** If your work is selected as an NBFF Official Selection your film will travel to in-person screenings throughout The United States of America, South Korea and/or Mexico **
Waivers
We are charging for submission to the festival, in order to cover administrative and technological costs. We are committed to providing a platform for dance work across the globe and though we recognize that for many, the submission cost is a manageable fee, we know that for others this amount or the logistics of paying it might be inhibiting. If you are unable to pay the fee but would like to submit please fill our this form with your request for consideration: https://forms.gle/TyUu4qaxbkWqqfKo9
Discount Waivers
NBFF Alumni qualify for a 50% discount code to submit work. If your work was an NBFF Official Selection between 2019-2023 you qualify for a discount.
Support
If you are planning on submitting and are willing to pay more than $30 USD in order to subsidize the costs, allowing us to present more diverse work, please consider making a donation to kNOwBOX dance designated for the film festival.
https://www.knowboxdance.com/support
MISSION
In its 6th year as an independent international film festival, the mission for the NBFF is to curate dance films that explore an innovative approach to “challenging the possibilities of what dance can look like in video form”.
VALUES
NBFF introduces various trends in dance films and emerging dance film directors as well. The NBFF explores the diversity of dance creation, distribution, and archiving through the meeting of dance and film (dance film). NBFF encourages various interpretations of dance films including but not limited to: shorts, narrative, fiction, experimental, animation, multicultural, multi-genre, and historical documentary films.
Additionally, NBFF screens selected films from Dallas, Texas, USA; Korea; and Mexico (countries with live NBFF events) via invitation in order to share works related to current social and political issues.
VISION
The festival is an international festival that is held simultaneously in Mexico, South Korea, The United States of America, and online to create a venue for various cultural exchanges.
The kNOwBOX dance organization is dedicated to creating a more equitable and inclusive dance field for all by fostering trans-geographical networking, highlighting diverse and underrepresented voices (e.g. black, indigenous, people of color, and women). NBFF contributes greatly to the growth and development of the field of dance and film. Beyond the screening of local, national, and international films NBFF offers guest visits and talks, dance workshops, networking events, and a virtual fest–which includes online dance related workshops–in order to expand the future of dance through various practices and aesthetic explorations. The NB team believes experiencing art–and more specifically experiencing art via dance and film–creates opportunities for understanding other perspectives.
In this day and age, it is imperative to address the topic of equality in dance in the digital space as it is both relevant and a pressing issue in the current social and political climate. The digital space is charged with a multitude of positive and negative forces including political and monetary power, media prowess, misinformation, matters of accessibility, collaboration, tools and platforms for artistic creation, sharing, networking, sexism, racism, cultural appropriation, and misrepresentation. NB finds it important to acknowledge concepts of power, access, inclusion, and race in order to not reinforce some of the same structures of oppression (i.e. the male gaze, objectification of womxn/womyn, ableism, the primitivism of people of color, etc.); thus writing a more equitable future history.
NBFF 2023 Teaser Video
https://youtu.be/tngIwoa6ht4?si=LQB_xzrwXVErpgUO
kNOwBOX dance Film Festival 2023 – Seoul, Korea
https://youtu.be/lsRVqlnLUyo?si=Jnzm0Fh5zf4EbS4s
kNOwBOX dance Film Festival 2023 – Dallas, Texas, USA
https://youtu.be/09GjKBK-N0M?si=k6OmHPj0auu6sYre
kNOwBOX dance Film Festival 2023 – Oaxaca, Mexico
https://youtu.be/sLwiqvx_Dlk?si=SHGiv4rUOhk6nH2u
NBFF 2022 Teaser Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p3QutQax1U
kNOwBOX dance Film Festival 2022 – Seoul, Korea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK_eKr4ZG6Y
kNOwBOX dance Film Festival 2022 – Dallas, Texas, USA
https://youtu.be/fcI66dmBp6w
Cover image courtesy of kNOwBOX dance Film Festival 2023 "Condition makes construction_light" by BAKI
Awards
+ #NBFF Official - all selected films
+ #NBFF AttentionGrabber USA - audience selected film
+ #NBFF AttentionGrabber Korea - audience selected film
+ #NBFF AttentionGrabber Mexico - audience selected film
+ #NBFF Visionary - selection committee voted
+ #NBFF Outstanding Performance Award - selection committee voted
PRIZES
+ All films selected for the NBFF 2024 Official Selection will receive a monetary honorarium
+ “Official NBFF” laurel
+ Social Media & Website Feature: promoting filmmaker social media and website links
+ NBFF “#Visionary” guaranteed interview on our Dance Behind the Screen Podcast
+ 2024 NBFF Visionary Award Honorarium
+ Complimentary Tickets/Passes (2 per selected filmmaker)
+ All films selected for the NBFF 2024 Official Selection will be added to The NBFF Pop-Up Package that will be distributed to independent organizations, cinemas, and/or museums.