2023 Call for Entries

Now in our 14th season, SFDFF continues to seek groundbreaking work in the field of screendance, and welcomes submissions of dance-based narrative shorts and features, documentaries, live performance captures, installations, and music videos. All forms of dance are welcome.

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SFDFF Presents Encore Shorts

ENCORE SHORTS

Encore Shorts is a new series highlighting selections from our fall festival. The free, bi-monthly series spotlights one film at a time, inviting you to dive deep into a film and the talented creative team behind it.

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SFDFF 2022 Podcast

SFDFF Podcast

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Dancing Through the Lens is a bimonthly podcast from the San Francisco Dance Film Festival that features guests from the festival’s dance and filmmaking communities.

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Welcome to Dance Film SF

Founded in 2010, Dance Film SF is a nonprofit organization that brings dance to new audiences through the presentation and development of dance-based media. In addition to presenting the award-winning San Francisco Dance Film Festival, DFSF’s year-round activities include special screenings, panels, and filmmaking workshops. Through our touring and outreach programs, we send highlight reels to international screens and dance media into local schools. DFSF also produces original dance films through our Co-Laboratory program, matching top choreographers with professional filmmakers and creating the time, space, and budget for them to collaborate.

Learn more about our recent 2022 festival HERE

2023 Call for Submissions

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SFDFF On the Road

As part of our ongoing outreach efforts to bring dance to a wider audience, DANCE FILM SF offers annual highlight reels of curated shorts from previous years’ festival programming. These rentals are available as streaming, limited-use content and are intended for educational use by schools, libraries and nonprofit cultural institutions. LEARN MORE

Encore Shorts

Announcing SFDFF Encore Shorts

We are excited to announce our new dance film series, SFDFF Encore Shorts! This bi-monthly, online series spotlights short dance films from our fall festival. Encore Shorts will highlight one film at a time to highlight a filmmaker and their practice, extending SFDFF’s dedication to sharing uniquely compelling dance films all year round.

Sign up today for this free list to receive a specially selected short dance film in your inbox twice per month. SIGN UP FOR ENCORE SHORTS MAILINGS

2022 Festival Award Winners

The list of 2022 festival award winners has been announced by SFDFF’s independent award jury. For the complete list of winners, visit our awards page HERE.

Festival Photo Albums

Find your photo. Visit our Festival Photos page to relive all the moments from our 2022 festival. Photos courtesy of Reneff-Olson Productions.

SUPPORT DANCE + FILM

Please consider becoming a new supporter or renewing an annual gift. Thanks again to our loyal dance film lovers who continually inspire and support our efforts to reframe dance through film. DONATE TODAY!