STILL NIA

hybrid documentary / feature film (work in progress)
title Still Nia
running time 90 min
genre Documentary (hybrid)
type Portrait, Illness, Human Interest, Contemporary Dance
languages Romanian, French, English

director Paula Onet
with the participation of the choreographer Gabriela Gomez and Lucile Guin

produced by Ada Solomon (MicroFilm - Romania)
co-produced by Cédric Bonin (Seppia Film - France)

in development
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Stefania, nicknamed Nia in her childhood, emerges from a 15-year-long traumatic amnesia. She confronts the overwhelming memories of her childhood spent in Romanian hospitals due to a misdiagnosis. At 33 years old, she finds herself on the brink of an identity and existential crisis and undertakes an inner exploration through various bodily practices (contemporary dance, sensitive movement) and by taking refuge in her own imagination, mixing her childhood dreams with invented memories. On the border of reality and fiction, the film accompanies her in this path to resilience, of making peace with her own past, her own body and thus, her own present.
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