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Daniel Chein

In Four Movements

Doc. expérimental | mov | couleur | 30:0 | USA | 2022

As a dancer from an immigrant family, Ça?da? often feels more of a performer around them than on the stage. When he decides to contact his estranged father in Turkey, the boundary between real and performed begin to blur as his story is woven into the production of a new piece by internationally renowned Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. How much does the absence of his father and the traumatic silence that has filled the void contribute to why he feels like an outsider in the only place he’s ever called home? IN FOUR MOVEMENTS weaves dance and documentary through an intimate journey of self-discovery as Ça?da? faces his past, his performance, and his desire for belonging.

Daniel Chein is an independent filmmaker whose work explores transculturalism and expressions of identity in the performative. His last short About a Home premiered at the 2021 Slamdance Film Festival and is distributed by Argo. He has received support from Ford Foundation, Sundance Institute, Field of Vision, ITVS, Princess Grace Foundation, among others, and his films have screened at dozens of festivals. He is a Sundance Fellow and was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2023. Daniel is based between Berlin, California, and Taipei.