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2014 SF Dance Film Festival Favorites

My top three from Thursday & Sunday night's SF Dance Film Festival shorts:

HOME ALONE - Bat Sheva Ensemble Dancers (2013) from Adi Halfin on Vimeo.

OFF GROUND - CINEDANS from Xavi Santolaya - COLORIST on Vimeo.

SILENT PLACES (short dance film trailer) from Tangaj Dance on Vimeo.

2014 San Francisco Dance Film Festival

It all starts tonight.

The Deep End

Deep End Dance from Conor Horgan on Vimeo.

About You

I can't watch this duet enough. Haven't seen a number this powerful in a while... Choreography by Kami Liddle. Performed by Kami Liddle & Zoe Jakes

Outside In

I was absolutely mesmerized by this film when I saw it at the 2013 San Francisco Dance Film Festival. I'm going to give away the ending so stop reading now and just watch and perhaps don't read the rest and start searching for the full piece just like me. But, the film goes on like in the trailer for a number of minutes, you sense her anxiety, but in a clam way, and you start to get into a rhythm with her jerky, animal-like movements with the visceral shots of her feet dragging through the dirt. Then, the camera starts to back out and shows the whole moment is taking place inside a film studio in a set, with a full film crew of men and women staring at her, drinking coffee, calling out cues (much like the background noise you hear in the credits), white canvas backdrops etc.. The sudden change in backdrop, and ultimately overall feel of the film, is really shocking. It originally felt like you were watching a person embodying an animal, a human (so elegant in look and dress) sort of out of place in the wilderness. Then, when the camera backs out and you see the whole story, the reality comes through, she is in fact an animal out of place in such a constructed human setting.

Glitch

Holy Hands

Ce jeune homme réalise une incroyable chorégraphie avec ses doigts par Ohmymag