BREAKING THE SURFACE, 26min., USA
Directed by John Evans, Ani Javian
Breaking the Surface is a dance film about climate change, specifically, about the rise of sea level and the issues that are caused by that rise, currently and projected into the future. The film focuses on communities in New Je...

KEEP MOVING, 17min., USA
Directed by Colin Harabedian
a journey through grief

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU-VlgKN8Bh2UQbAPnpo6xw

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1. What motivated you to make this film?

I think there are quite a few different motivations for this film. In September of 2021,...

MOVE, 2min., Brazil
Directed by Bernardo Alevato
An experiment with time, form and movement in a generative dance film using AI and video

WITH/IN, 8min., USA
Directed by John Dixon
The inner world flows and changes like an oceanic expanse compressed into a series of moments that fracture even as they form. One woman finds herself unfolding into fleeting interactions that careen beyond her imagination; a thousand images of self and ...

DARK REALITIES - Script Movie, 17min., USA
Written by Pamela PerryGoulardt
An optimistic Goth librarian accidentally releases the angry, pessimistic Ghost of Edgar Allan Poe who demands she help him avenge his unjust murder by a jealous rival.

https://www.flyingcloudstudios.com/
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WORK IT OUT, 9min., Hong Kong
Directed by Marie Yi-Qing Bouvéron
Resilience through Imagination: An ode to Hong Kong. A journey in between a disheartened and a virtual world.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?
It all started in 2020 when Clement Ferre approache...

THE MIGRANT BODY, 12min., USA
Directed by Paula Gil Higa, Cal Hopwood
This film examines human migration through the creative lens of PH Dance's Artistic Director, Paula Higa. Deriving from her personal experience as a dual citizen of Brazil and the United States, Higa researched various motives ...

TONARI, 17min,. Japan
Directed by Ben Tarquin
When her mirrored reflection comes to life, a dancer caught between Tokyo and San Francisco must embark on an epic chase to find herself. TONARI is a cross-cultural, cross-generational story that explores race and mixed identity through narrative, dan...

THE LINES IN BETWEEN, 11min,. USA
Directed by Georgia Usborne
Struggling with writer's block, a woman moves through surreal worlds to discover the ebbs and flows of creativity.

https://www.paulrabinowitz.com/the-lines-in-between

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GLOAMING, 10min., Sweden
Directed by Alana da Silva
A winter dance duet between two souls moving in and out of each other’s worlds.

Get to know director Alana da Silva & choreography Flockworks Dance

1. What motivated you to make this film?

(Flock) We were in the midst of lockdown in 2020 and...

THE SEED OF TIME, 5min., USA
Directed by Paula Nunez, Tiger Tao
A lapse of time has a before and after of the time in question. Everything has its beginning and end, nature’s order of time for all types of beings. But in truth, all life is impermanent, ever changing in constant motion, making the...

SISTER, 12min,. USA
Directed by Quinn Wharton
A dance film exploring the perils of fitting in. We follow a young woman entering into a ritual experience to join the group she aspires to be a part of. Struggling with the experience she finds it difficult to know if she's doing the right thing or m...

S A L O P I C A, 8min., Canada
Directed by Serenella Sol, Callum McCormack
Amidst the vibrant colours and rhythmic beats of Venezuela, a young woman uncovers her passion for dance. But as she struggles to conform to society's rigid beauty standards, she embarks on a disorienting and tumultuous jo...

ENTRE 2 EAUX (IN BTWIN 2 WATERS), 5min., France
Directed by Caroline RAGUSA, Sylvain BES
Chiara is standing there, alone with herself, until she meets Nero, her double and her opposite at the same time. This story is a deep immersion at the root of our origins, an ode to life.

https://www.carol...

TRACES ON THE WALL, 15min., Kyrgyzstan
Directed by Asel Abakirova
The spinal cord injury of the protagonist leads to paralysis. After several unsuccessful suicide attempts, he accidentally discovers a small ray of hope to live on.

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JANE, 17min,. Canada
Directed by Sydney Scotia
When a misunderstood young wife in the late 19th century is restricted by her well-intentioned physician husband to a summer of bed rest, her imagination takes her down a spiral of what we think is her descent into madness, but is it?

https://www.i...

MY GIRLS, 2min., Canada
Directed by Veronika Marsland
This is a story of how my daughters taught me to be more present.

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1. What motivated you to make this film?
It started as one of my ideas for a film school project. I wanted to tell a short and sweet story that wou...

THE THREAD, 6min,. USA
Directed by Claire Rose Kennedy
In which we discover, detangle, and hopefully destroy the intergenerational threads that keep us from fully expressing our creativity. It's not as pretentious as it sounds. Promise.

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1. What motivated you to make ...

STEAM (VAPOR), 6min,. Portugal
Directed by Susan Abreu
She is a mirage from the past that like water in the sun has evaporated. Now it's time to disappear.

https://vimeo.com/bandoaparte

THE PAGETURNER, 10min., Ireland
Directed by Siubhan Ni Ghriofa
A page turner for some of the worlds leading classical soloists Tom has a secret that may end his beloved career.

https://www.twitter.com/siuysiu

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1.What motivated you to make this film?
Music! (specific...

ELISABETH, 14min., Switzerland, Drama/Suspesne
Directed by Monica De Almeida
Recurring dreams, death, a resonating name the keeps coming up…
Mr Bojac, widower since several months, feels like he’s losing his mind! These images are oppressing to him. He desperately tries to understand their meanin...

COASTEERING, 14min.,, Ireland, Drama
Directed by Audrey O'Reilly
Orla and David are a married couple in their 40s on the other side of unsuccessful IVF treatments. Orla uses running to calm her mind and process the trauma of those years of trying. Meanwhile David is focusing his attention on thei...

ENTER YOUR NAME, 3min., USA
Directed by Aubrey Scott
Enter Your Name is a surreal fantasy film that serves as an allegory to the experiences of a pre-transition trans person, with horror elements to allude to the complex emotions and inner turmoil that one can go through.

https://enteryournamen...

DOGFRIEND, 18min., Germany
Directed by Maissa Lihedheb

https://www.instagram.com/hundefreund.film/