SAINT, 10min., USA, Dance
Directed by Yi - Han Audrey Chou
Saint seeks to present a process of evolution that is about spiritual change, technology, and identity of a human being. Through the transformation in 3 layers of clothings, which represent the past, present, and future in time, the ident...

5 ELEMENTS, 44min., Canada, Dance
Directed by Emily Cheung
The 5 Elements dance film features five choreographers from across Canada as they bring to life the ancient Chinese philosophy of five elements; Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. Each element offers a unique experience with a soundtrac...

UNDERLINE, 6min., USA, Dance
Directed by Paula Nunez, Tiger Tao
Tampa City Ballet's short independent film, "UN-DER-LINE,”as well as the live performance of the same name examines the manifestation of the “othering” phenomenon which explores the effect exclusion has on people’s perception of them...

JUST SHORT OF REALITY, 37min., Canada
Directed by Matt Alfano, Chad McFadden
Just Short of Reality is a series of shorts that are told through the genres of surrealism, silent film and dance. Co-existing in one neighbourhood, seven individuals are presented with adversity and choice in this alleg...

DYNAMIC SCULPTURES, 3min., USA
Directed by Jean-Yves Lemoigne
17 interpretations of body movements using the latest technologies, AI for movement extraction from video and then CGI artist has explored shapes and textures.

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STEP BY STEP, 5min,. UK
Directed by Andrew Margetson
A portrait of star ballerina, Lauren Cuthbertson, returning to dance after having a baby.

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PALINDROME, 4min,. USA
Directed by Amanda Hoover
Entranced with the idea of stories told forwards and in reverse, our team created this dance narrative. Directed, choreographed and edited by Amanda Hoover.

ASHES, 10min., Canada
Directed by Charles-Antoine Thériault
Over time, nature wilfully and circumstantially adapts to its environment, but when the cyclical clash between evolution and cataclysm occurs, nature’s fight to reclaim its place often leaves scars that endure for many seasons. “Ashes” r...

KILL THE MINOTAUR, 7min., Belgium
Directed by Naya Kuu
Kill the Minotaur to escape the prison of the mind.

GHOST IN THE MACHINES, 6min,. Australia
Directed by Garry Stewart
It is a short dance film that features 6 stunning dancers from the Australian Dance Theatre interacting with industrial robots.

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WHAT'S BRED IN THE BLOOD AND BONE, 5min., USA
Directed by Robin M Gee
Inspired by the work of Ida Bell Wells, whose writing documented the episodic period of lynching’s in the 1890’s, What’s Bred in the Blood and Bone is a study of space and place, girded by the collective experiences of brown bo...

PASSION, 7min., USA
Directed by Hyonok Kim
Mourning on lost beloved one is depicted by dance movements inspired by Italian Renaissance Paintings and sculpture Pieta. A woman is lamenting at the edge of madness, a man is supporting and watching over for not letting her be fallen.

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DREAM OF THE RETURN, 14min,. UK
Directed by Yew Weng Ho
An older Chinese woman's struggle with loss and loneliness.

ORIGINS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, 8min., Canada
Directed by John Ledingham
..or The Life of a Rock. Experimental documentary meditation on land, complexity and evolution, consciousness, interconnection, and artificial intelligence. Exploring the ideas of philosophers and scientists from a broad backgroun...

WE DANCE FOR LIFE, 11min., UK
Directed by Ian George Sciacaluga
A community comes together to express the many affectations of living with cancer and to herald the science that will one day find a cure.

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PAGAN VIRTUES, 5min., Australia
Directed by Kaylia Jade McGarry
This is a very selfish experimental film reflecting on my lust for shiny things in every way, shape or form. This project explores the virtues of divinity, devotion and despair; natural forces worshipped religiously in the human cond...

MATSYA, 4min,. India
Directed by Rukmini Vijayakumar
As we humans lose our connect to the earth, our natural resources are depleted, our forests are disappearing, our waters are contaminated and animals and plants struggle to survive. Indian culture traditionally revered nature and gave it a plac...

CRYING APPLAUSE, 5min., USA
Directed by Sousana Maragkou

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23622732/

NOEN, 15min., Norway
Directed by Bernhard Østebø
Through a series of enigmatic and dreamlike scenes we meet a boy, a man and a woman, each in their own way engaged in a journey through inner and outer landscapes. The fourth “character” is a mysterious glass ball, wandering around from hand to han...

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A PART OF YOU, 4min., Germany
Directed by Matthäus Bussmann
A woman is dying and another version of herself comes from the darks sky to pick up her soul and eventually driver her to hell. Shot as a technical experiment entirely as a virtual production using unreal conten...

THE SANG BOWL, 6min., Ireland
Directed by Natasha Bourke
For all the bodies of water, here and no more, and Global Water Dances.

PATTERNS, 5min., USA, Poem
Directed by Paul Duran-Lemos
A visual poem about patterns in relationships.

CONCRETE KEYS, 120min., Ireland
Directed by Natasha Bourke
Concrete Keys is an experimental feature that creates a comically strange and disturbingly familiar parallel universe defined by the madness of institution and its paradoxical necessity for self-preservation in an ever-changing world.

FREE(d) by Family, 10min., USA
Directed by Chase Kinney