Finding Me

SFDFF presents its annual Finding Me program, celebrating the search for identity through dance

In a mixed bill of experimental films and documentaries, we meet vibrant and courageous individuals digging deep to bring out their best selves, including those with mental and physical disabilities, frontline nurses experiencing burnout, those battling substance abuse and addiction, cultural alienation or in one case, sci-fi existential angst. This year’s highlights include a lighthearted and broad-spectrum documentary about love called IYKYK (“If You Know You Know”) by Singaporean student filmmaker Jereca Png. Also on the program is filmmaker Ned Farr’s Porch Light, a subtly powerful story of a young woman returning to her home in search of the childhood she lost.

Viewing Details: Streaming Only

Program Info

Runtime: 72 minutes

October 28 - November 7

Venue: Streaming on Eventive

$8.99 General Admission

Program Films

Porch Light, Ned Farr
A young woman returns home in search of the childhood she lost.
Ned Farr
Mya McClellan, Kelly Bartnik
(United States, 2021) 6:21 minutes

Porch Light

iykyk, Jereca Png
Love - it creeps into our lives with unassuming gentleness or consumes us with a ferocity that forces us to pay attention.
Jereca Png
The Dancers
(Singapore, 2022) 18:21 minutes

iykyk

Tidal, Chloe Van Landschoot, Niamh Wilson
Tidal examines the cyclical nature of workplace trauma and the relentlessness of the nursing profession.
Chloe Van Landschoot, Niamh Wilson
Chloe Van Landschoot, Niamh Wilson
(Canada, 2022) 9:48 minutes

Tidal

SHE, Emil Dam Seidel
Her sense of identity in doubt, Clarice searches for a sense of self through a mirror.
Emil Dam Seidel
Dorotea Saykaly
(Sweden, 2021) 7:35 minutes

SHE

until I vanish, Marissa Osato
How do we move forward when silence and stillness often feel like our only options?
Marissa Osato
Marissa Osato
(United States, 2021) 9:45 minutes

Until I Vanish

Eudaimonia, Anna Lena Ponath
The inspiring story of a circus artist with incredible talent and drive.
Anna-Lena Ponath
Silke Pan
(Germany, 2021) 4:27 minutes

Eudaimonia

Promise, Lane Michael Stanley
An experimental dance film exploring grief, substance abuse, and recovery.
Lane Michael Stanley
(United States, 2022) 5:13 minutes

Promise

Angyil, Fanny Texier
Using spirituality and dance as tools to understand life.
Fanny Texier
Angyil
(United States, 2020) 3:40 minutes

Angyil

Look the Part, Claire Fletcher
Talent comes in all shapes and sizes, and can often defy expectations.
Claire Fletcher
Renata Commisso
(Australia, 2022) 6:30 minutes

Look the Part