Frame Rush, the annual screendance event, returns to The Place, London, on Friday 20 May 2022 with an evening of live screenings.
Focusing on movement and sound, this edition explores the definition of the continuously emerging genre of screendance as an immersive sensory experience. Our aim is to bring together new audiences to watch and discuss works from around the world. Particularly in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic, screendance is becoming more and more relevant.
We invite you to submit short films that focus on the relationship between movement and sound and how this communicates an intention with the audience. We strive to make our event as inclusive as possible, and actively welcome films created by and representing all backgrounds, specifically marginalised communities.
The festival is run by the postgraduate students of the world’s only MA in Screendance. If you would like to apply for the MA Screendance, including a chance to run this festival for a year, visit https://www.lcds.ac.uk/ma-screendance-0.
The 2022 Frame Rush Team is:
Sut Ieng Lei
Caitlin MacKinnon
Anastasia Maselli
Siyuan Meng
Madeleine Plunkett
Azize Sousami
Alexa Stevens
---- About submission fees ----
We know that submission fees are a complex, and sometimes contentious, part of film distribution in screendance. If the submission fee is a barrier to your participation, please contact us on frame.rush@lcds.ac.uk for a fee waiver.
When we did not charge a submission fee we received over 2,000 entries, and 1,317 of these had nothing to do at all with the event or with screendance. They had to be sifted by a staff member who wasn’t paid for that time. We fully recognise that artists are so often underpaid or even unpaid for the work they do, and particularly are underfunded for the effort that goes into distribution; but having one more person perform unpaid labour doesn’t improve that situation either. We have therefore decided to charge a small fee to discourage those who submit indiscriminately to any free-to-submit festival.
We have kept this fee intentionally very low. If your financial circumstances prevent you from entering a film that matches the festival call, please contact us explaining that and we will offer a waiver.
Banner image credits (left to right):
Sut Ieng Lei
Madeleine Plunkett
Alexa Stevens
Caitlin McKinnon