Experience the magic of dance on screen with our 2025 Online Festival. Watch select short films from this year’s festival, plus exclusive online-only feature films—all from the comfort of home, anywhere in the world.

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Streaming Programming:

(Subject to change)

Feature Films:

Flamenco dancer Maria Pages wears a flowing blue dress. She dances passionately on stage, arms raised, with musicians playing guitars seated in the background and a bright stage light shining behind her.

The Alchemist’s Dance

A documentary journey into the mind and movement of flamenco icon María Pagés.
(Spain, 2024) 84 minutes
Hans van Manen, a 90-year-old white man, wears a black dress shirt and tie, and stands with his arms extended in a studio. Head bowed, his expression is focused. Another person's hand enters from the left, gently holding his raised arm.

Just Dance the Steps

At 90, legendary Dutch choreographer Hans van Manen reflects on a life shaped by movement revealing the passion and precision behind a lifelong devotion to dance.
(Netherlands, 2024) 90 minutes
A young man’s side profile is foregrounded, while a shadowy figure is seen behind flowing fabric. Overlaid at the bottom, the same young man is pictured standing in waist-deep flowing blue fabric, illuminated by soft light.

The Black Prince

From enslaved child to royal courtier, the story of Couschi comes alive in this behind-the-scenes look at the Royal Swedish Ballet’s "Gustavia."
(Sweden, 2025) 58:24 minutes
Choreographer Victor Ullate, an older man with gray hair and a mustache, smiles while sitting on a bench outdoors. He wears a short-sleeve white shirt, and there is a floral-patterned pillow beside him, with greenery in the background.

Ullate: The Dance of Life

The story of Spanish dance, told through the life and legacy of maestro Víctor Ullate.
(Spain, 2024) 96 minutes
Film still from "Waiting Places" with an awards laurel for best score

Waiting Places

Five bodies share a room, bound by the act of waiting — each for a different longing. This dance-driven film explores the intersection of time, desire, and connection.
(United States, 2025) 54 minutes

2025 Award Winners

We are honored to present the awards for the 16th annual San Francisco Dance Film Festival. To learn more about all 2025 winners, click here.

Film still from "The Steppers Visit South Africa" with an awards laurel for best doc short
Hugh Durnford-Dionne
Kayin Queeley
(Canada, 2024) 10:04 minutes

The Steppers Visit South Africa

Film still from "Aito Hine" with an awards laurel for best cinematography
Krysten Resnick
Tehani Robinson
(French Polynesia, 2024) 13:50 minutes

Aito Hine

Film still from "Ammonia" with an awards laurel for best set/production design
Joe Connor
Emma Farnell-Watson, Kieran Lai
(United Kingdom, 2025) 7:36 minutes

Ammonia

Film still from "Ballerina" with an awards laurel for best narrative short
Soheil Babaei, Farima Khalili
(Islamic Republic of Iran, 2024) 11:14 minutes

Ballerina

Film still from "Waiting Places" with an awards laurel for best score
Five bodies share a room, bound by the act of waiting — each for a different longing. This dance-driven film explores the intersection of time, desire, and connection.
(United States, 2025) 54 minutes
Available to stream November 10-30, 2025

Waiting Places

Film still from "Chambers Street" with awards laurels for best sound design and best screendance
Scott Dempsey Keenan
Max Cookward
(United States, 2024) 7:55 minutes

Chambers Street

Spotlight Shorts

A bold mix of genre-defying gems, Spotlight Shorts highlights artists pushing the edges of what dance film can be. This program features an eclectic blend of humor, ritual, suspense, and social commentary while spanning animated experiments, satirical horror, futuristic robotics, and global folklore. With choreographers at the forefront of today’s movement innovation, these films surprise, provoke, and delight in equal measure.

Aerial view of ballerinas in pink and red costumes arranged in concentric circles around a dancer in a bright green tutu, holding hands on a wooden floor. The entire formation looks like a kaleidoscope pattern.
Dean Alexander
Septime Webre
(United States / Hong Kong, 2024) 2:11 minutes

Tutu Academy

Twin brothers dance in sync on a checkered floor in a lively, dimly lit dive bar with red and black walls. Other people dance in pairs around them, in various tango poses.
Martin and Facundo Lombard
Martin and Facundo Lombard
(United States, 2024) 3:51 minutes

Fuga Y Misterio

Film still from "Aito Hine" with an awards laurel for best cinematography
Krysten Resnick
Tehani Robinson
(French Polynesia, 2024) 13:50 minutes

Aito Hine

Film still from "Ammonia" with an awards laurel for best set/production design
Joe Connor
Emma Farnell-Watson, Kieran Lai
(United Kingdom, 2025) 7:36 minutes

Ammonia

A barefoot person in a white top and khaki skirt stands in the center of a concrete floor, looking up at the camera. They are surrounded by people lying on the ground in various positions, creating a dramatic, artistic scene.
Benjamin Jonsson
Benjamin Jonsson
(United Kingdom, 2024) 1:36 minutes

HERD(mentality)

A dancer in a flowing white outfit poses dramatically with arms outstretched and head arched back, bathed in soft light streaming through large, ornate windows in a dimly lit room. The image is in greyscale.
Gideon Merz
Agnes Su
(Germany, 2024) 2:59 minutes

Tempest

Three dancers entwine in an intimate pose in a warmly lit living room, wearing flowing shirts with red floral patterns.
Lucia Lopez Sanchez
Lucia Lopez Sanchez
(Spain, 2024) 3:45 minutes

Una Notte a Napoli

Three dancers perform in a dimly lit room. The person in front wears a fringed, textured outfit and hat, with dramatic movement. Two others, also in hats, dance in the background. A red light glows on the wall behind them.
Hong Jae Im 임홍재, Hwayong Jung 화용 정
Aiki & Hook
(Republic of Korea, 2025) 2:02 minutes

Talchum: The Mask Dance

An abstract drawing of a silhouetted face. The left side has dark green, stone-like shapes, and the right side shows colorful rays in pink, orange and blue, extending outwards from the face.
Boris Seewald
Marie Zechiel
(Germany, 2025) 2:20 minutes

Klanglicht: Sound of Light

A man and woman dance closely, smiling at each other, in an elegant, wood-paneled room with yellow chairs and chandeliers. The man wears a sparkly sleeveless black top; the woman wears a light green, puff-sleeved dress and purple hoop earrings.
Lior Shneior
Lior Shneior/BERLIN MOVES
(Germany, 2024) 3:28 minutes

Salut D’Amour

Three people, two men and one woman, stand indoors with their hands on their heads with intense expressions. They wear dark, distressed clothing and perform in a worn, yellow-lit room with peeling walls and yellow stairs.
Lohitzune Rodriguez
Lohitzune Rodriguez
(Spain, 2025) 2:45 minutes

Instinct

A person dressed in dark, gothic attire with heavy makeup and fishnet clothing kicks their leg high near a staircase railing, in a bold, dramatic pose.
Ryan Renshaw
Jack Lister
(Australia, 2024) 2:57 minutes

Hiphop Purée

A person wearing a light-colored outfit is lying on the ground with one arm and leg extended, reaching forward with their hand on a concrete floor.
Ian Eastwood
Ian Eastwood
(United States, 2024) 3:05 minutes

Path

Six young adults sit at desks in a minimalist classroom. Each wears neutral clothing and sits facing forward with a blank expression. Small robotic arms sit on a desk in front of each person.
Jordan Johnson, Aidan Carberry
JA Collective
(United States, 2025) 1:22 minutes

JA Robot Club

Eight dancers in white tank tops and alternating blue, red and orange athletic shorts are poised at the starting line on a racetrack. The image is taken from above in bright daylight.
Dor Averbuch; Created by: Dor Averbuch, DanDan Cohen, Ori Manor
DanDan Cohen, Ori Manor
(2025) 2:14 minutes

Podium

Doc Shorts

Doc Shorts brings together five powerful short documentaries that reveal how dance intersects with identity, healing, and cultural expression across the globe. From krump circles in the UK to hula in Hawaiʻi and stepping in South Africa, each film offers a personal glimpse into communities where movement becomes a lifeline. These real-life portraits are tender, raw, and resonant—spotlighting stories of transformation, resilience, and the unspoken language of the body. 

A person jumps with their legs crossed near a group of cheering people. They are in the corner of a metal fence in an urban park, with trees and other park-goers in the background. A speaker is placed on the ground nearby.
Tobi Izedomi
(United Kingdom, 2024) 4:20 minutes

A Deeper Space

A person in a green shirt and black pants lounges slouched in a yellow armchair, legs and one arm hanging off. The room has light walls, wooden parquet flooring, framed photos on the floor and a mirror in the background.
Sarah Niemann, Dominic Miller
Olga Rabetskaya
(United States, 2025) 5:31 minutes

In Stillness and in Motion

A trio of musicians in brightly patterned red-and-white Polynesian attire perform on stage with a guitar, a ukulele, and an electric upright bass, all singing into microphones with smiles on their faces. They stand in front of a floral backdrop.
Lisette Marie Flanary
Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne
(United States, 2025) 29:48 minutes

MĀHŪ

Three ballet dancers in black attire dance in a sunlit, ornate room with large windows, wooden floors, and classical statues at the Paris Opera. Two women wear black tutus while a man stands between them, arms extended gracefully.
Harrison Garret
Chun-Wing Lam
(France, 2024) 7:24 minutes

What Belongs to You

Film still from "The Steppers Visit South Africa" with an awards laurel for best doc short
Hugh Durnford-Dionne
Kayin Queeley
(Canada, 2024) 10:04 minutes

The Steppers Visit South Africa

Narrative Shorts

Blurring the lines between movement and filmmaking, our Narrative Shorts program showcases fiction-driven films where dance is seamlessly woven into the storytelling. These pieces follow characters navigating identity, grief, love, and resistance set in locations ranging from Iranian stages to a cross-country motorcycle journey. Emotion is carried not just in words, but in bodies in motion. 

Film still from "Ballerina" with an awards laurel for best narrative short
Soheil Babaei, Farima Khalili
(Islamic Republic of Iran, 2024) 11:14 minutes

Ballerina

A person in casual clothes sits under a spotlight in a chair, facing an identical person in a suit seated across from them, holding blue papers. They sit in a dimly lit, industrial-looking room with a large pipe on the wall.
Anthony Morigerato
John Michael Fiumara
(USA, 2024) 12:11 minutes

Echo

Three women wearing traditional clothing practice classical Indian dance indoors, with their hands in mudra positions. The person is front wears a focused expression. Light streams through large windows behind them.
Harshith Surya Kotni
Deepa Mahadevan
(USA, 2024) 11:42 minutes

Prematho

Three men wearing shorts stand barefoot with their backs to the camera in a sandy desert under a clear blue sky, facing the dunes in the distance.
Thomas Bos
Erik Bos
(Netherlands, 2024) 11:40 minutes

West

A girl with a somber expression sits on a bus. The image appears like a printed photograph, with a pile of red yarn obscuring the face of the person next to her.
Tamara Ayrapetyan
Anna Osina
(Russian Federation, 2025) 11:42 minutes

Lola

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