Best of DANCE Films Festival
Today's Film Festival
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56m
CLOSURE, 9min., USA
Directed by Dainique Jones
In this dance film, we watch a couple unravel into a cycle of control, distance, and longing. Through movement rather than words, the film explores the weight of regret—the ache of what cannot be undone, and the haunting persistence of love that has turned toxic. A visceral portrait of connection and loss.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-closure
The Dust of This Place, 20min., USA
Directed by Vanessa Van Wormer
Set in the high desert of California off of Historic Route 66, The Dust of this Place follows a couple lost in the limbo of a repeating moment in time, exploring absence, presence, and how a single difference in choice can affect their future.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-dust-of-this-place
Mer - Of Oceans and Bodies, 2min., Canada
Directed by Katrina Piacek
Mer - Of Oceans and Bodies is a hydrofeminist experimental dance film that explores the interwoven experiences of femme bodies and oceans under extractivism. This work takes on an hydrofeminist perspective, exploring the interwoven experiences of femme bodies and oceans. It investigates the patriarchal logic of exploitation and its effects on the fertility of oceans and bodies, blurring the binary between them as symbols of fertility. Investigating the correlation between the moon's effect on ocean tides and femme reproductive cycles, this piece explores how patriarchal development and exploitation confuse and corrupt the cycles between nature and bodies and how we can explore reimagine our relationships with bodies of water through movement.
Director and Cinematographer, Katrina = @katrinapia_
Dancer/Choreographer and co-director, Sarah Rose Mercer = @sarahrosemercer
Sound Designer and Graphics, Tomas Cepeda = @tomascepedabaeza
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-mer-of-oceans-and-bodies
EDGE, 14min., Spain
Directed by Abel Moreno Pradas
Locked in, separated by a huge glass and deprived of speech, two people meet without knowing how they got there. Where are the limits that prevent us from acting in unjust situations? Are they physical or are they within us?
https://www.instagram.com/abel_moreno_pradas
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-edge
JINSHAN: Seams of Gold, 12min., USA
Directed by Megan Lowe
Set against a majestic outdoor rock wall, "JINSHAN: Seams of Gold" is a site-specific vertical dance film that reimagines gravity as a partner in storytelling. Harnessing the power of rock climbing technology, dancers are lifted into the air—not just to defy gravity, but to awaken a sense of flight, freedom, and deep connection. Suspended in space, they soar, tumble, and reach across stone surfaces, turning sheer rock into a canvas for memory, imagination, and transformation.