Cinematica is an international festival that deals specifically with the image-movement relationship in the visual and performing arts. The festival, along with the programme that includes video and film screenings, performances, exhibitions, installations and laboratories, wants to convey new trends in audiovisual and performance experimentations, with a strong focus on bodily and perceptual root.
We collect artistic proposals on videodance films for the 2026 edition (22-25 October) in two categories:
- Cinematic videodance projects that push the borders of motion image through dance. We accept also animation, short films and 360° films with strong focus on any kind of movement, human and metahuman.
- NEW ONE! videodance film AI generated, film developed with ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE that show the possibilities of crafting dance films with different tools in an embodied mood.
Please note! This year we are expecially interested to SOUND/MOVEMENT relationship, so please don't esitate to share work that relate dance and sound in a special and unique way.
A shortlist of video will be choosed by the organization and judged by a Quality Jury of three experts. The following prizes will be awarded: a cash prize by a Jury composed of three experts, an Audience and Organization Award.
Quality Jury Award (800€)
Audience Award (300€)
Organization Award (200€)
The selected works, in addition to the circuit, will have the opportunity to receive an additional prize from the partner Festival Ritratti D'artista and can be included in the shortlist of films selected for the PRIX VIDA, a videodance award that includes the major Italian videodance festivals.