[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-about-3474":3},{"festival":4,"years":20,"news":24,"about":25},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":12,"logoAppearance":13,"logoOg":18,"about":19,"isManaged":16},3474,"dances-with-films-united-states-usa","open","Dances with Films","",[11],"DWF","\u002Fimg\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002Fdances-with-films-united-states-usa-vg5kzig4.png",{"mode":14,"edge":15,"edgeLight":16,"plateLight":17,"plateDark":17,"crop":15,"og":18},"mono-dark",null,false,"none","\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002Flogo-71693.jpg?v=a68c4216","Dances With Films is an independent film festival in Los Angeles built around a “no stars” rule: its competition sections take only work without known directors, actors, producers or financiers, while the non-competitive Unleashed section admits projects with name talent. A group of filmmakers led by Michael Trent and Leslee Scallon founded it in 1998, naming it as a send-up of the “dance” festivals of the time such as Slamdance. Since 2012 the Los Angeles edition, DWF:LA, runs for about eleven days each June at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood, with narrative and documentary features, shorts, television pilots, music videos and Midnight, Downbeat and Kidz sections. In 2022 the festival added a New York edition, DWF:NY, at Regal Union Square. The dates for the 29th Los Angeles edition are 18–28 June 2026, and for the fifth New York edition 7–10 January 2027.",[21],{"year":22,"hasAwards":16,"hasSelection":23},"2022",true,[],{"aboutHtml":26,"countries":27,"focus":29,"categories":30,"nextDates":36,"awardsPrizes":37,"rules":38,"website":39,"contacts":40,"editDate":53},"\u003Cp>Dances With Films is an independent film festival in Los Angeles built around a “no stars” rule: its competition sections take only work without known directors, actors, producers or financiers, while the non-competitive Unleashed section admits projects with name talent. A group of filmmakers led by Michael Trent and Leslee Scallon founded it in 1998, naming it as a send-up of the “dance” festivals of the time such as Slamdance. Since 2012 the Los Angeles edition, DWF:LA, runs for about eleven days each June at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood, with narrative and documentary features, shorts, television pilots, music videos and Midnight, Downbeat and Kidz sections.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In 2022 the festival added a New York edition, DWF:NY, at Regal Union Square. The dates for the 29th Los Angeles edition are 18–28 June 2026, and for the fifth New York edition 7–10 January 2027.\u003C\u002Fp>",[28],"United States (USA)",[],[31,32,33,34,35],"Documentary","Feature","Music Video","Short","Television","7 January 2027 — 10 January 2027","Grand Jury Awards for features, documentary features and shorts. Industry Choice Awards for films over and under 40 minutes; every film in the festival is eligible, and winners meet industry professionals. Audience Awards in the competition, Fusion, documentary, series, Midnight, Pilots, Downbeat and Kidz categories.","Submissions are accepted through FilmFreeway. Feature films (narrative and documentary) run over 40 minutes, up to 200 minutes; short films run under 40 minutes, at least 1 minute. For the New York 2027 edition, films must have been completed after 1 January 2025. Competition sections accept only projects without known directors, actors, producers, writers or money from known sources; the non-competitive Unleashed section accepts name talent. Films tied to a US domestic distribution deal are not eligible for competition. Since July 2026 submissions made with generative AI are not selected. Selected films screen from DCP, and at least one representative of each competition film takes part in a Q&A after the screening.","https:\u002F\u002Fdanceswithfilms.com\u002F",[41,45,49],{"type":42,"value":43,"note":44},"Email","hello@danceswithfilms.com","General inquiries",{"type":46,"value":47,"note":48},"Phone","+1 323-854-8176","Festival office",{"type":50,"value":51,"note":52},"Website","https:\u002F\u002Ffilmfreeway.com\u002FDancesWithFilms","Film submissions (FilmFreeway)",1792034857]