The “Contact Dance Film Fest” celebrates films featuring dance by creators and dancers in the fields of Contact Improvisation and related dance forms that are momentum, touch, and relationally based.
This year we are screening a collection of short dance films on Saturday October 11, 2025 at 7:00 pm.
—-16 Films from 11 Countries—-
TRAILER:
PROGRAM:
the desire of a body toward the center of the earth | US | Filmmaker – Rebecca Salzer | 6.5 minutes
Luminarium | Canada | Filmmaker – Sarah Jones | 2 minutes
Dynamic Partnering in Motion | US | Filmmaker – Shira Yaziv | 1 minutes
Sicily before breakfast | Spain | Filmmaker- Jesus Alonso | 3 minutes
Hand Made | Chile & Israel | Filmmaker – Olivia Court Mesa | 3 minutes
Primal touch | Germany | Filmmaker – Anastasia Shikina | 5.5 minutes
Tidal Wave | Canada & Thailand | Aalia Hashem | 3 minutes
In a World Where We Don’t Touch Any More | Canada | Julie Guernier | 13minutes
Contact improvisation with Nica Portavia and Jesus Alonso | Spain | Filmmaker- Jesus Alonso | 2 minutes
Breeze on the Hill | Canada | Filmmaker Milan Horvay and Kathleen Rea | 4 minutes
Contact Improvisation Duet with Rai Cabiró & Ganesh Katara | India and Spain c Filmmaker – Rai Cabiró | 3 minutes
In a quest for Connection | Tiina Jasko | Finland | 2.5 minutes
Perpetual Motion | Canada / Filmmaker – Ariel Brink | 3 minutes
NAKAMA | Argentina | Filmmaker – Juan Del Sur | 2.5 minutes
Naval Ode | Portugal | Filmmaker – Fu Le | 6 minutes
Xyl’em & Phlo’em | US | Filmmaker – Dane Cree | 5 minutes
Partida (Match) Brazil | Filmmaker – Samuel Samways | 6 minutes
MORE INFO IN THE FILMS
https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/films
COST:
$20- Screening ticket: https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/66cdd17b59c470004105a17a
LOCATION:
Celia Franca Centre
400 Jarvis Street, Toronto
Wheelchair accessible
TIMING OF SCREENING:
In-person – 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm on Saturday, October 11, 2025
ONLINE SCREENING AS WELL
There is an online screening of this program as well:
https://watch.eventive.org/contactdancefilmfest
Online screening opens on Saturday Oct 11, 2025 @ 7:00 pm (EDT)
Once this start time occurs you will have 1 month to open your screening.
Once you start watching, you have 1 month to finish watching the program.
Programs have forensic watermarks and are a one-time view.
If it helps you to remember say: “ONE month to open and ONE month to watch for a ONE-time view”
You will be sent an email once you register for a screening with the link through which you will view the Online screening.
FUNDED BY:
Toronto Arts Council
Ontario Arts Council
The Canadian Heritage Foundation
