Dir. Jacob Sutton | U.K. | 2021 | 2 min.

A first kiss is not always an easy thing. This film tells the story of a young man dancing his way across the rooftops to his first kiss with a new lover.

Dir. Daniel Gurton | U.K. | 2025 | 10 min.

In a British-Ghanaian household bound by tradition and religion, a young girl lives under the oppressive control of her abusive father. At the family dinner table, heated arguments reveal the deep rift between them as they confront the scars of their shared history.

Dir. Barbara Anastacio | U.S. | 2025 | 2 min.

Inspired by Robert Longo’s iconic “Men in the Cities” drawings and enhanced by the soundtrack of Jon Batiste’s “Symphony No. 5 Stomp,” this visceral short film captures the devastating beauty of a body caught between collapse and resistance in the city landscape.

Dirs. Magalie Lanriot and Roel Q Seeber | Portugal | 2024 | 6 min.

Fu Le, choreographer, interprets Fernando Pessoa’s 1915 modernist epic poem Ode Marítima with two dancers suspended, floating in and out of a whitewashed shaft and geometric shapes by the sea in Portugal. The poem captures the sensory and emotional dynamic of a morning on a dock, the separation between land and ship, distant maritime travel and deep psychological nostalgia.

Dirs. Jordan Johnson and Aidan Carberry | U.S. | 2025 | 2 min.

Created by the innovative JA Collective, this piece pairs six dancers with six programmable robots, setting the stage for a bold experiment in timing, control, and mechanical and human connection.

Dir. Bear Damen | Netherlands | 2022 | 7 min.

Two men in an office vie for a trophy as they race side by side, crawling, dragging, squatting their way towards their goal, ultimately ending in a tie by the water’s edge as the trophy slowly sinks away.

Dirs. Fu Le and Adrien Gontier | France | 2018 | 10 min. 

In Paris, forty dancers move en masse to symbolize the current upheavals of the world, evoking migrations, demonstrations, and gatherings. An individual interacts with the crowd as he resists, lets go, or surrenders to the crowd.

Dirs. Beren D’Amico and Francisco Cruz | 2021 | 5 min.

Twenty-one acrobats from around the world filmed their unique movement styles, which were then layered with animation. During a time of distancing, dancers found a way to maintain togetherness. Plume is a full flight with clipped wings!

Dir. Marcus Eriksson | Canada | 2026 | 5 min. 

The dancers of Ballet British Columbia star in a striking exploration of memory, connection, and what remains. Set in a vast, historic Pacific Northwest space, movement and film converge, celebrating the art of dance beyond the stage.

Dir. Dor Averbuch | Israel | 2025 | 2 min.

Set on a running track, this energetic short piece features 19 dancers from the Batsheva Ensemble delivering a joyful and slightly absurd celebration of movement. The performance unfolds to a vibrant track by Noga Erez, transforming a traditional sports venue into an open creative playground that highlights the hopeful expression of dance.