



Choreography of Altruism
Inspired by the painting 'The dance' (1910) by Henri Matisse, five dancers hold hands in a circle, as part of a utopian society. The rhythm of their dance makes them spiral out of control. Sustaining the touch and connection with each other becomes difficult as society rules are changing. The rupture creates a new reality. Will we find comfort in a new world?
Year
2020
Duration
12 min.
Director
Mats Logen
Choreographer
Daniel Barkan
Country of production
The Netherlands
Premiere
World premiere




Portrait de Deux - Episode 1 - Sammie & Carlo
Two lovers dance in their own living room while they explain how they met and how dancing affects their relationship and love for each other. This short is part of Portrait de Deux, a documentary series with a different couple performing a different dance style in each episode.
Year
2018
Duration
6 min.
Director
Ennya Larmit
Choreographer
Carlo Camagni
Sammie Hermans
Country of production
The Netherlands
Premiere
No premiere




UTRO
'The morning is wiser than the evening’ a Russian saying meaning that at the darkest point of the evening, in our most emotionally vulnerable state, we risk making poor impulsive choices. A dancer roams the streets till morning light.
Year
2020
Duration
5 min.
Director
Polina Mirovskaya
Choreographer
Jeroen Janssen
Polina Mirovskaya
Country of production
The Netherlands
Premiere
World premiere




Dancing on a Volcano
In an unsafe world, a girl and a crane try to dance together. An animated short inspired by the story of the Japanese girl Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atom bomb on Hiroshima. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes have become a symbol for the longing for peace and a world without atomic weapons.
Year
2019
Duration
5 min.
Director
Jacqueline Kooter
Country of production
The Netherlands
Premiere
No premiere




Re:Born
We see a creature motionless on the ground, covered in mucus and with just enough power to breathe. The legs stretched out, the face hidden under the arms, anonymous, alone. Re:Born is an allegorical film about the force that is needed to believe (again) in the body and to rise up.
Year
2019
Duration
10 min.
Director
Fleur Bax
Choreographer
Annemijn Rijk
Country of production
The Netherlands
Premiere
No premiere




Stick Together
When you love someone keeping your distance has now become an absurd sign of love, a curious contrast. How do emotions and feelings affect our body if you are not allowed to touch one another and at the same time have to trust each other?
Year
2020
Duration
6 min.
Director
Sergio Gridelli
Choreographer
Andrea Beugger
Dries van der Post
Country of production
The Netherlands
Premiere
No premiere




Saudade
Saudade is a short documentary of a Brazilian immigrant who processes his feelings on fatherhood, friendship, identity and movement through his self-created dance vocabulary called 'Organic Movement'. He explains the importance on shifting the attention from the mind to the body in order to tap into an intuitive inner world, free from restrictions and full of possibilities.
Year
2020
Duration
4 min.
Director
Jonathan Bleeker
Choreographer
Diego Oliveira
Country of production
The Netherlands
Premiere
No premiere




SYNC
A hundred metronomes sounding all at the same time, fireflies that pulsate a light in the same rhythm and molecules that communicate on a distance. These phenomena’s form the inspiration for the dance film SYNC. We see a lonely body awaken, exploring the space, before discovering and meeting other bodies through reflections, which leads to a space in between. A film made and performed by 10 dancers, spread around the world. An audio-visual poem about synchronicity on a distance.
Year
2021
Duration
13 min.
Director
Robin Coops
Choreographer
Pim Veulings
Country of production
The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Austria, Finland, Poland, France
Premiere
World premiere




PEACH.
Inspired by the poem 'Phenomenal Woman' by Maya Angelou, this film is an adaptation of the performance 'A single peach' by dancer and choreographer Sara de Greef. A young woman struggles to fit her dress until she finally finds a way to dance freely. Peach is a reflection of a phenomenal woman, with all her beautiful insecurities.
Year
2020
Duration
6 min.
Director
Ennya Larmit
Choreographer
Sara de Greef
Country of production
The Netherlands
Premiere
World premiere
New Dutch 3
The Dutch dance film is growing in popularity with creators from various disciplines. Cinedans FEST presents, in four out-of-competition programmes, a selection of recently produced, cutting edge, Dutch short films.
This programme is accompanied by a Q&A with the makers.
Viewings
Sat 27 Mar 2021 at 12:00
Cinedans Online Hub