THE GROWING EDGE
short film, AT/DE, 17 min
2025
Blurring the lines of choreography and storytelling THE GROWING EDGE explores the theatrical and staged, fictional and dreamlike in autobiography, reflecting on the depiction of lived queer and trans experience as personal and political narrative. Horse and human become multifaceted carriers of meaning, confidants that mirror one another and expire internal states in forging a path to resilience and growth. Embedded in an eerie soundtrack by music producer rRoxymore, THE GROWING EDGE develops a tender and emphatic dialogue and dance between past and present memories, timelines and experiences.
Written and Directed by:
Ian Kaler
FIELD Beelitz and BLACKBOX Uferstudios
Cinematography:
Ethan Folk
Light Designer:
Francisco MeCe
SHOWER and BLACKBOX Beelitz
Cinematography:
Diara Sow
Gaffer:
Esra Tanriverdi
Spark:
Leyla Hoppe
Production Coordination:
Sarah Stührenberg
Choreography, Performance, Voice Over:
Ian Kaler
Assistant Direction, Video Design, Video Editing:
Dafne Narvaez Berlfein
Music, Soundtrack:
rRoxymore
Sound Design, Mixing:
Aude Langlois, Felipe Vareschi
Mixing:
Felipe Vareschi
Color Grading:
Caio Amado Soarez
Horse Trainer:
Janina Maria Fieml / Hof Cassiopeia
Horse:
Joblesco
Coaching:
Jane Palmer
Training:
MTM
Production Management:
Sarie Nijboer (Berlin), das Schaufenster (Vienna)
Production:
Ian Kaler
Distribution:
sixpackfilm
Ian Kaler is supported by the CITY OF VIENNA / Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, the REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA / Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport and the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK – STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance
Blurring the lines of choreography and storytelling THE GROWING EDGE explores the theatrical and staged, fictional and dreamlike in autobiography, reflecting on the depiction of lived queer and trans experience as personal and political narrative. Horse and human become multifaceted carriers of meaning, confidants that mirror one another and expire internal states in forging a path to resilience and growth. Embedded in an eerie soundtrack by music producer rRoxymore, THE GROWING EDGE develops a tender and emphatic dialogue and dance between past and present memories, timelines and experiences.
Written and Directed by:
Ian Kaler
FIELD Beelitz and BLACKBOX Uferstudios
Cinematography:
Ethan Folk
Light Designer:
Francisco MeCe
SHOWER and BLACKBOX Beelitz
Cinematography:
Diara Sow
Gaffer:
Esra Tanriverdi
Spark:
Leyla Hoppe
Production Coordination:
Sarah Stührenberg
Choreography, Performance, Voice Over:
Ian Kaler
Assistant Direction, Video Design, Video Editing:
Dafne Narvaez Berlfein
Music, Soundtrack:
rRoxymore
Sound Design, Mixing:
Aude Langlois, Felipe Vareschi
Mixing:
Felipe Vareschi
Color Grading:
Caio Amado Soarez
Horse Trainer:
Janina Maria Fieml / Hof Cassiopeia
Horse:
Joblesco
Coaching:
Jane Palmer
Training:
MTM
Production Management:
Sarie Nijboer (Berlin), das Schaufenster (Vienna)
Production:
Ian Kaler
Distribution:
sixpackfilm
Ian Kaler is supported by the CITY OF VIENNA / Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, the REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA / Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport and the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK – STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance
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Blurring the lines of choreography and storytelling THE GROWING EDGE explores the theatrical and staged, fictional and dreamlike in autobiography, reflecting on the depiction of lived queer and trans experience as personal and political narrative. Horse and human become multifaceted carriers of meaning, confidants that mirror one another and expire internal states in forging a path to resilience and growth. Embedded in an eerie soundtrack by music producer rRoxymore, THE GROWING EDGE develops a tender and emphatic dialogue and dance between past and present memories, timelines and experiences.
Written and Directed by:
Ian Kaler
FIELD Beelitz and BLACKBOX Uferstudios
Cinematography:
Ethan Folk
Light Designer:
Francisco MeCe
SHOWER and BLACKBOX Beelitz
Cinematography:
Diara Sow
Gaffer:
Esra Tanriverdi
Spark:
Leyla Hoppe
Production Coordination:
Sarah Stührenberg
Choreography, Performance, Voice Over:
Ian Kaler
Assistant Direction, Video Design, Video Editing:
Dafne Narvaez Berlfein
Music, Soundtrack:
rRoxymore
Sound Design, Mixing:
Aude Langlois, Felipe Vareschi
Mixing:
Felipe Vareschi
Color Grading:
Caio Amado Soarez
Horse Trainer:
Janina Maria Fieml / Hof Cassiopeia
Horse:
Joblesco
Coaching:
Jane Palmer
Training:
MTM
Production Management:
Sarie Nijboer (Berlin), das Schaufenster (Vienna)
Production:
Ian Kaler
Distribution:
sixpackfilm
Ian Kaler is supported by the CITY OF VIENNA / Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, the REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA / Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport and the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK – STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance