SUBMIT YOUR FILM TO THE 53rd ANNIVERSARY DANCE ON CAMERA FESTIVAL
The 53rd Annual Dance on Camera Festival, February 21 – 24, 2025, opens its call for submissions for dance films of all genres and lengths beginning on August 2, 2024.
Dance on Camera 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 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 four-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 screenings, when possible, to enjoy the range of films and programming at Dance on Camera Festival
• Providing additional opportunities to screen filmmakers’ work through programs that have brought Festival films to venues across the United States and numerous countries represented in our lineups such as: Brazil, 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 filmmakers working in all aesthetic disciplines within the dance film genre, including narrative, documentary, animation and experimental. Dance on Camera encourages national and international submissions of films, which uniquely interpret the relationship between dance and film.
Submissions Deadlines and Important Dates:
Summer 2024: Early Bird Submissions open August 2, 2024 (Aug 2, 2024 - 12 AM ET) - August 16, 2024
Regular Submissions: August 17, 2024 - September 6, 2024
Late Submissions: open September 7, 2024. Late deadline is September 27, 2024.
• Members of Dance on Camera receive discounted entry fees on regular and late deadlines. Learn more about Dance on Camera membership benefits and sign up here: http://www.dancefilms.org/memberships
Questions regarding submissions may be directed to info@dancefilms.org or by calling: +1-347-505-8649.
• Current Dance on Camera Members are eligible to submit their films at the Early Bird discount rate throughout the submission period. To obtain a member discount code email info@dancefilms.org with the length of film(s) you plan to submit (and during what period beyond Early Bird -- Regular or Late).
ABOUT DANCE ON CAMERA
Dance on Camera, a New York-based not-for-profit 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, it is a catalyst for innovation in and preservation of dance on camera. Alongside the Dance on Camera Festival, it offers year-round programming such as special screenings through Dance Films Presents and educational workshops through Dance Film Lab. Dance on Camera also provides opportunities for its members to apply for production support through fiscal sponsorship at the organizational level and via its production grant program at the individual membership level.
Dance on Camera 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 Eric Adams, and Commissioner Laurie Cumbo, as well as The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathleen Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by Gibney Dance Center, Harkness Foundation for Dance, and Materials for the Arts. For more information, visit www.dancefilms.org and follow @dancefilms on Twitter.
Rules section
Early Bird Submissions: August 2 - August 16, 2024
• $50 for all categories and lengths.
Regular submission Period: August 17 - September 6, 2024
• $60 for Shorts: Narrative, Documentary, Animated and Experimental Shorts, Music Videos
• $75 for Features: Narrative and Documentary Features (over 40 minutes)
Late Submission Period: September 7- 27, 2024
• $75 for Shorts: Narrative, Documentary, Animated & Experimental Short, Music Videos
• $100 for Features: Narrative and Documentary Features (over 40 minutes)
[DOC Members may submit at the $50 level - short or feature - throughout the submission period. Contact info@dancefilms.org for code and to verify membership.]
Dance on Camera Festival cannot waive submission fees.
ENTRY REGULATIONS
The nonrefundable entry fee must be payable in US dollars to DANCE ON CAMERA. Entries must be posted online and available for review (POSTMARKED) by the deadline.
When submitting to the festival you are agreeing that, if selected and the invitation accepted, to screen the submitted film during the dates of the festival (February 21-24, 2025). Dance on Camera Festival will not pay any screening fees for presentation of the film during the festival. The only exception would be if there is a negotiated agreement preceding the submission of the film to Dance on Camera Festival.
Dance on Camera Festival reserves the right to determine the eligibility of any project submitted. There is no limit to the number of entries. Entrants are permitted to submit works-in-progress (i.e., without final color correction or sound mixing), but please clearly note works-in-progress in your submission materials.
PRESENTATION WINDOW
By submitting, the entrant acknowledges that the filmmaker has NOT submitted/planned for this film to be publicly screened/presented in the New York City region three months prior to Dance on Camera Festival, February 21-24, 2025 (between November 21, 2024 - February 20, 2025). Please contact festival@dancefilms.org with any questions regarding the Festival presentation window.
PRESS MATERIALS
If selected, Dance on Camera Festival will require certain press materials to include high-resolution production stills, trailers, key art, director bio, and other production and crew notes.
REPRODUCTION AGREEMENT
Submission of an entry gives Dance on Camera Festival and its presenters permission to have excerpts of accepted work, including film trailers, and publicity shots shown in all promotional activities related to the festival.
PRESENTATION FORMAT
The following exhibition formats are eligible for Festival screening: Blu-Ray, MP3, MP4, Apple ProRes, or digital files.
DANCE ON CAMERA TOURING PROGRAM
If accepted to the Dance on Camera Festival, this film will also be considered for the Dance on Camera Tour from August 2025 through January 2026. If the film is selected to be part of the Tour, the filmmaker will be contacted by the Festival and/or its presenters and will be provided this option for their film. Films selected for the Dance on Camera Touring Program are not guaranteed screenings.
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