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2024 San Francisco Dance Film Festival

  • Brava Mainstage 2781 24th Street San Francisco, CA, 94110 United States (map)

Dance Film SF presents

San Francisco Dance Film Festival:

3 programs: Breaking Form, Raising Voices and Bay Area Shorts

Sunday, October 20, 2024

1:30pm to 6:30pm

Brava Mainstage Theater

We’re proud to partner with @sfdancefilmfest and co-present Breaking Form, Raising Voices and Bay Area Shorts on October 20! Get your tickets for this incredible program and experience the transformative power of dance on film. With 16 in-person screenings throughout October, SFDFF’s 15th-anniversary festival features 90+ dynamic dance films representing 25+ countries. Learn more at sfdancefilmfest.org and @sfdancefilmfest 

October 20 Events:

BREAKING FORM

Sunday, October 20 @ 1:30PM

Brava Theater

SFDFF Event Page: https://sfdancefilmfest.org/film/breaking-form 

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/775025894653546/ 

Join us at the 2024 San Francisco Dance Film Festival for the West Coast Premiere of ”Breaking Form” on October 20 at Brava Theater! 

In an intimate and wide-ranging portrait of maverick choreographer Jane Comfort, “Breaking Form” explores a creatively rich chapter in New York City’s downtown dance scene and its legacy today.  Beginning in the late 1970s and spanning her 40-year career, Comfort fused text, rhythm, and movement to craft experimental works of bold political satire and irreverent social commentary. Archival footage and contemporary interviews with Comfort, her collaborators, and dance historians shed light on an artist who defied expectations and engaged audiences through socially relevant, issue-oriented movement theater. Learn more at sfdancefilmfest.org and @sfdancefilmfest

RAISING VOICES

Sunday, October 20 @ 3:30PM

Brava Theater

SFDFF Event Page: https://sfdancefilmfest.org/film/raising-voices-2024 

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1046040133759384/ 

Join us at the 2024 San Francisco Dance Film Festival for “Raising Voices” on October 20 at Brava Theater! 


SFDFF’s 6th annual Raising Voices shorts program spotlights the work of traditionally underrepresented artists, and amplifies their powerful messages of social justice and belonging. Experience provocative and moving stories told through movement, poetry, and music in nine short films from a range of artists who harness dance as a means of cultural expression, self-empowerment, and community activism. Learn more at sfdancefilmfest.org and @sfdancefilmfest 

BAY AREA SHORTS

Sunday, October 20 @ 6:30PM

Brava Theater

SFDFF Event Page: https://sfdancefilmfest.org/film/bay-area-shorts-2024 

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2763375597166808/ 


Join us at the 2024 San Francisco Dance Film Festival for “Bay Area Shorts” on October 20 at Brava Theater! 

The Bay Area’s natural beauty takes the spotlight in this selection of thirteen screendance shorts by Northern California artists. Drawn from a broad swath of the local dance community, these films put classical Indian dance, ballet, contemporary, Afro-Brazilian, and aerial dance into dialogue with modern issues and identities. With these artists, audiences are invited to embark on an Afrofuturist expedition, probe an enigmatic mythology, explore the purest beauty of movement, and delve into moving stories of intergenerational memory and cultural expression. This event includes a live performance and reception. Learn more at sfdancefilmfest.org and @sfdancefilmfest