The 46th annual Dance on Camera Festival (July 20 – 24, 2018), co-presented by Dance Films Association and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, announces its call for submissions for dance films of all genres and lengths beginning in Fall 2017.
Dance on Camera Festival remains the longest-running dance film festival in the world, providing a platform for choreographic storytelling and creative expression, and intimate access to innovative media artists and their cinematic works. Each year in New York City, the Festival presents feature-length documentary and narrative films, inventive short films, filmmaker panels and special events, cutting edge media and art installations, as well as engaging community and student programs. Dance Films Association and the Film Society of Lincoln Center have co-presented the Festival since 1996, hosting screenings and special events at the Walter Reade Theater, with the addition of the Film Society’s landmark state-of-the-art Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center in 2012.
Dance on Camera Festival serves the interests and needs of filmmakers, choreographers, and dancers by:
• Connecting artists with knowledgeable audiences through workshops, panel discussions, Q&As, and special programming throughout the five-day Festival
• Inviting press to the Festival, increasing media opportunities for filmmakers
• Hosting receptions and after parties where artists can connect with industry leaders
• Offering Festival filmmakers free admission to all screenings to enjoy the full range of films and programming at Dance on Camera Festival
• Providing additional opportunities to screen filmmakers’ work through the Dance on Camera Tour, a program that has brought Festival films to venues across the United States as well as Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, England, France, Hungary, Iceland, India, Latvia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey
Dance on Camera Festival welcomes submissions from professional, amateur, and independent filmmakers working in all aesthetic disciplines within the dance film genre, including narrative, documentary, animation and experimental. Dance films that uniquely interpret the relationship between dance and film are especially encouraged to apply.
Submissions Deadlines and Important Dates:
Fall 2017: Submissions Open
Spring 2018: Regular and Late Deadlines
Members of Dance Films Association receive discounted entry fees. Learn more about Dance Films Association membership benefits and sign up here: http://www.dancefilms.org/membership/
Questions regarding submissions may be directed to festival@dancefilms.org or by calling 347-505-8649.
ABOUT DANCE FILMS ASSOCIATION
Dance Films Association, Inc. (DFA), a New York-based nonprofit since 1956, is dedicated to furthering the art of dance film. Connecting artists and organizations, fostering new works for new audiences, and sharing essential resources, DFA is a catalyst for innovation in and preservation of dance on camera. DFA is broadening its audience via new media initiatives and membership drives, to support cutting edge approaches to dance documentation, and to expand partnerships with schools, arts organizations, and other media platforms and institutions. Alongside the Dance on Camera Festival, DFA offers year round programming such as Dance Film Lab, Dance Films Presents, and Capturing Motion NYC, and provides fiscal sponsorship and offers production grants for its members.
Dance Films Association receives generous year-round support from our members, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, The Office of the Mayor Bill De Blasio, and Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl, as well as The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by Jody and John Arnhold, Emerging Movement Council, AbelCine, Wave Farm: Media Arts Assistance Fund, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, Dance and New Media Foundation, Brown-Forman, Funders For LGBTQ Issues, Gibney Dance Center, and Materials for the Arts. For more information, visit www.dancefilms.org and follow @dancefilms on Twitter.
ABOUT THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
Founded in 1969 to celebrate American and international cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center works to recognize established and emerging filmmakers, support important new work, and to enhance the awareness, accessibility, and understanding of the moving image. The Film Society produces the renowned New York Film Festival, a curated selection of the year’s most significant new film work, and presents or collaborates on other annual New York City festivals including Art of the Real, Dance on Camera, Film Comment Selects, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, New York African Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival, New York Jewish Film Festival, Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, and Scary Movies. In addition to publishing the award-winning Film Comment magazine, the Film Society recognizes an artist’s unique achievement in film with the prestigious Chaplin Award, whose 2016 recipient was Morgan Freeman. The Film Society’s state-of-the-art Walter Reade Theater and the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, located at Lincoln Center, provide a home for year-round programs and the New York City film community.
The Film Society receives generous, year-round support from The New York Times, Shutterstock, Variety, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. American Airlines is the Official Airline of the Film Society of Lincoln Center. For more information, visit www.filmlinc.org and follow @filmlinc on Twitter.
