San Francisco Dance Film Festival

Streaming this week in our community: Ballet22 launches with a program available to stream from your home. This newly-established, Bay Area-based company presents works that break gender normative traditions and is guided by values of inclusivity of body type, gender identity, and race. Learn more and buy tickets for the December 18-20 program via the post below!

#ThrowbackThursday to our #SFDFF2020 screening of Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young's stunning dance-theater work "Revisor" Did you know that our full 30-minute Q&A with Young and dancer Tiffany Tregarthen is now available to the public? Watch it today at the link below! https://youtu.be/QPIl06gLMoM

This weekend, we're reading this New York Times article about dance and disability. It features Alice Sheppard, whose film "Where Good Souls Fear" screened in our 2020 festival: "This work is how people are. It’s just that it hasn’t fully registered in the nondisabled world. https://www.nytimes.com//heidi-latsky-kinetic-light-disabi

#ResistanceIsBeautiful is a stunning new vertical dance film from Oakland-based company BANDALOOP. Watch the full film in the post below! It features Isha Clarke, one of the co-creators of our 2020 Co-Lab film "Dear Black Girls." You can learn more about her collaboration with SFDFF in this interview: https://youtu.be/y7q3glqhccU

This Thanksgiving, we hope you find joy despite strange circumstances. We can always dine and dance, no matter how small our gatherings are! Clip from "CO-iNSiDE," an #SFDFF2020 short film by Ellen Hathaway Dance Company

Memories from one week ago: special screening and performance at Catharine Clark Gallery! Photos by Reneff-Olson Productions

Attention Bay Area dancers and performers! Apply today for this PAID opportunity to perform at Golden Gate Park during the holiday season. More details + application here: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSccDj4KOxEl_hRqq7/viewform

One of the highlights of SFDFF 2020 was hosting a special limited-capacity screening of our Finding Me shorts program Catharine Clark Gallery, featuring a live performance by Benjamin Freemantle! Thank you to everyone who made this event successful and safe Photos by Alexander Reneff-Olson

Streaming this week in our community: Lil Buck has just released "Nobody Knows," a short film where he reflects on his past through his signature jookin moves and the stirring vocals of a church choir. Lil Buck was the recipient of our first Embodiment Award at SFDFF 2019, where "Lil Buck: Real Swan" also won Best Documentary. Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/r-viRM2-wJo... Also, read the New York Times feature on the video: https://www.nytimes.com///dance/lil-buck-nobody-knows.html See more

For our friends in Seoul: the Seoul Dance Film Festival () is happening November 6-8! They will be presenting our 2019 Audience Favorites and our Breaking Boundaries reel from 2016. Learn more and get tickets here: http://www.sedaff.com/main/main.asp

And that's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who made our first-ever virtual festival a smashing success. We hope you enjoyed all our films and programs! We have much more to come, so stay with us as we continue to share the magic of dance films

One final award to announce: the 2020 SFDFF Audience Award goes to Uprooted Film! We were thrilled, but not surprised, to see how this film inspired viewers from around the country with its deep dive into the overlooked history of this dance form. Congratulations to the filmmakers!

Heather Desaulniers dips into the San Francisco Dance Film Festival and enthusiastically reviews three programmes: "Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen... Verdon" (), "Dance Goes On" () and "Uprooted The Journey of Jazz Dance" (). https://dancetabs.com//dipping-into-the-san-francisco-dan/ Picture of Alejandro Seguro and Eduardo Jimenez in "Amen", from the "Dance Goes On" shorts programme. Alonso Segura More.

Our festival awards were selected by our distinguished independent jury. In this video, hear from them about the award winning films. A huge thank you to our 5 fantastic jurors for their time and dedication! Jen Alvares Claudia Bauer... Robert Moses Kimberly Marie Olivier Johnny Symons See more

We are delighted to present the second annual SFDFF Embodiment Award to Oakland-based company YAK Films! This award acknowledges the achievements and influence of artists or organizations who have significantly contributed to the community of dance and filmmaking. YAK Films has launched a global movement that inspires street dancers to embrace their local street culture while using dance videos to connect to the international dance community. In their films, YAK consistently elevates location, celebrates personal expression, and provokes timely conversations. Congratulations to this powerful company!

On the last day of #SFDFF2020, we're thrilled to announce our award winners! Stream them while you still can: films are only available until 11:59pm PST tonight. Best Documentary Film: BEYOND MY STEPS Best Art/Experimental Film: TOM... Best Screendance Film Over 10 Mins: THE CONVERSATION Best Screendance Film Under 10 Mins: HUMAN HABITAT Best Music Video: SPAR WITH TRUMP Best Student Film: FAMILY PORTRAIT Many congratulations to the filmmakers behind these incredible films!

Up in the air about the last weekend of the festival all films are available to stream through Sunday Oct 25 at 11:59pm PST! Tickets and discounted $30 passes are still available https://www.sfdancefilmfest.org/tickets/ HUMAN streams in our Dance Goes On shorts program

No Friday night plans? Join us on YouTube at 8pm PST for our live AFTER DARK party! We’ll have music and chats with filmmakers Emelie Boman and Lance Drake. Tune in here: https://youtu.be/NdhQVqyH9aY CASS & LEX streams in our After Dark shorts program

For the last three days of the festival, passes are discounted to $30! Binge watch all our films this weekend on Marquee TV at a great price. Don't delay, programs are only available through 11:59pm PST on Sunday Oct 25: https://www.marquee.tv//san-francisco-dance-film-festival- Still from Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon

Having trouble what to watch? Check out this review in the San Francisco Classical Voice for festival highlights! All programs stream through this Sunday Oct 25. https://www.sfcv.org//tripping-the-light-fantastic-on-film