THE DAY WE DANCED ON THE MOON

On Ireland’s rugged West Coast, a reggae band from London make their way to play in an arts festival. Long-term mental health sufferers, they share their tales of psychosis, the wrestling between reality and an imaginary world which can seem all too real. We might all have our day on the moon, but sooner or later we will all come crashing down to earth…

Tristan Daws has been trained as a theater director at the London Drama Centre and worked in theaters in London and Vienna. Tristan is particularly drawn to works of magical realism and directed LIFE IS A DREAM by Calderón and THE PRINCE OF HOMBURG by Kleist, among others. Tristan’s passion for film led him to the National Film and Television School, where he studied Directing.

Director
Tristan Daws

Cinematography
Anne Misselwitz

Sound
Peter Carstens

Editor
Alice Powell

Music
Dominik Sprungala
Pablo de Falcon

Animation
Billie Loebner

Sound Design
Niklas Kammertöns

Re-recording Mixing
Alex Leser

Colourist
Tobias Schaarschmidt

Producer
Vanessa Temps

Executive Producer
Stefan Kloos

Production
Kloss & Co. Medien

Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg

World Premiere
Berlinale – Internationale Filmfestpiele Berlin 2011, Germany; nominated for the “Berlin Today Award”

Further Festivals (Selection)
Visions Du Réel 2011, Nyon, Switzerland
Hot Docs International Documentary Festival 2011, Toronto, Canada
Brooklyn Film Festival 2011, USA
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011, UK
Huesca International Film Festival 2011, Spain
Open City London Documentary Festival 2011, UK

Watch online here: www.vimeo.com/28682505