Calling all dance filmmakers and performers: The kNOwBOX dance Film Festival (NBFF) 2025 is now accepting submissions for innovative art films, live performances, and VR experiences. Where: Dallas, TX, USA / Mexico / Korea When: Fall 2025 Deadline for applications: May 1, 2025 Calling all dance filmmakers and performers! The kNOwBOX dance Film Festival (NBFF) […]

Application is now open to “Move Concreto! International Videodance Exhibition – Catas Altas Edition”. Where: Catas Altas, Minas Gerais, Brazil When: 10 – 21 March 2025Application is free and will take place from March 10 to 21, 2025. Applications are now open for the “Move Concreto! International Video Dance Exhibition – Catas Altas edition”! The […]

Compagnie Humaine / Eric Oberdorff launches a call for dance short films in partnership with Nice European Short film Festival for its 2025 edition. Where: Nice, France When: 3 to 10 October 2025 Deadline for applications: May, 31st, 2025 Since 2018, “Un festival c’est trop court!” celebrates dance by including a selection of dance films […]

Call For Entries! Get your work out in the world: submit your dance films for ScreenDance RoadShow’s eighth season! Where: Providence, RI, USA When: September-April 2025-26 Deadline for applications: July 27, 2025 ScreenDance RoadShow is the only year-long, traveling short dance film series in New England showcasing contemporary creative voices exploring choreography for the camera. […]

Mafra Dance Festival is opening a call for the Videodance showcase & Performative and Coreographic showcase of the festival.4ºedition — 3 days of festival (videodance; workshops and live shows) promoting artists in diferent formats in Contemporary Performative Dance. Where: Mafra, Portugal When: 23, 24, 25 May 2025 Deadline for applications: 1 April 2025 Welcome to […]

Call for choreographers, dance companies and directors who want to participate in the Video Dance Showcase, to be held in Almada – Portugal, between September 27th and October 12th, 2025. Where: Several venues, Almada, Portugal When: September 27th and October 12th, 2025 Deadline for applications: March 30, 2025 The Video Dance Showcase is a section […]

Open Call for video dance works by the 15th Dance Days Chania international contemporary dance festival. Where: Chania, Crete, Greece When: 21.07 – 02.08.2025 Deadline for applications: March 23rd 2025 We are glad to announce the Open Call for VIDEO DANCE WORKS submissions of applications for participating in Dance Days Chania 2025. Kicking off this […]

Inviting dance films from around the world for the 7th edition of Frame Rush 2025, taking place at The Place in London this September. Where: The Place, London, United Kingdom When: 19 September 2025 Deadline for applications: 31 March 2025 Frame Rush is an annual festival of screendance works programmed by the MA students at […]

Light Moves Festival invites proposals that go beyond the parameters of the festival’s screening programmes. Where: Limerick city, Ireland When: 6th – 9th November 2025 Deadline for applications: Monday 31st March 2025 Following the recent open call for films for the 2025 festival, Light Moves Festival is delighted to announce a call for proposals for […]

Ketchikan Dance Film Festival invites dance, movement and video/film artists to submit their dance films to the third season of the festival. Where: Southeast Alaska Discovery Center, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA When: Saturday, September 27th 2025 & Sunday, September 28th 2025 Deadline for applications: July22, 2025 Entering its third season, KDFF is opening a call to all dance film submissions, 10 minutes and under, produced from 2023 onward. The Ketchikan Dance Film Festival is an annual […]

The “Premio Libera Connessione” competition is open to dancers, choreographers, students, writers, directors, videomakers, musicians, and sound designers who wish to express themselves through the creation of innovative screendance works, highlighting aspects, relationships, and connections between the territory, its history, nature, humanity, and dance. Where: Colle Manora, Fubine Monferrato (AL), Italy When: April, 29 2025 […]

The Cannes – Côte d’Azur Dance Festival launches an International Dance Film Competition MOV’IN Cannes. Where: Cineum, Cannes, France When: 2025 November 27th Deadline for applications: 2025 April 30th CANNES: DANCE MEETS CINEMA! Cannes, famous for its prestigious Film Festival, combines Dance and Cinema for the Cannes Côte d’Azur France Dance Festival, the unmissable event of dance enthusiasts from all over the […]

Corposensibile is a research and selection program for screendance, that explore the synergical collaboration between performative movement and cinematic expression, promoting films and short films focused on movement-based storytelling. Where: Drupa Centre, Treviso, Italy When: June 21, 2025 Deadline for applications: April 30, 2025 Corposensibile – Research Program of Screendance Cinema is an artistic research […]

The Pittsburgh International Dance Film Festival (PIDFF) is the premiere dance film festival in Pittsburgh, PA, featuring a wide range of dance films from different countries and honors a “Constructed Sight” category which highlights public works of art or focuses films on a site specific location. Where: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America When: March 27-April 6, 2025 Deadline for applications: January 10, 2025 The Pittsburgh International Dance Film Festival (PIDFF) is pleased to […]

The New Youth International Dance Film Festival (NYID) is an open, fair, inclusive and shared platform for dance films. We we want to find people who are able to use the camera and dance to create new things. Where: China When: March 20-25, 2025 Deadline for applications: February 5, 2025 “The meaning of “New Youth” […]

Vinilonga film festival is looking for short films and music videos that explore the body and movement Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina When: Periodically during 2025 Deadline for applications: February 26th 2025 We welcome individuals or groups that make documentaries, fiction, experimental short films, music videos, video dance, video poetry, animation and any other hybrid films. We like to incorporate […]

1st Edition of International Dance Film Festival in Fukuoka, Japan. We are organizing annual dance festival. And from 2025, we are starting dance film festival in Fukuoka, Japan.It will be held between 22nd-24th February2025. Where: Fukuoka, Japan When: 23rd, 24th of February 2025 Deadline for applications: January 20th, 2025 Hello! We are Fukuoka Dance Exchange […]

We are currently accepting short and feature length dance film submissions for our 8th Annual CineVox Dance Film Festival, presented by BodyVox in Portland, Oregon. Where: BodyVox Dance Center, Portland, OR, USA When: Now until January 5th, 2025 Deadline for applications: January 5, 2025 Now accepting submissions through FilmFreeway.Deadline is January 5, 2025CINEVOX Dance Film Festival is hosted annually by BodyVox in Portland, Oregon, USA. CINEVOX is dedicated to sharing innovative […]

Inviting Artists and Practitioners to create short films. All disciplines are welcome. Where: Singapore When: 2026 Deadline for applications: 15 January 2025 In our 6th edition, RAW Moves is pleased to open our annual call for local and international artists to submit proposals for the next edition of RawGround (RG) 2025/26, which will be running […]

KITOKI launches an open call for artists to send in their creations in the genre of video dance. Where: different venues in Brussel, Kinshasa, etc, Belgium When: 2025 Deadline for applications: 7 February 2025 For its first edition we are welcoming video dance artwork within these themes: – poetry– popular culture– animation– empowerment– music video […]

MODArts Dance Collective’s (MADC) annual Move To Change Dance Festival uses dance as a form of social justice and arts activism through the voices of BIPOC choreographers & cinematographers. Where: New York, USA When: November 22-23, 2024 Deadline for applications: 11:59pm EST on September 30, 2024 MODArts Dance Collective (MADC) is elated to announce its seventh annual Move to […]

MorphiX Art Collective is looking for dance artists for the upcoming short dance film production, Uprooting Effect. Where: Sofia, Lovech & Letnitsa – Bulgaria When: 10th of October 2024 – 23rd of October 2024. Deadline for applications: 23rd of September 2024. The short dance film Uprooting Effect addresses the social aspects of power dynamics, exploring themes of abuse, […]

Lens Dans is a Video Dance Festival aimed at promoting, cultivating, and celebrating video dance projects from various artists, disciplines, and backgrounds! Where: Barcelona, Spain & Brussels, Belgium When: 8th & 9th of November 2024 Deadline for applications: 30th September 2024 Lens Dans offers screenings of pre-selected video dance projects from our competition, live shows, workshops, conferences, open mic…AND MUCH MORE! The first edition took place in  La Vallée, Brussels the […]

Are you a filmmaker or dancer with a short dance film that you’d like to share with an audience? We are currently accepting submissions for an upcoming screening event dedicated to showcasing dance on film. Where: Chisenhale Dance Space London When: 26/09/2024 Deadline for applications: 15/09/2024 Are you a filmmaker or dancer with a short […]

Submit your 360-degree choreography to this immersive VR festival. Where: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA When: November 25-December 7, 2024 Deadline for applications: September 15, 2024 The Institute for Applied Creativity (IAC) at Texas A&M University proudly announces the call for submissions for the inaugural Field of View: 360 Video Festival. This pioneering […]

In search for four contemporary improv dancers to be involved in a choreographed video shoot to showcase Alice Burnhope’s textile installation ‘Stone Upon Stone’ in South East London. Where: South East London, UK When: 19th September Deadline for applications: 11th August 2024 We are searching for four dancers to activate the textile artwork ‘Stone upon Stone.’ ‘Stone upon Stone’  is […]

Permanente is looking for screendance works to incorporate into its short film programs. Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina When: Periodically during 2024 Deadline for applications: Oct. 17th 2024 Permanente.ciclo is a festival of experimental arts that takes place periodically in unconventional exhibition spaces in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The festival promotes the work of artists from the […]

Youth and Emerging Artists based so-called Canada are invited to apply with a short movement-based film (between 3-15 minutes) to the 9th annual F-O-R-M (Festival Of Recorded Movement) in November 2024 in Vancouver, BC. Where: Vancouver, Canada When: November 8-16, 2024 Deadline for applications: July 26, 11:59 PM PDT Read more about our 2024 Festival, […]

Cinedanza 2024 International Screendance Contest and festival is looking for films. Where: Drama Teatro, Modena, Italy When: October-December 2024 Deadline for applications: September 15th We’re looking for recent screendance films. You could be selected for the festival and win the following awards:– Best Choreography– Best Soundtrack– Best Editing– Best PhotographyEach award includes a monetary prize of €300 […]

The idea is to want to combine the art of dance with that of the camera, enhancing the territory and uniting them, thus creating videodance works. The project is above all aimed at celebrating the inclusiveness of younger age groups by integrating the use of the Instagram social platform where the various artists will be […]

Submissions for the 10th anniversary edition of the Bucharest International Dance Film Festival are now open! Filmmakers, dance artists, animators, visual artists and digital art makers are invited to submit their works for the International and Romanian Short Film Competitions of the festival that will take place between September 5 – 8, 2024, under the theme of “Mapping Bodies”. Where: Bucharest, Romania When: September 5-8,  2024 Deadline for applications: Regular: June 14 2024  | […]

Submission for dance short film at the 6th Nice Dance Film Festival are open. Where: Nice, France When: 6th-13th October 2024 Since 2018, in partnership with Un Festival c’est trop court! the Nice European short film festival, the Nice Dance Film has been celebrating the beauty of the body and movement, and the intersecting writings […]

Festival Blois Danse is looking for short dance films (between 3 – 25 minutes) with hip-hop and/or mixing dance and sports. Where: Cinéma les Lobis, Blois, Fance When: July 6-7 Deadline for applications: May 10th, 2024 The Blois Danse Festival is looking to add a few short films to its edition this year. The Festival […]

The International Meeting on Videodance and Videoperformance (EIVV, Valencia, Spain, 11th edition) and the Festival International de Vidéo Danse de Bourgogne (Burgundy, France, 16th edition) propose a shared call for works of screendance.Free submission Where: online + Valencia, Spain + Burgundy, Franc When: October 22 – 26, 2024 Deadline for applications: July 20, 2024 Selected […]

Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema proudly invites submissions of screendances/dance films, documentaries, music videos, VR/360 works, and more for our 21st annual season in Boulder, Colorado (USA), and beyond, encouraging submissions from all artists regardless of affiliations or credentials. Where: Museum of Boulder & Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, Colorado, USA When: August through December […]

TETRALAB -screendance workshop for dancers and choreographers Where: maison de la danse – Istres, France When: from August 19 to 31, 2024 Deadline for applications: June 30, 2024 TETRALAB gathers MOVERS (dancer performers) and MAKERS (choreographic artists) in order to produce dance films with a common emulsion. It is a practical training that offers to […]

Dance Italia Film Festival, Second Edition: Synapse is open for submissions. Where: Motore592, Lucca, Italy When: July 8, 2024 Deadline for applications: May 1, 2024 The Dance Italia Film Festival, Second Edition: Synapse, will showcase innovative films whose themes revolve around connections throughout our world, and work that sheds light on dance and the human condition. We are especially interested in perspectives that defy linear paths and take a multi-dimensional view […]

Movement seems to be the crucial common point between choreography and cinematography. But how can physical and cinematic movements be arranged, composed, and interwoven with each other? Where: Online When: 22 – 26.04 20249.30 – 12.30 (UTC+2) Movement seems to be the crucial common point between choreography and cinematography. But how can physical and cinematic movements be arranged, composed, and interwoven […]

Open call for dance, videodance or dance on screen films for screening at the 2nd edition of the Zêzere International Festival. Where: Ferreira do Zêzere, Portugal When: 23-26 Oct. 2024 Deadline for applications: September 8, 2024 Second edition of the Zêzere Cinedance Festival organized by Madrasta Dance. An encounter between dance on screen and a […]