Marquee TV - San Francisco Dance Film Festival

We’re proud to partner with Marquee TV to share SFDFF films worldwide. The leading streaming platform for the performing arts, Marquee TV offers hundreds of productions of ballet, opera, theater, classical music, dance, and more available for you to stream from any device, anytime, anywhere.

Now available to stream is the San Francisco Dance Film Festival Shorts Collection — a special selection of audience-favorites from recent festivals. These films are available to watch for free when you register for Marquee TV.

New 2025 Festival films added February 1!

FILMS INCLUDE:

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 powerful look at Krump in the UK, where dance becomes both a personal release and a collective act of resistance.

A Deeper Space

Jessica Wright, Morgann Runacre-Temple

(United Kingdom, 2021) 14:04 minutes

A surreal, comical romp through the true story of Marie Taglioni’s pointe shoes.

An Evening with Taglioni

Erin Brown Thomas

(United States, 2018) 5 minutes

"Coffee literally changes the way we see, think, and interact with other people. BUT FIRST is our way of exploring this through two of our favorite mediums, film and dance." Created as part of the San Francisco Dance Film Festival's annual Co-Laboratory program in collaboration with the National Center for Choreography at the University of Akron's Dancing Laboratories.

But First

A flamenco dancer in purple track pants and a brown jacket dances in a sunlit courtyard, with three people sitting at a table in the background clapping and playing guitar. The setting is surrounded by worn buildings.

Andrew Margetson

(Spain, United Kingdom, 2025) 4:37 minutes

With raw energy and magnetic presence, Carmen embodies a new generation of flamenco.

Carmen

Phillip Kaminiak

(United States, 2022) 6:10 minutes

With undulating athleticism, powerful unisons, and a hypnotic score, "CIRCLE" explores cosmic forces at play for people living in mass cities.

Circle

Ekman's Concise Guide to Natural Movement

T.M. Rives

(United States, 2018) 9 minutes

Renowned choreographer Alexander Ekman ( ''A Swan Lake'' ) collaborated with his favorite filmmaker T.M. Rives to create a short dance film for the San Francisco Dance Film Festival’s ninth annual festival.

Ekman’s Concise Guide to Natural Movement

Iker Karrera, Alberto D. Centeno

(Spain, 2021) 3:21 minutes

Set in a derelict theater, “Heartache” deploys tensely expressive movement in a darkly playful take on the dynamics of seeing and being seen.

Heartache

Luke Willis

(United States, 2022) 3:00 minutes

Lady Camden, Rupaul's Drag Race Season 14 finalist, reflects on what compels her to dance.

I Don’t Need A Reason

Amanda Beane

(USA, 2021) 5:00 min

I Just Wanna Dance showcases the vitality and innovation of dancers from both the New York City and Los Angeles hustle scene.

I Just Wanna Dance

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

(Spain, 2025) 2:45 minutes

Three fighters, one glass of water, and a confrontation where survival tests the limits of morality.

Instinct

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

(United States, 2025) 1:22 minutes

Six dancers. Six robots. One finely-tuned encounter between human motion and machine rhythm.

JA Robot Club

Film still from "Ode Maritima" with an awards laurel for best editing

Fu Le

(France & Portugal, 2024) 6:15 minutes

Aerial dancers float between sky and sea in this gravity-defying ode to separation and longing.

Ode Maritima

Nadav Heyman, Anabella Casanova

(United States, 2023) 8:10 minutes

In “Old Man at the Corner Store,” an elderly man crosses paths with young neighborhood mischief-makers and dances them through a game of “follow the leader”.

Old Man at the Corner Store

Three women wearing colorful clothing sit together through a field of tall, yellow grass with a dense forest and rolling hills in the background. On their laps, they hold puppets of older women with their hands clasped.

Dana Wilson, Jillian Meyers, Megan Lawson

(United States, 2025) 6:25 minutes

Brought to life through puppetry, three older women remind us that joy, movement, and friendship never age out.

Still Got It

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

(Germany, 2024) 2:59 minutes

A perfectionist’s inner storm dances toward self-acceptance in this intimate visual poem.

Tempest

James Kinney, Pierre Marais

(United States, 2021) 4:30 minutes

Characters take to the streets with flair in this short Noir dance film.

The Game

Film still from "The Steppers Visit South Africa" with an awards laurel for best doc short

Hugh Durnford-Dionne

(Canada, 2024) 10:04 minutes

A heartfelt cultural exchange reconnects North American steppers with the ancestral roots of street dance in South Africa.

The Steppers Visit South Africa

Three dancers entwine in an intimate pose in a warmly lit living room, wearing flowing shirts with red floral patterns.

Lucia Lopez Sanchez

(Spain, 2024) 3:45 minutes

A mysterious night in Naples unfolds with whimsy, elegance, and a hint of melancholy.

Una Notte a Napoli

Four men stand on a graffiti-covered street in an industrial area. The man in front holds his hand up toward the camera, partially obscuring his face. The image is in black and white.

Or Schraiber

(United States, 2024) 4:03 minutes

In a desolate urban landscape, five dancers turn movement into silent prayer in this soul-stirring video for Yemen Blues.

Yemen Blues – Prayers

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