Highlights of this mixed screendance program include Ukrainian filmmaker Diana Olifirova’s rhythmically edited film shot partially in Ukraine, Intrance (UK, 2022). And SFDFF’s award-winning UK duo Baye and Asa return with a new film, Suck it Up (UK, 2022), confronting “the violent fallout of male insecurity and entitlement” in their typical theatrical fashion. Films from Egypt, Slovenia, Italy, Norway, and China take us further around the world as diverse examples of our 2022 submissions from fifty countries.

From Ukraine to the UK and back, on the precipice of infinite possibilities, and spiraling through spaces that redefine my identity, culture, memories and future. INTRANCE is a self-portrait exploring fear, resistance, bravery and change.

Intrance

A self-portrait exploring fear, resistance, bravery and change.

A reflection on the beauty and inevitability of impermanence, On Mending is a short dance film that follows a community’s attempt to process overwhelming loss. The film and its characters wind their way through a vast and barren alpine landscape, an abstract land of memory and nostalgia. At its root, On Mending is a contemplation on support, community, and the action of releasing what we can no longer carry with us.

On Mending

A reflection on the beauty and inevitability of impermanence.

Heteronormative advertising campaigns tell men that they are weak, small, balding, and flaccid. These commercial images promise status, offer solutions to inadequacy, and breed entitlement. Men mimic this commercialized masculinity, and act out when they are not rewarded. Internalized deficiency creates a culture of resentment and has led to violence. This short film confronts the violent fallout.

Suck it Up

A dance film confronting the violent fallout of male insecurity and entitlement.

A transformative journey expressing the process of navigating emotions, mirrored in the forming and reshaping of white desert clusters.

Folds of the Wind

The horizon - a line separating the Earth from the sky. But what if we follow the horizon so it is not just a line, but a continuous circle? Can that circle actually bring the Earth and the sky together in a boundless connection?

Horizon

What if we the horizon does not separate the Earth from the sky, but rather brings them together?

TOUCH OF RED: OVERTURE is an inquiry into the genesis of a creation process. The film is designed to explore the liminal space that two men occupy prior to the live elements of Shamel Pitts' upcoming work TOUCH OF RED.

Touch of Red: Overture

Dive into the genesis of the creation for TOUCH OF RED in this short film by Taylor Antisdel.

Life Left Behind is an attempt to capture the form of different memories within ones life. Whilst driving, a woman attempts to reconcile with her past and the scars it left behind.

Life Left Behind

A woman attempts to reconcile with her past and the scars it left behind.

We hope for a future with less pollution, less destruction, and less war. Our fate relies on a harmonious connection with nature. Our world should be more united, like a family, and together we will explore the civilizations of the universe.

Our Planet Destiny

Together we can explore the civilizations of the universe.

Screendance III: Carving Spaces | 2022 San Francisco Dance Film Festival

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