Flatlands Dance Film Festival

The Flatlands Dance Film Festival is dedicated to supporting and presenting the art of Dance Cinema, a medium which explores and innovates the intersections between filmmaking and dance making. The festival builds educational platforms, encourages dialogue and promotes a diverse range of cultural perspectives from around the globe. Dance at Illinois supports and presents this medium by recognizing the vast potential where choreography and the screen reside together. Dance films provides greater access for audiences and provides more opportunities for visual/movement artists to utilize technology from a choreographic perspective. FDFF seeks to fulfill the mission in these ways. ● Showcase a variety of films and shorts dedicated to dance performance, dance for camera, influential artists in the field, and the social impact of dance across the world. ● Host a film competition for aspiring dance/film makers. ● Encourage dialogue – ○ provide educational platforms for filmmakers, students, and community members to interact. ○ foster conversations between dance and film artists who examine various artistic processes and the impact on the industry. ● Generate programming that promotes diverse perspectives: Each year, the festival will focus on specific themes and subject matter and showcase international and national artists in dance, performance, visual art, cinema, and media arts.