Adam Sèbire Produced by:Fiorenza Zito Kiki de Montparnasse:Jade Alexander Dancer/Choreographer: NelsonReguera Perez Music of Erik Satie performed by: Nadia Piave with the SBS Youth Orchestra Duration: 400”(HDTV/Video/DVD @ 25fps) 410” (35mm print @ 24 fps with Dolby SR) Genre: Experimental Completion Date:15 February 2004 Short Synopsis Beyond the frame of Man Rays most famous photograph we venture into the half-waking/half-dreaming world of the artists studio, where Kiki de Montparnasse comes to life amidst a mélange of poetry, music, sensual and surreal shapes. Long Synopsis We track in and then around what appears to be Man Rays classic surrealist image featuring his muse Kiki.Beautiful shapes and silhouettes - including an ancient Greek gymnopédiste - dance serenely in the background.For just a moment before metamorphosis, ourvioloncellecomes to life to sing us a poem set to Saties hauntingGymnopédie No.1. “Le Violoncelle”is a single-shot micro-voyage into the creative milieux of Man Ray, Erik Satie & Kiki de Montparnasse, and from the beginnings of photographic manipulation to the present era of digital duplicity. Festivals & Distribution Le Violoncellereceived its Australian première at the Art Gallery of NSW, 31 March – 4 April 2004, screening with works by Pabst and Polanski in the Man Ray surrealist exhibition.Subsequent screenings include:-2004: Montréal Festival des Films du Monde (Canada), Recontres Internationales du Cinéma des Antipodes (St.Tropez, France), Thai Short Film Festival (Bangkok), Australian Embassy (Paris).