A filmmaker and former dancer returns to her family home to make an elaborate dance film with her parents, but when they fail to live up to unrealistic expectations, she hires professional dancers to play them. A collaborative dance unfolds within her family home, as captured through behind-the-scenes and 16mm footage, all of which becomes gradually overshadowed by her mother’s metastasizing cancer. The hybrid film that emerges is a loving tribute to one family’s way of facing mortality and a darkly funny meditation on that impossible urge to hold onto the past; on what family archives come to mean on the eve of loss.

Hank does not fit in. Riding his motorcycle enables him to clear his mind. Riding over 130kmh everything turns black and white. During his nightly drives his thoughts and reality become deeply entwined.

Robbie lost two fingers to fireworks. When asked how that feels, he said: "Not everything feels like something else. How could I explain what chocolate tastes like? I can only say what it doesn't taste like: not like twigs, not like water and not like sand." GAT is about movement, bodies and feeling. It’s about what you can’t see, but feel.

Patrick is angry and wants to destroy everything. When he is forced to take a course in anger management, he meets other enraged people. An experimental therapist tries to squeeze out their brutal energy through dance. Can Patrick find a way to redirect his violent energy into something of value?

In this cinematic adaptation of Severs’ stage performance Coerced and Freely Given ('24), three performers train together to endure the world’s violences and reclaim space for vulnerability and anger through care and solidarity. Known for her unique blend of choreography and martial arts, Severs delves into the body’s resilience, vulnerability, and ability to resist societal and political pressures.

In today’s world, it’s almost impossible to truly stand still. We keep ourselves constantly busy, striving for more and getting less in return. Droom acknowledges this overwhelming feeling and invites us to experience three different phases of stillness.

Japanese Butoh artist Ken Mai has chosen a modest life for the sake of art. He is also the father to two small girls, and about to divorce. Skeleton Dance explores themes of life and death through improvisation and association, just like Butoh dance does.

Caravan is a series of portraits of a young immigrant community undergoing language integration at school in a working-class neighbourhood of Montreal. Through a hybrid form of documentary and poetic mise-en-scène, the film presents a series of tableaux that highlight the humanity of otherwise discriminated and marginalized groups.

Between loads of laundry at the corner laundromat, Cooper shares the story of her gender reassignment journey. Piecing together her memories, from her childhood in a small fishing village through her tumultuous medical process, Cooper attempts to make peace with the last male imprint remaining on her body: that annoying deep voice that sticks to her skin.

Smartphones have undeniably transformed the way we live, impacting nearly every aspect of our daily lives. A crew of young dancers explore the effects of technology through a dynamic interplay between dance and camera.

Teenager Alysha struggles to accept her mother’s decision to end her life, wavering between incomprehension and love as she navigates the weight of the situation. Over time, she begins to understand the depth of her mother’s unbearable pain. A poetic coming-of-age story steeped in magical realism.

In Oulton, Leeds, an old coal-mining community of over 60 houses still stands. Originally built as temporary council housing but later sold to private investors, these homes now face the threat of demolition, putting a large number of residents at risk of displacement—some of whom have lived there their entire lives. Through a combination of audio interviews and a striking visual metaphor, we uncover the stories of a tightly-knit community, their cherished memories, and the stress and uncertainty surrounding their ongoing campaign to save their homes.

Wouter is a ginger, unlike most people around him. While out on his daily jog, he daydreams of dancing a four and half kilometre run – with the help of other ginger-haired folk.

Departures tells the story of Giralda, an undertaker who accompanies deceased human beings into their afterlife. Interpreted with the means of Spanish flamenco dance and music, and set at an old East German ship canal lift, the film creates an associative fusion between Northern and Southern Europe, movement and silence, farewell and eternity.

Three people tormented by relentless anxiety and prolonged sleeplessness, slowly lose their human forms. As their condition worsens, they evolve into monsters, doomed to an eternity without rest.

In search for his identity through scootering and self-development, a young boy explores his relationship to his body and emotions. Composed of footage collected online, the film chronicles the character’s attempts to navigate his existential dismay.

SULPHUR (short version) is a dance movie by Andrea Leine & Harijono Roebana (choreography) and Jellie Dekker (filmdirector).The film was realised in 2000. Music: Martijn Padding, set decorator: Rudi Luijters.

The film consists of an epilogue, three scenes, and a prologue which were filmed on different locations, ending in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem.

The choreography was largely inspired by the films’ locations, as was the cinematography. The score was created using samples of set recordings combined with instrumental improvisations. In every scene the four elements (choreography, camera, music, location) have a different concept, but subsequently mix together to create a specific atmosphere centred around the color of sulphur.

Coup de Grâce is a film about the collapse of a friendship, about what is broken and what cannot break. After a long separation two men meet again in a massive building at a remote location. In the course of the evening and an icy night, they fight a weaponless, exhausting duel.

It tells of how feelings of revenge can never be transformed into resignation in spite of the passing of time. How the lust for life burns, smolders, rekindles and then slowly dies. This duel ends with neither winner nor loser.

Bai Li’s touching autobiographical short film traces her journey as a Chinese adoptee in the Netherlands. In this intimate exploration, she courageously opens her personal archives to share the vulnerable beginnings of her life, revealing a narrative that reflects the search for a sense of belonging. Through her distinctive movement language, Bai Li delves into the various stages and emotions of her adoption, from childhood innocence to the frustration of identity clashes. An ode to those who navigate the complex terrain of adoption and dual identities.

Alone at home, a woman is immersed in a bizarre adventure of the mind. In the intimacy of her space, her imagination knows no bounds, transcending time and space as she revisits memories and glimpses into the unknown. However, this solitary exploration is disrupted by the sudden presence of an unexpected intruder.