Animation Day in Cannes

A film by
Pascal Le Boeuf (2004 Winner in Music) | music
JeanCarlo Ramirez (2012 Winner in Cinematic Arts) | producer, director
Kate Vrijmoet (1984 Winner in Visual Arts) | painting
Featuring Katy Short (2013 Winner in Dance) | improvised movement

How can we embrace our true selves amid an ocean of false social constructs and unconscious biases? Borrowing from Vrijmoet’s “Non-Ordinary Reality” painting series and Le Boeuf's compositions for prepared piano, “Variations on Breathing” leads the viewer from the deep sleep of unknowing through a physical and moral struggle to free the self. Metaphors for transformation are explored through the lens of Ramirez's immersive maximalist cinematography, improvised movement, the shedding of aqueous skin, and the transition from full immersion in water to surfacing for air.

Produced by the National YoungArts Foundation

Additional credits:

Edited by Wally Aime, JeanCarlo and Connor Milligan

Recorded at Brooklyn Recording
Mixed and Masted by Dave Darlington at Bass Hit Studios, NYC. 
© & ℗ 2016 by Le Boeuf Brothers Music (ASCAP)

*Consulting*
Art of Make-up, Portland Oregon
Karie McKinney, Professional make-up artist

*Models*
Chloe Vrijmoet
Xyta Vrijmoet
Laura Hardcastle Conrad
John Buckingham Russ Riddell

*Intern*
Sara Sherman

Special Thanks to
Lauren Winston
Christian Ferris
Ramirez Family
G-Star School of the Arts
Gregory Hauptner