The film was presented at Festival VideoDanse, Centre Georges Pompidou, in January 2000. Presentations in Portugal at Cinemas King, Teatro do Campo Alegre, Centro de Artes Performativas, Algarve. In 2002 it was broadcast by Muzzik.

"March 31 st , April 1 st , 3 rd and 4 th , I film for several hours. I watch without interruption, sometimes I feel the rhythm of desires that keeps people moving. The movements and emotions on stage offer various levels of reading. Nothing exists before a small gesture that triggers off a long action and involves other participants, nothing steers the audience's attention through a pre-established path. Our gaze is subjected to a process of instant decision making when facing the events on stage."

Direction and editing: Pedro Duarte
Camera: João Ribeiro
Assistant director: António Câmara Manuel
Post-production: Pedro Antunes
Production: Danças na Cidade

"It is the interpreters that guide us and through them and their roles in the piece we discover the universe of Camacho. Through interviews held during the rehearsals, this documentary unveils the creation of atmospheres... perspectives and expectations... doubts and certainties... relations and interactions... fragilities and mutations... the choreographer and the group. Hence, the necessity of recording not only the rehearsals, but also the moments before and after. Tension and release. Abandon and giving. Pauses and silences. Togetherness and fun."

Pedro Duarte

THE ENCOUNTER
a documentary film by Luciana Fina

Direction: Luciana Fina
Editing: Marcelo Felix, Luciana Fina
Sound: Luciana Fina
Executive production: Catarina Saraiva, Hugo Quinta
Production: DANÇAS NA CIDADE / LAF
Co-production: A Dois - RTP (Portuguese Radio Television)
Support: Ministry of Culture - Instituto das Artes, European Commission - Culture 2000 Program

Do you know what I see from the window of my house?
Bags of charcoal! Many bags of charcoal. Lots and lots, really...
(Sérgio, dancer from Maputo)

Lisbon, 7th International Encounter Dançar o que é nosso - a month of practical 'laboratories' and seminars about interculturalism and the performing arts, organised by Danças na Cidade, and led by anthropologist André Lepecki and invited choreographers and dance teachers.   Fifty-four artists bring their culture, bodies and movements from Indonesia, Burkina Faso, Portugal, Mozambique, South Africa, Great Britain, Brazil, Belgium...

Through performance practices, they question the crystallisation of cultures and the dead-end of non-communication. They try to incorporate different movement experiences. I accompany them, interrogate myself, film and look for images that are theirs.