2025 Films

Program A

  • CIRCOLOGY (FINLAND)

    Atlas lives next to a wind turbine in a remote and safe town. Although a master of arm-spinning, he finds himself breaking away from the tradition of his town, until an explosion of his turbine burns his life's meaning to the ground.⁠

    Directed by:⁠ Tero Peltoniemi

    Choreographed by: Antti Seppänen⁠

    15:54

  • WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME BUS (PORTUGAL)

    We are all on the same bus, but some of us are more awake than others. If we consider Einstein's space-time concept, we end up with an object where everything that happened and everything that will happen, is understood inside. Through it, we are driven by a vehicle, let's call a bus, completely autonomous, that goes in a single direction, to the front, and has a single window, the rear. This vehicle, astronomer Arthur Eddington called The Arrow of Time. This idea, although depressingly deterministic, is difficult to ignore in view of the already proven plasticity of time, even when we consider Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, where the act of observing something, alters its result. A concept that does not invalidate a deterministic Universe, rather, allows the Interpretation of Many Worlds by Hugh Everett, also known as Multiverse.⁠

    Directed by: Nuno Serrão⁠

    2:00

  • LE RAYON EST VERT (FRANCE)⁠

    With her friend Yass, Mia recalls the moment when she danced with Léo at a neighborhood party. A few seconds are all it takes for them to become one, together, with the music.⁠ ⁠

    Directed by: Marion Renerre

    4:00

  • STORAGE PEOPLE (GERMANY)

    In a world where people almost connect but never truly meet. STORAGE PEOPLE explores a generation caught between longing and madness. Inspired by Gorky's "The Lower Depths," this film journeys through states of intoxication and daydreams, highlighting the contradictions we endure.⁠ ⁠ Empty rooms teeming with people contrast with hollow individuals in crowded spaces, portraying the whimsical yet tender pursuit of connection. Yet, we avert our gaze, fail to find the words, and instead of a handshake, we get a slap in the face.⁠ ⁠ Through poetic vignettes and surreal imagery, STORAGE PEOPLE paints a portrait of individuals who perpetually overlap but never truly converge.⁠ ⁠

    Directed by: Pauli Immig & Rosa Riek

    DOP: Ylva Sommer

    13:10

  • TELEGRAPH (USA)

    In an era of mistrust and disinformation, a lone information technology worker struggles to decipher the nature of his job. Drowning in the deluge of symbols, he struggles to stay afloat. This is 1830s France after the invention of the optical telegraph. ⁠

    ⁠The symbols are in control. The information is twisting and contorting the human body to its purpose. What happens to a brain under these conditions is more mysterious. The puppet is pulling its own strings. ⁠

    Directed by: Cooper Troxell

    Choreographed by: Sara da Silva

    3:00

  • THE WEIGHT (UK)

    A mother dances through her morning ritual, preparing breakfast for her family. As time passes, the dance gets harder and harder to perform.⁠

    Directed by: Vanessa Rose

    Choreographed by: Vanessa Rose & Lucia Tong⁠

    DOP: Helena Gonzalez

    5:00

  • ESCAPE (UK)

    A young woman discovers a way to escape her reality through dance.⁠

    Directed by Masha Maroutitch⁠

    Choreographed by: Maria Koripas⁠

    DOP: Joseph Hobbs

    3:42

  • WEST (NETHERLANDS)

    ‘The past is just us in funny clothes’ Mike Tyson said once. He’s right. If you already know that during the making of a film, whilst on a motorcycle trip from the Netherlands to Ghana, you will never be able to capture and transfuse all the new impressions you encounter. What do you do? You dance. Over there. And you film the dancing. Lo and behold: the new dancefilm by breakdance collective 155 (onefivefive): ‘WEST’.⁠

    Directed by: Thomas Bos

    Choreographed by: Erik Boss & 155⁠

    11:40

  • A STRANGE MAN (SOUTH KOREA)

    ⁠ There were times when I felt like I had become a STRANGE person in the world.⁠ There were many times when I felt like I was a foreigner who didn't belong anywhere.⁠ "The way you are, that's who you are."⁠ When I stood in front of the one who saw me and accepted me just as I was,⁠ finally, I was able to dance.⁠

    Directed by: Jeong Jaepil & Wi Daeun

    Choreographed by: Jeong Jaepil

    10:09

  • CONFLUENCE (USA)

    A film of diverse styles and vibrant colors, brought together by community united in the⁠ celebration of life. Inspired by the renewal of what was, by breathing new enthusiasm of black creativity, and its lineage through the explosion of movement, fashion and sound. It's a mesmerizing showcase of artistic excellence, where intricate choreography and cinematography tell a story of pure, unbridled joy and creativity.⁠

    Concept & Choreography by: Jermaine Browne & Rickey Tripp⁠

    Directed by: Travys Owens, Jermaine Browne & Rickey Tripp⁠

    ⁠3:05

  • IF I WERE YOU (USA)

    In "If I Were You" a couple shares an oscillating dance of intention and disruption--their movements a continuous exchange of support and potential peril, pushing them toward self-discovery. Falling into known patterns, but desperate to shift, they beckon and reject each other, careening toward togetherness. This is a slow, exhausting, mesmerizing dance, steeped in the unknown, where souls wait patiently to be held, released, and resolved. ⁠

    Directed and Choreographed by: Margot Gelber⁠

    Co-director/Dramaturge: Rebecah Goldstone ⁠ ⁠

    8:44

  • THE JOY AND SORROW OF TIME (DENMARK)

    The future is a delicate dance of possibilities, where every choice and every moment shapes the path ahead. The fragility of what's next reminds us to handle it with care, to nurture our dreams and aspirations, and to believe in the limitless potential of tomorrow. Time is a valuable currency.⁠

    Directed by: Sara Jordan

    Choreographed & Performed by: Supa Rich Kids

    4:05

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2025 Films

Program B

  • WAVING DISTANCES (HUNGARY)

    Are you here?⁠ Good.⁠ Stay close.⁠ I am the limbs, you are the gaze. Our vertebrae developed from one body. Let’s walk across this sand field.⁠ Let’s head somewhere.⁠ My steps, where you look. We’ll grow hungry together. Sand between your teeth, salt between my toes.⁠ Today I change, tomorrow you.⁠ We catch up anyway.⁠ Our whims are constant.⁠ Our lines keep together and go apart all at once.⁠ It happens for no reason, so we can take it calmly as it is. We listen to the breathing of a small beetle.⁠ Our attention is a meerkat, our closeness is a chameleon. We gently squeeze the flutter with our eyes.⁠ It’s all well.⁠ We’ll always be like this.⁠

    Directed, Choreorgaphed, & Performed by: Kinga Kovács

    Performed by: Anna Szilvási

    DOP: Bence Darvas

    14:59

  • HIPHOP PUREE (AUSTRALIA)

    Two sisters confront supernatural suburban forces and their own dark secrets on a perilous journey to Thursday night dinner.⁠

    Directed by: Ryan Renshaw

    Choreographed by: Jack Lister

    3:00

  • SUBMERGE (FRANCE)

    Through a parallel universe that oscillates between a dreamworld and the real, Isaiah Wilson evolves in a living room fully submerged under water. A choreographic work for video that questions the human condition in it's most visceral and powerful aspects. By performing in apnea, Isaiah pushes his body to the limit to create a dance that edges on the impossible. Submerge is a poetic autobiographic piece that shows Isaiah's state of mind in moments of solitude, vulnerability and change in a setting that borrows artifacts that echo his childhood home.⁠

    Directed & Performed by Isaiah Wilson⁠

    Camera & Lights by Damiano Picci (Velvet Flare)⁠ ⁠

    4:21

  • IN THE SAME BOAT (SWEDEN)⁠

    A film about the limits of the body and the boundless mind. With the help of a dance artist, one of Rauno's childhood memories comes to life through dance and movement. It’s a journey of misadventures and his father's new national cursing record.⁠

    Directed by:
 Mervi Junkkonen & Mia Malviniemi⁠

    Choreographed by: 
Mia Malviniemi & 
Rauno Männistö ⁠

    7:30

  • ENTANGLEMENT (PORTUGAL)

    Quantum entangled particles are forever linked, no matter their distance in spacetime. Some of us are connected in these mysterious ways. Like the elusive realm of physics, love often presents itself as deciphered, only to unfold a new universe when a new theory is encountered.⁠

    This experimental short film tells a non-dialogue story about a relationship.⁠

    Directed by: Nuno Serrão⁠

    3:00

  • SHAME عيب (LEBANON)⁠

    In the 19th century, in the Levant region, Salma Zahore, along with her parents and neighbors, participated in a photoshoot using a long exposure technique. At the end of it, Salma decided to take off her coat, revealing her body. Unaware of the chaos this gesture could cause within her circle, she did not know it could lead to shame (عيب).⁠

    Directed & Choreographed by: Hadi Moussally

    DOP: Olivier Pagny

    4:21

  • LOVE (USA)

    “Love” is a dance film that investigates the embodied experience of intimacy through minimalist, repetitive movement. Eschewing virtuosic choreography, the dancers engage in simple, organic gestures—shaking, wiggling, embracing, and kissing—that foreground the raw, human qualities of touch and connection. The work emphasizes affective resonance over spectacle, evoking the sensation of warmth, vulnerability, and closeness. By privileging authentic physical expression, Love invites the audience into a visceral encounter with the textures of relationality, positioning the body as both site and medium of tenderness.⁠

    ⁠Choreographed & Directed by: Teresa Toogie Barcelo

    DP / Director: Rick Darge

    6:18

  • DÉJÀ NU (IVORY COAST)⁠

    Voices, rhythms, existences in nature and civilization intertwine into an audiovisual poem about the transient body.⁠

    Directed by:⁠ Rolf Hellat

    Choreographed by:⁠ Doudou Touré & Sylvia Ouattara

    14:19

  • BLIND DREAMERS (FRANCE)

    A visual fable with poetic notes that oscillate between reality and surrealism to reveals a universe mixing plastic, landscape and poetry. In research of sensitivity, this video fable questions our rupture with the rest of the living world and our (in)ability to identify with it.⁠

    We are this living being caught in a trap: how could we forget about it? ⁠

    Directed & Choreographed by: Sandra Geco

    Performed by: Sandra Geco & Jean-Yves Phuong

    Video: David Masson

    ⁠6:08

  • BOLERO.S (FRANCE)

    Ravel's Bolero, thanks to its universalitý and contagious energy, transcends generations and cultures. Conceived for dance, it continues to inspire artists. Mehdi Kerkouche brings us his version of BOLERO.S, choreographed in keeping with his inclusive and visual universe.⁠ ⁠

    Directed & Choreographed by: Mehdi Kerkouche

    DOP: Jean-Yves Ricci ⁠

    4:15

  • VELODROME (GERMANY)

    A surreal take on two people longing to bond through movement. The setting is a bygone velodrome, the Albert Richter track in Cologne. Without words, VELODROME evokes a poetic and eerie liminal space. It portrays a pursuit of communication, a permanent interruption. A moment of encounter without meeting. ⁠

    Directed by: Pariya Bakhshi

    Concept & Edit by: Blanca Barbat & Pariya Bakhshi

    Performed by: Benze C. Werner & Katharina Senzenberger

    Choreographed by: Blanca Barbat⁠

    6:00

  • AURORA (BRAZIL)

    The turbulence of the city infiltrates the domestic space and collapses the permeable boundaries between public chaos and private life. Like in a feverish dream, the streets seep in, menacing, overflow into the rooms, and force us to observe how the unconscious mind of the city merges with the inner lives of its inhabitants.⁠

    Directed & Choreographed by: Leonardo Villa

    DOP: Rafael Trindade

    6:27

  • A NIGHT IN NAPOLI (SPAIN)

    Sadly all good things come to an end. Life, love and silver linings. ⁠

    Directed & Choreographed by: Lucia López

    Director of Photography: Pedro Rudolphi

    3:42

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