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“Three Quartets” at the Other Minds Festival, with music by James Tenney
Nancy Karp + Dancers
Nancy Karp + Dancers premieres "Three Quartets" October 18th at the Other Minds Festival 29! A panoply of composers will assemble for the 29th Other Minds Festival in San Francisco, an international annual showcase for composers held at the Brava Theater Thursday–Sunday, October 16–19, 2025. Nancy Karp + Dancers performs "Three Quartets" Saturday night only, October 18th, with a Panel Discussion at 7pm, and […]
SFDFF 2025 | Screendance and Bay Area Avant-Garde Cinema 1940s-1950s
Dance Film SF
This screening and presentation features works that synthesize the languages of dance and film that emerged from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s “Art in Cinema” screenings in the mid-1940s. The screening takes audiences on a journey into post-World War II San Francisco, illuminating how early dance film evolved alongside the West Coast experimental […]
SFDFF 2025 | Screendance I
Dance Film SF
This international program of longer-form screendance works invites you to sink into stories where dance and film become inseparable. Screendance I showcases poetic, poignant, and deeply cinematic works that explore cultural memory, personal transformation, and the beauty of movement in dialogue with the camera. From the deserts of Central Asia to quiet moments between hospice residents and […]
SFDFF 2025 | Don’t Put Me in a Box: Sidi Larbi Cherkoui
Dance Film SF
Step inside the singular creative world of choreographer, visionary, and cultural shapeshifter Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Don’t Put Me in a Box is an intimate documentary that follows Cherkaoui across two years and three continents as he blurs borders between traditions, aesthetics, and identities. From Sufi poetry to cyberpunk spectacle, the film reveals how Cherkaoui’s Flemish-Moroccan heritage […]
SFDFF 2025 | Wicket, with live performance, Q&A, and reception
Dance Film SF
After winning over audiences at Frameline 2025, Wicket returns to San Francisco for an encore screening and powerful conversation with Bboy Wicket himself. Once a global breakdancing icon, Wicket (Gabriel Jaochico) spent decades hiding his true identity. This documentary traces his rise to fame and his long journey toward coming out, revealing a story of love, […]
SFDFF 2025 | Screendance II
Dance Film SF
Bite-sized but emotionally expansive, Screendance II features a global selection of short films that experiment with rhythm, environment, and perspective. Each piece offers a vivid encounter between dance and the moving image, whether it’s a flamenco dancer in sneakers roaming the streets of Sevilla, a child escaping into an inner dream world, or a poetic duet between […]
SFDFF 2025 | The Dancer, with post-screening Q&A
Dance Film SF
From a refugee camp in Damascus to the world’s most prestigious ballet stages, The Dancer (North American Premiere) traces the extraordinary journey of Ahmad Joudeh, a courageous artist who risked everything to move freely, both in body and spirit. Condemned for being gay, threatened by extremists for dancing, and abused by those closest to him, Ahmad […]
SFDFF 2025 | Doc Shorts
Dance Film SF
Doc Shorts brings together five powerful short documentaries that reveal how dance intersects with identity, healing, and cultural expression across the globe. From krump circles in the UK to hula in Hawaiʻi and stepping in South Africa, each film offers a personal glimpse into communities where movement becomes a lifeline. Perfect for those who value […]
SFDFF 2025 | Spotlight Shorts
Dance Film SF
A bold mix of genre-defying gems, Spotlight Shorts highlights artists pushing the edges of what dance film can be. This program features an eclectic blend of humor, ritual, suspense, and social commentary while spanning animated experiments, satirical horror, futuristic robotics, and global folklore. With choreographers at the forefront of today’s movement innovation, these films surprise, provoke, […]
SFDFF 2025 | Gustavia
Dance Film SF
Based on a remarkable true story, Gustavia is a visually stunning performance capture of the Royal Swedish Ballet’s production about Gustav Badin, an enslaved child brought to the Swedish royal court who grew into a dancer, diplomat, and Freemason. With commanding performances by Paris Opera Ballet Etoile Guillaume Diop and choreography by Pär Isberg, this sweeping […]
SFDFF 2025 | Leap! (family friendly)
Dance Film SF
Bring the whole family for a screening of the animated feature film Leap!, a heartwarming adventure about courage, friendship, and following your dreams. Set in 19th-century Paris, the story follows Félicie, a spirited orphan determined to become a ballerina, and her best friend Victor, an aspiring inventor. Together they escape their orphanage and chase their passions […]
SFDFF 2025 | Raising Voices
Dance Film SF
Engaging and deeply emotive storytelling centers the fem perspective for the 7th Annual Raising Voices program. These nine films blend movement with poetry, testimony, and activism to spotlight a spectrum of lived experiences from trans joy and queer identity to carceral systems and cultural reclamation. Come experience stories that move the body and speak from the heart. […]
SFDFF 2025 | Bay Area Shorts
Dance Film SF
Celebrate the final night of the festival with Bay Area Shorts, an annual tradition honoring the artistry and imagination of Northern California’s vibrant dance film community. This dynamic program features local filmmakers and performers exploring a range of topics, including environmental justice, girlhood, labor rights, and queer heritage, all rooted in the landscapes and identities of […]