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Synopsis

Natalie, a young dancer finds herself stuck in New York after the cancellation of her first participation in a ballroom dance competition during the lock down. Her female dancing idol and hero, Ana, offers to accommodate her for as long as time Natalie needs. Both dancers realise that due to quarantine issues, it is impossible to rehearse with their male partners. Natalie thinks clever and guided by her love for dancing, proposes to Ana to make practice and rehearsals together.

During a rehearsal under the online supervision of Marco, Ana’s dancing partner, he secretly reveals to Natalie that he wishes to break his contract with Ana and collaborate with her instead. While sharing a bottle of wine, Ana confesses that she had overheard Marco’s offer and she reveal her real feelings and life reflections.

Natalie grabs the opportunity and proposes something rather unexpected. . .

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Team

 
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GLEN MITKU

PRODUCER - CINEMATOGRAPHER

Glen Mitku is a film director, screenwriter, and producer.

In 2014 Glen worked as a cinematographer on many  short films, documentaries, and the hit comedy tv series "The Four of Us" (2017). In 2019, Glen solely produced, wrote, directed, and edited the award-winning thriller "Alone". In the following months, he was approached to produce and edit the critically acclaimed award-winning short drama "Nadia Jaan" (2020).

He has also worked as a producer on the feature-length documentary "Feel Memory" (2020) alongside award-winning painter and filmmaker Viviane Silvera. 

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SHEILA HAYA

LINE PRODUCER - SCREEN WRITER

Born and raised in New York, from parents that immigrated from Afghanistan, Sheila Haya developed her love for both narrative and documentary filmmaking while in her studies and began working on various projects over the last few years. Sheila has also completed her first short film that she wrote and produced, “Nadia Jaan,” a coming of age film about an Afghan American girl navigating her sexuality in a culture where it is taboo which she won awards for including “best narrative drama short.” She was associate producer for the feature length documentary, “Accept the Call” and has written and produced "The Pulse Within Us" set to release in summer of 2021.

In addition, Ms. Haya is CEO and founder of Six Lions Entertainment LLC, a media house where it is her desire to tell stories that are impactful and socially relevant, as well as build a community where artists support artists. She is making her directorial debut for a feature length documentary about an underground Tunisian artist collective and their fight for democracy.

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MARIA MICHAEL

FILM DIRECTOR - WRITER

Maria Michael is a film director, screenwriter and actress.

Since 2015, Maria worked as an actress at several theatrical performances, movies and TV and web series. Maria produced, wrote and directed video art "Run Away" (2019) and short film "Reflections", which was screened at Iris Cinema (Athens, Greece, 2020).

In 2020, Maria worked as an assistant director on a short film "Blue Diamond" by Sheila Haya and also wrote and directed the short film "The Pulse Within Us" in New York City. In 2021, Maria directed a recorded theatrical performance called “Equal Rights”, on behalf of the National Radio of Greece – ERT.

Since 2021, Maria is a member of Greek Directors Guild which is member of European Federation F.E.R.A and International Federation M.E.I.

 
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PANAGIOTIS PEIKIDIS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Born in New York from Greek immigrants, Panagiotis has lived half his life in Greece and half in the U.S.. During his engineering degree in Computer Science he discovered and developed his passion for photography, filmmaking, and all things creative. He considers himself a person with an engineer's brain and an artist's heart. 


 

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