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THE INTERNATIONAL CONTACT DANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Description:
The International Contact Dance Film Festival is produced by REAson d’etre dance productions. The festivals mandate is to provide a venue for contact dance films. The Inaugural International Contact Dance Film Festival will premiere in the Spring of 2013 in Toronto.

Submission deadline:
Must be post marked by August 31, 2012.
Submissions in advance of the deadline are welcome.

Submission requirements:
We are looking for dance films that focus on momentum-based dance and/or partnering techniques. Momentum-based dance and/or partnering techniques include rolling point of contact, balancing over centre of gravity, sloughing, following momentum, lifting using momentum rather than muscle power, “listening” with one’s skin surface etc.  Momentum-based dance or partnering methods include Contact Improvisation and affiliated methods such as Axis Syllabus, Dance Parkour or the Kaeja Approach. Choreography in the dance film can be set (i.e pre-choreographed) or created in the moment (i.e. improvised choreography). Dance films can be in the genre of narrative, theme oriented, abstract or documentary and must be sixty minutes or less. There are no limitations on productions date. All rights to the films must be held by the person or organisation submitting.

Film submission fee:
$5 to $10 (Canadian currency) depending on the number of films submitted by a person or organisation. If the submission fee is not affordable for you please contact RDDP to make arrangements for a lower fee.

Film submission details:
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