2023 Fall Festival
SFDFF presents its 14th annual Festival. From September 22 – October 15, international and locally produced dance films will be featured in various San Francisco theaters and streamed online. From October 5 – 8, SFDFF will be co-presented with ODC. All programming will take place in person at ODC Theater, along with streaming access to select programs on ODC Connect, ODC’s video streaming platform. At the close of the Festival an invited jury will announce its selections and give awards in six categories.
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For detailed information on individual programs, and to purchase tickets, click on the images below.
In-Person Programs, Sept 22 - Oct 4
Take a tour of diverse dance styles as smoldering jazz, flamboyant drag, athletic street dance, and world-class ballet come into conversation across the globe.
57 minutes
Friday, September 22 @ 7pm
Lucasfilm Theater
Opening Night: Spotlight Shorts
Flower is a short episodic film series starring world-renowned ballerina and trailblazer Misty Copeland that tells a powerful story through dance and movement.
(United States, 2022) 28 minutes
Sunday, October 1 @ 7:00 PM
Brava Theater
Contemporary / Urban / Ballet
Flower
Experience the expansive power of imagination and remarkable creative drive in this collection of short experimental screendance works.
56 minutes
Wednesday, October 4 @ 7:30pm
Catharine Clark Gallery
Experimental @ Catharine Clark Gallery
SFDFF at ODC Theater, Oct 5 - 8
Get lost in storytelling with this seamless fusion of dance, dialogue, acting and cinematography.
64 minutes
Thursday, October 5 @ 6pm
ODC Theater
Narrative Shorts
“Dancing in A-Yard” is an intimate look into the lives of ten men in a rehabilitative dance program in Los Angeles County’s California State Prison at Lancaster.
(United States, 2023) 72 minutes
Thursday, October 5 @ 7:30 PM
ODC Theater
Documentary
Dancing in A-Yard
Discover screendance with this selection of 10 works under 10 minutes
60 minutes
Friday, October 6 @ 6:00pm
ODC Theater
Screendance 1: 10 Under 10
Five documentary shorts capture real-life stories in a compact form colored by the intimately personal language of movement.
75 Minutes
Friday, October 6 @ 7:30pm
ODC Theater
Doc Shorts
Delve into unconventional storytelling in this selection of five experimental shorts with narrative threads.
62 minutes
Saturday, October 7 @ 1:30pm
ODC Theater
Screendance 2: What’s the Story?
Dive deeper into screendance with these four international works.
64 minutes
Saturday, October 7 @ 3:30pm
ODC Theater
Screendance 3: Screenscapes
A magical journey from the streets of Mumbai to the stages of New York, “Call Me Dancer” is the story of perseverance, rebellion, passion, family, culture, and an unlikely friendship .
(United States, 2023) 80 minutes
Saturday, October 7 @ 7:00
ODC Theater
Documentary
Call Me Dancer
SFDFF’s 5th annual Raising Voices shorts program spotlights the work of traditionally under-represented artists and amplifies their powerful messages of social justice and belonging.
74 minutes
Sunday, October 8 @ 1pm
ODC Theater
Raising Voices
Filmed over four days in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral, “Love, A State of Grace” is a multifaceted immersive meditation on vulnerability, courage, and loving attunement to our common humanity, told through the mesmerizing art of aerial dance.
(United States, 2022) 34 minutes
Sunday, October 8 @ 3:00pm
ODC Theater
Live Performance Capture
Love, A State of Grace & futile/gestures...
SFDFF continues its annual tradition of supporting local artists with this closing night celebration of dance, film, and community.
50 minutes
Sunday, October 8 @ 6:00pm
ODC Theater
Bay Area Shorts–Part 1
SFDFF continues its annual tradition of supporting local artists with this closing night celebration of dance, film, and community.
50 minutes
Sunday, October 8 @ 7:30pm
ODC Theater
Bay Area Shorts–Part 2
Streaming on ODC Connect, Oct 5 - 15
What is an archive? This program explores the possibilities from the merging of multi-media documentation to the reframing of personal practice
43 minutes
October 5 - October 15
Streaming on ODC Connect
Dancing the Archive – Streaming
Each of these three films takes a distinct approach to capturing the ineffable vitality of live performance.
92 minutes
October 5 - October 15
Streaming on ODC Connect
Live Performance Captures – Captured Liv...
SFDFF’s 5th annual Raising Voices shorts program spotlights the work of traditionally under-represented artists and amplifies their powerful messages of social justice and belonging.
74 minutes
October 5 - October 15
Streaming on ODC Connect
Raising Voices – Streaming
“Telephone” is an activist screendance documentary celebrating emotionally rich, poetic audio description for dance, which allows blind and visually impaired people to be included fully in the joy of artistic expression.
(United States, 2022) 43 minutes
October 5 - October 15
Streaming on ODC Connect
Telephone
“Just Short of Reality” is a series of interlocking shorts that show the mundane serendipities of everyday life through the genres of surrealism, silent film, and dance.
(Canada, 2022) 36:45 minutes
October 5 - October 15
Streaming on ODC Connect
Just Short of Reality – Streaming
