San Francisco Dance Film Festival

Thursday-Sunday, November 6-9

PURCHASE A FESTIVAL PASS and see everything!
View a Schedule of all Festival Events HERE.

The San Francisco Dance Film Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary with some of the best dance films from around the world. 

Featuring a dazzling array of screendance shorts and documentaries about the legendary Rudolph Nureyev and the should-be-famous Vincent Patterson, the choreographer to such stars as Michael Jackson, Bjork and Madonna. Additional highlights include new work by renowned Israeli choreographer Dana Ruttenberg; an intimate portrait of Paul Taylor’s creative process; a genre-bending collaboration featuring New York City Ballet’s Tiler Peck, YouTube sensation and Dragon House Crew member Marquese Scott, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Matthew Rushing, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet’s Samantha Figgins; and a program dedicated to rhythmic dance forms from flamenco to tap to American folk dance.
 
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6
7:00 pm | International Screendance Shorts
Reception to follow
 
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
6:00 pm | Mitchell Rose Presentation
7:00 pm | Love Stories & Glove Story
9:00 pm | Redefining Dance
 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8
3:00 pm | Screendance Matinee
5:00 pm | Paul Taylor: Creative Domain
7:30 pm | Man Behind The Throne + Stand
9:30 pm | The Late Show

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9
2:00 pm | I Got Rhythm
4:30 pm | La Passion Noureev
7:00 pm | Co-Laboratory & Local Shorts