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Dancing for the Camera

CALL FOR ENTRIES
14th annual ADF Dancing for the Camera: International Festival of Film and Video Dance

DFCThe American Dance Festival calls for innovators to step forward with submissions for the 14th annual Dancing for the Camera: International Festival of Film and Video Dance. Showcasing the best of fusions between cinematographic skill and choreographic vision, Dancing for the Camera has screened to international audiences more than 250 dance films by filmmakers from over 20 countries. Directed by dance filmmaker and curator, Douglas Rosenberg, the 2009 festival will take place July 10-12.

Seeking high artistic quality, all entries willbe adjudicated in one of four categories by a panel of jurors whose selections will screen at the festival. Certificates of Distinction will be awarded to works of exceptional merit.

Submissions should align with one of the following areas:

Choreography for the Camera—original work made specifically for video or film or re-staged for the camera.

Documentaries—productions that include interviews or other educational elements in addition to choreography.

Experiment and Digital Technologies—work that extends the boundaries of dance and can exist only in video, film, or new technologies.

Student Work—submissions produced while the filmmakers were students or by current students.

The early deadline for film/video submissions is March 24, 2009, by 6pm with an entry fee of $30.

THE FINAL DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED!
Entries must be received at ADF no later than 6 pm on Thursday May 14, 2009.
The entry fee for late submissions is $40. Download the entry form.

Questions regarding the call for entries should be directed to adf@americandancefestival.org or 919.684.6402.

 

—In Review—

2008—13th annual ADF Dancing for the Camera: International Festival of Film and Video Dance

This annual festival, directed and curated by Douglas Rosenberg, has screened to international audiences more than 250 dance films from over 20 countries. The 13th annual Dancing for the Camera took place from July 11-13, 2008 on the campus of Duke University and the Nasher Museum of Art in Durham, North Carolina. The festival was free and open to the public. view the program (pdf)

DFC2008 Screenings:
Then/Now (Simon Ellis, United Kingdom/Australia –2007)
Freedom (Jeanette Ginslov, South Africa–2008)
The Retun (Sven O. Hills/Jo Parkes, Germany–2008)
Trace (Chirstinn Whyte, United Kingdom - 2005)
Atom By Atom (Hakan Berthas, Sewden - 1999)
The Rift (Anne Ehnsio, Sweden - 2002)
Pace (Katrina McPherson and Marissa Zanotti - 1995)
Conexiones* (Lidice Abreu, Venezuela - 2007)
Blind Date (Maria Mauti and Francesca Pedroni, Italy - 2007)
Palomas En El Atico (Pigeons in the Attic) (Alejandro Valbuena, Canada - 2007)
Kabukimenco (Kathy Rose, US - 2008)
Diva (Liz Aggiss, United Kingdom - 2007)
Expressive Processing (Helena Figueiredo, Portugal - 2007)
Babel (Peter Sparling, US - 2005)
Corpus Delicti (Christina Giannelia, Canada - 2008)
Disrepair (Gregory Catellier and Jeff Curtis, US - 2008)
A Heretic’s Primer on Love and Exertion: 29 incidents of dual consequence
(Danièle Wilmouth, Trevor Martin, Kym Olsen, US - 2007)
The Greater the Weight (Marlene Millar & Philip Szporer, Canada - 2008)
Stopped in Her Tracks (Sally Gross, US - 1978)
Sally Gross: The Pleasure of Stillness (Albert Maysles & Kristen Nutile, US - 2007)

* Awarded a Certificate of Distinction by the Jury; video still