Dance Movies

1918 - A woman imagines her lover has returned from the horrors of war in France, remembering moments shared together. A tale of love and loss told...

An elegant, powerful and sometimes provocative look at life and death presented in BalletBoyz’s inimitable style.

Aging out of his art form, a contemporary dancer is forced to deal with an unknown future while desperately trying to save a young friend from a life...

The film considers what it means to be free to move, not as in leave or flee, but to move. It explores the ability of the environments we live in...

Xia Ji pushes people away with his arrogance and sharp tongue, while Shang Jia is kind and considerate who does things to please others more than it...

Liveset of DJ Coone at Sunrise Festival 2013

A woman behind a translucent, dripping shower curtain; a flipbook of memories of a romance from decades ago. Bach's music to round things out.

An under-appreciated father, living a humdrum middle-class life, is unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight—and soon he is regarded as never...

A group of actors gather in a workshop performance. Its aim is to research, create and develop the drama of a future film. With an unfinished script,...

MAQUETTE is an excursion into the world of dance and other cultural activities in Toulon: “There is a film that I didn’t complete. I shot...

This puzzling experimental film is written and directed by Raymond Rouleau, who uses effects like changing color tones and masks to put across a...

Merlin nightclub opened in 1992 in Barcelona and its medieval appearance did not leave anyone indifferent from the first day. After more than 30...

Ella Havelka made history in 2013 by becoming the first Indigenous dancer at the 50-year-old Australian Ballet. In this engaging, MIFF Premiere...

Given its premiere by The Royal Ballet in 1965 with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing the title roles, Kenneth MacMillan's first full-evening...

A young boy called Justen, who went through doleful past, discoveres a way to change his situation greatly.

The lion dance in traditional Japanese theatre.

Animation by Manabu Himeda.

Short film in which butoh dancing is used to reflect on the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.