Video Dance

07/09/2025

Frame Rush is back! 19 Sep at The Place, come and celebrate screendance in all its rich, moving, inspiring glory!
https://theplace.org.uk/events/lcds-2025-frame-rush-graduate-screening

07/08/2025

Inviting UK student dance films!
The Leeds International Film Festival Screendance Competition will again present a student ‘curtain-raiser’ film as part of the 2025 LIFF screendance programme: a specially selected UK student film that opens the screening.

We are looking for work up to 10 minutes which combines dance, movement and/or choreography with film.
To submit a film, upload it to Vimeo or YouTube and complete this Google form by Mon 25 August.
Form URL: https://forms.gle/rYdu9rFu7irVyi6S9
NOTE: to be eligible, films have to own the copyright to all aspects of the film, including any music tracks used. A YouTube licence for music tracks is not sufficient.

LIFF has waived submission fees for students, if they submit their film to us directly, not through to the usual online LIFF channels (FilmFreeway).
This means they will not be eligible for the £500 prize as this would not be fair to those who have paid to submit their film. (If students think they are in with a chance of winning, then they can choose to go through the usual LIFF channels and pay the submission fee.)
If you have any questions please contact Andy Wood at [email protected].
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19/10/2024

On 7-9 November we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the LIFF Screendance Competition with a *screendance symposium*, based at the Leeds School of Arts. This will be a fabulous opportunity for artists and enthusiasts alike.
The symposium celebration will include:
> Two ‘Best of 10 Years’ screenings in the LSA cinema followed by Q&A talks with artists from previous years programmes
> Masterclass with award winning screendance artist Nicola Hepp from Amsterdam
> Screen-based installation in the LSA foyer of animations by Boris Seewald from Berlin
> Artist led ‘world café’ for screendance artists, practitioners, researchers

Tickets are FREE, book now:
Screening 1: Thu 7 Nov, 18.00 - 20.00
Screening 2: Fri 8 Nov 15.00 -17.00
Screendance World Cafe: Fri 8 Nov 10.00 - 14.00
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/leeds-screendance-symposium-2024-3755439

And of course the annual Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) evening screening of this year’s most exciting films will take place as usual at The Everyman cinema in Leeds City Centre on Friday 8 November and Monday 11 November (two dates this year, due to popular demand!). Get your tickets here: https://www.leedsfilm.com/whats-on/139/12-short-films/leeds-screendance-competition-panel

This event is a partnership between Leeds School of Arts at Leeds Beckett University, Leeds International Film Festival - LIFF & Yorkshire Dance.

We hope to see you there!
Andy Wood and Gitta Wigro

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Leeds International Film Festival screendance competition, the symposium gathers artists and enthusiasts to see favourite films from the decade, meet and connect with others from the screendance community.

09/10/2024

LA NOSTALGIE DU FUTUR
Dance film screening at Cinéma Le Trianon with Ciné Corps - Page curated by Gitta Wigro and Virginie Combet

Despite all the exhortations to “be in the present”, we also live in our memories and premonitions, all the time.
Seven films from all over the world explore different kinds of human time: longing for a future; dwelling on a past; feeling the present. These are not easy answers of how to be; they are shifting dreams of community, family, and possibilty.
An invitation to remain sensitive to the surprises of the future.

This film screening will be preceded by a dance performance by Acadian artist Monique Léger, echoing and responding to the programming.

le 13 octobre 2024 à 16h30
au Cinéma Le Trianon
Place Carnot 93230 Romainville

Malgré les incitations à vivre dans le présent, nous vivons tous dans nos passés et nos futurs. Sept films de danse fraichement réalisés et de tous horizons explorent différents temps humains : désirer un futur, s’attarder sur le passé, ressentir le présent. Ce ne sont pas des questions ...

19/08/2024

Frame Rush is back! All things screendance, with films, discussion and networking in the heart of London.
Friday 13 September, get your tickets here: https://theplace.org.uk/events/frame-rush

17/06/2024

MA Screendance at The Place: the deadline for applications is coming up on 28 June! Find out more here:

Develop your practice in dance filmmaking. This trailblazing MA invites you to develop and refine your screen-based practice. Screendance encompasses a wi

28/02/2024

EARLY DEADLINE TODAY: https://filmfreeway.com/SansSouciFest
FEE ASSISTANCE APPLICATION (deadline also today!): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeOCtzeauIZ21YVPwxW8-Fn_C_Ne1hRvI0UVMt5_VmTbI2eMA/viewform

TODAY is the Early Deadline for submissions! Tomorrow, rates go up! Today is also the last day to apply for a waiver/discount to submit your film!

21/02/2024

Frame Rush is open for submissions!
A new cohort of artists has taken over the event for 2024 - share your film by 1 March for the early bird rate of $4!!

Frame Rush 2024 open call is now LIVE! 🎥
We are now accepting submissions for the festival’s 6th edition, taking place at The Place Theatre, London on 13 September 2024 🗓
Submit via FilmFreeway
https://filmfreeway.com/FrameRush
Early Bird Deadline: Friday 1 March 2024
Final Deadine: Friday 22 March 2024
Link in our bio for more info


Image: Film still from Remnants, by Tolu Oshodi, screened at Frame Rush 2023

05/10/2023

MA Screendance Research Conversations
Wed 11 October 2023
13.00-17.00 BST, Zoom, free
An informal sharing of research and explorations from the artists studying on the MA Screendance.
The current cohort will offer enquiries they made as part of their work on the course, and invite joint discussion and conversation.
Papers and video essays introduce and examine a variety of salient topics: dance in social media; analysing mainstream media through a screendance lens; and questioning the tropes and boundaries of screendance.

This conversational ‘mini-symposium’ is free to attend and open to all who are curious about screendance.
Register here: https://forms.gle/BTtYPsmrggZHoRyW6
View the schedule here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VGtd2FbxidB04NcPhfB-oMDdeG8mDgrC/view?usp=drive_link

06/07/2023

The International Journal of Screendance now has a FB page - follow here:

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22/06/2023

https://theplace.org.uk/lcds-courses/mascreendance
Deadline for applications for the MA Screendance is 30 June!
If you want to find out more, check out this intro video: https://youtu.be/mIIDJ_c3rcM

Course leader Katrina McPherson dives into the What, Why, and How of MA Screendance at London Contemporary Dance School, a trailblazing programme and the onl...

10/05/2023

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQjvWzIzZ1XjFWy0lCh63oEI_xukdwZjd4IZXNXHgW3FJ9bA/viewform

Call for UK student dance films!
Free to submit, deadline 5 July for the LIFF Screendance Competition

FREE SUBMISSION! As part of the Leeds International Film Festival's screendance programme, we will again present a specially selected UK student film. . By ’student’ in this instance, we mean currently studying at undergraduate or MA level or equivalent. We are looking for work up to 10' duratio...