Dance Floor Murder
Nisansala, a clever but rigid-thinking young detective, is determined to solve a murder case on her own. When she learns her job is on the line, she is forced to share her theories aloud with a team she doesn’t feel part of.
Opening up to the other detectives and talking through the evidence, Nisansala begins to imagine herself on the dance floor where the crime was committed. The more she lets her colleagues in, the more her mind fills with colour and movement. Just as they reach a turning point in the investigation, a big dance number takes over Nisansala’s imagination, enabling her to uncover critical clues.
More than a classic murder detective story, the film experiments with magic realism using Nisansala’s mind space.
Unclassified 15+
Course: MFA FTV Narrative
Director Biography
Emily Quattrocchi is an emerging writer/director with a passion for exploring the use of movement and action to help further tell a story. Using dance within her graduate film Dance Floor Murder was the first time working with a movement practitioner in one of her films. Emily strongly values collaboration and communication in her filmmaking process.
As a filmmaker who is a wheelchair user, Emily also cares about improving accessibility within the film industry and hopes to help change this, by rolling over old mentalities of what a film set should be. Emily’s recent short film, Morning After was selected for five film festivals including St Kilda Film Festival and was nominated for Best Comedy at the Setting Sun Film Festival.