To learn more about Clare Schweitzer click here. She is also a co-host on Frameform, a podcast that discusses dance and film. She currently works as a Development/Production Associate with Dance Film SF (Formerly the San Francisco Dance Film Festival) and as a videographer/editor for Rapt Productions. Thematically, she is interested in exploring universal predicaments through intimate and often humorous frames.īased in the San Francisco Bay Area, Clare has performed with groups such as Kinetech, Garrett+Moulton and Sarah Berges Dance. She composes the choreography through the process of editing with a focus on rhythm and the generation of meaning through the juxtaposition of images. She uses the camera as a dancer in the work rather than a documenter and generate the on screen choreography through improvisational scores with other movers present. In 2014, Clare moved to London to begin her postgraduate studies as a part of EDge, the repertory company associated with the London Contemporary Dance School, and had the opportunity to tour with the company around the UK and internationally in countries such as Sweden, Switzerland, France, Portugal and Austria.Ĭlare is a practitioner and researcher of Screendance, an artistic practice that combines the languages of dance and film to create a work that is not possible in a live setting. in Dance and Mathematics cum laude with high honors. I’m delighted to be partnering with Rapt, whose filmmaking aspirations very much chime with my own, to finish the film and bring this story to a wide and diverse audience.Clare Schweitzer, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, received her early training in ballet, and continued her dance training at Mount Holyoke College, where she graduated in 2012 with a B.A.
Salvation Has No Name is my most ambitious work to date, the film aims to deliver a uniquely thrilling animated vision with timely themes.
Joseph’s work as a short film director – which includes 2011’s The Man who was Afraid of Falling and 2014’s Natural Disaster – accompanies a critically-acclaimed body of work spanning music videos, advertisements and, most recently, animated segments for Edgar Wright’s acclaimed documentary The Sparks Brothers. Production began at Bristol’s Aardman Animations before moving to Manchester’s Media City to ensure the safety of the shoot during the pandemic. Scheduled to wrap production in September, Salvation Has No Name initially received a development residency at the Open Workshop in Denmark in 2017, later securing support from the BFI, the Visegrad Animation Forum and the Czech Film Fund. When the refugee rejects her fate, the performers are forced to question the morality of their tale. Joseph Wallace and team (Image courtesy of Delaval Film)Ī troupe of circus performers come together to tell a cinematic folktale of a desperate refugee, a dishonourable priest and a contemptuous village. We’re thrilled to be working with Maisie and Lowri from Rapt on this film, our ethos and ethics are very closely aligned and I hope this is the start of a long partnership with many more bold and distinctive films to come.īoasting the talents of top-tier animators including Tim Allen ( Isle of Dogs) and Jody Meredith ( Fantastic Mr Fox, Early Man) and an all-female cast led by Itziar Ituño (Money Heist), the film is a fifteen minute cinematic folktale that explores themes of xenophobia and faith. We’re delighted to be on this journey with them. That and the topics that he brings to light through his characters was an easy pull to the project for us. There is no denying the distinctive style and taste of Joseph Wallace. We’re so excited to be working alongside Loran at Delaval Film, she’s a brilliant producer and as a new production company, the relationships we make early on are massively important. We would like to thank our colleagues at RAPT Therapeutics and scientific advisors for helpful suggestions and discussion. The pairing will see Williams and Roberts join the production as exec producers, with Loran Dunn of Delaval producing. Rapt, a production company “dedicated to telling stories in compelling and unprecedented ways” led by Maisie Williams and BAFTA Cymru winner Lowri Roberts, has this week announced its partnership with Delaval Film on stop-motion director Joseph Wallace‘s upcoming short film Salvation Has No Name.
Salvation Has No Name (Image courtesy of Delaval Film)