MOV’IN CANNES 2026: When Dance meets Cinema

An iconic city in the world of cinema, Cannes is also since 1985 a major place for dance, welcoming the world's leading dance companies and putting under the spotlights new generations of choreographers through the Cannes – Côte d'Azur Dance Festival.

It was in this vibrant artistic context that MOV'IN CANNES was born in 2023: an event dedicated to dance films, at the crossroads of cinema and choreographic creation.

The first editions brought together artists and audiences from around the world, establishing Cannes as a major venue for dialogue between moving bodies and moving images. Building on this success and international recognition, MOV'IN CANNES will become an unmissable annual event from 2025 onwards.

Beyond the screenings, MOV’IN CANNES fully embraces a festival spirit, offering a rich programme of professional encounters, including masterclasses, round-table discussions and opportunities for exchange between filmmakers, choreographers, dancers and industry professionals.

The international dance film competition, under the artistic direction of Didier Deschamps and Eric Oberdorff, will be held on Thursday November 26, 2026.

Enter the competition and present your film in Cannes!
Take part in MOV’IN CANNES 2026 — where dance and cinema come together.

2025 AWARDS

🏆GRAND PRIX
BIGGER by Élise Gaiardo, France, 2023, 10 min
🏆MINISTRY OF CULTURE AWARD
SUNKEN WORKS/DON’T BITE by Ghaliah Conroy and C.J. Roxas, Ireland, 2024, 5 min
🏆AUDIENCE AWARD and SPECIAL JURY AWARD
THE DEEPEST DANCE by André Musgrove, Bahamas, 2023, 4 min
🏆STUDENT AWARD
THE ENDS by Cailin Manning and Nojus Setkauskas, United Kingdom, 2024, 3 min

Partner festivals and institutions for the 2025 edition:
✔️ Centre National de la Danse, Paris
✔️ Cinedans, Amsterdam
✔️ Cinédanse, Montreal
✔️ Dança em Foco, Rio de Janeiro
✔️ InShadow Festival, Lisbon
✔️ Light Moves Festival, Limerick, Ireland
✔️Physical Cinema Festival, Reykjavik
✔️ San Francisco Dance Film Festival
✔️ Suzanne Dellal Centre, Tel Aviv
✔️POOL Movement Art Film Festival, Berlin

Awards & Prizes

🏆 The MOV'IN CANNES Grand Prize will offer a creative residency at the Bastide Rouge, a centre dedicated to the development of the creative economy and image-related professions in Cannes.
🏆 The Ministry of Culture Prize will award a grant for the creation of an original work.
🏆 The Student Prize will enable an artist to lead a masterclass at Campus G. Méliès in Cannes in 2027.
🏆 The Audience Award will be screened in 2027 at Cineum in Cannes, one of the event's partner cinemas.

Voting for the Audience Award will open on Thursday 26 November 2026 at 2pm, at the start of the competition, and must be done in person. Any votes cast before the start of the film screenings will be automatically invalidated. If the number of votes exceeds the capacity of the theatre, or if misuse of the voting link is detected, the film in question will be excluded from the Audience Award.
The winning films will be broadcast on the numéridanse.tv platform.

Rules & Terms

We accept all types of short films (fiction, animation, documentary, etc.) that use dance and movement in their subject matter or as a narrative device, under the following conditions:
🔴 The film must be less than 10 minutes long.
🔴 Open to all international productions and co-productions.
🔴 Non-French-language films must be subtitled in French or English.
🔴 The person responsible for registering the film certifies that they hold all the necessary film, music and artistic rights. Otherwise, the festival declines all responsibility in the event of selection.
🔴 Works submitted and reviewed in previous editions of MOV'IN Cannes may only be resubmitted if significant changes have been made and if all eligibility criteria are met at the time of resubmission. The costs of resubmission shall be borne by the author.
🔴 No remuneration is provided for the screening of films at MOV'IN Cannes. There is also no provision for the reimbursement of registration fees for works that are not selected.
🔴 The results of the selection for the International Competition will be announced by email, via FilmFreeway, and disclosed in the Cannes Dance Festival's media communications before 15 July 2026.
If your work is selected, the following is required:
🔴 2 high-resolution photos of the work with photo credits
🔴 A 150-word text including the credits
🔴 1 photo of the director/author/choreographer
These documents (royalty-free) submitted with the application may be used by the festival to promote the event.
🔴 If you are selected, you will be asked to send a verified, subtitled DCP copy + a subtitled ProRes file (.mov).

COPYRIGHT
Dance films screened as part of MOV'IN Cannes require copyright transfer authorisation. This authorisation is considered to be granted and free of charge upon submission of the film.
Excerpts or images from the selected films (up to 30 seconds) may be used for promotional purposes without payment of copyright fees, for inclusion in commercials and trailers, use at press conferences, and in print and/or digital publications produced by the Festival.
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  • Cailin Manning

    I had an incredible experience presenting work at Mov'in Cannes. I was so well taken care of as an artist- from communications months prior to being taken care of in person during the festival. They held space for the filmmakers to network as well as engage in talk backs with a well stacked panel including Helena Jonsdottir, Laura Murphy and Sylvain Bleau. I do feel that the overall lineup of films skewed to favor a certain quality of works whereas research and experimentation in the form were not as focused. That being said, I enjoyed the screening of works and appreciated the space they held for important conversations around the artform to be held! 5/5 would absolutely love to join again.

    December 2025
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  • Camille Guibert

    Just Perfect ! Thank you so much

    December 2023
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