| Danse Macabre | |
| Director: | Pedro Pires |
| Producer: | Pedro Pires Catherine Chagnon |
| Starring: | Anne Bruce Falconer |
| Cinematography: | Pedro Pires |
| Editing: | Pedro Pires |
| Runtime: | 9 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
Danse Macabre is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Pedro Pires and released in 2009.[1] The film portrays the "dance" of a dead body twitching and writhing as it is drained of fluids in preparation for its embalming.[1]
The corpse was portrayed by dancer Anne Bruce Falconer.[1]
The film won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] and was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[3] It won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 30th Genie Awards,[4]