Start-to-Finish

Rainbow

Written and directed by Dayna Hanson

Rainbow is the first feature film by Seattle artist Dayna Hanson. Rainbow is being commissioned by NWFF through the Start-to-Finish program, which funds the film, provides in-kind services, and aids in every aspect of the production.

An experimental musical scored by Today!, Rainbow’s approach to narrative borrows freely from dance theater—musical interludes punctuate the story; dialogue gives way to dance breaks and dreamy visual ideas. Rainbow swoops from profoundly human, everyday situations to soaring flights of the imagination and back again in a kaleidoscopic narrative in which an oddly irresistible band of creative-minded individuals struggle to understand love, make art and scrape by. Development is scheduled to begin in Spring 2009.

Rainbow is being commissioned by NWFF with the new Start-to-Finish framework. Through Start-to-Finish, the organization provides $100,000 cash and $150,000 in in-kind services to produce the film.

 

Rainbow Synopsis

On a couple’s weekend getaway, two things happen—the woman decides to produce a concert in the country and the man announces he’s considering breaking up. Months pass as the two contemplate whether to split up or stay together; in the meantime, planning unfolds, in a warped take on the “Let’s Put On A Show” movies of the Great Depression. In preparation for the experimental performance/rock show that may or may not actually happen, the eclectic artists who’ve been enlisted reveal their own hilarious, pathetic and/or moving stories of love and creative struggle.

 

About Dayna Hanson

Award-winning director, experimental stage artist, musician and 2006 Guggenheim Fellow in choreography, Dayna Hanson has been creating film and video work for over fifteen years. In addition to integrating film and video into live performance in groundbreaking ways, Dayna has created and co-created numerous experimental and dance films, including Measure, which was the first dance film to be screened at the New York Film Festival and which can be found on First Run Features' Dance for Camera DVD. From 1999 to 2003, she was co-curator of New Dance Cinema, an international dance film festival based in Seattle. In 2005 she produced Walking to Werner, an award-winning feature documentary by Linas Phillips. Rainbow, Dayna’s first narrative short film, premiered at the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival as part of the Fly Filmmaking Program.

From 1994 to 2006, Dayna was co-artistic director of internationally touring dance theater company 33 Fainting Spells. Northwest Film Forum commissioned her multi-media solo work, Spirit Under The Influence, in 2005. As part of her 2006 performance commissioned by On the Boards, We Never Like Talking About The End, Dayna started a band called Today! with Maggie Brown, Paul Moore and Dave Proscia.

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