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OCT 11, 2025 AT 7:00 PM SCREENING

Program of short contact improvisation-based films is taking place at the "Falling Into Autumn" weekend dance jam. You can come to the whole weekend of dancing or just the screening! There is also an ONLINE screening so you can watch from any where in the world!

LOCATION: National Ballet School, 400 Jarvis Street, Toronto

Get you tickets today https://contactdancefilmfest.eventive.org/



Meet Some of our 2025 Filmmakers

Photo of Anastasia Shikina on meadow by a tree with arms outstretched.

Filmmaker - Anastasia Shikina

Filmmaker - Anastasia Shikina

Filmmaker - Anastasia Shikina

 I’m fascinated by how movement can express what words cannot. Making films with Contact Improvisation allows me to capture the invisible bonds, emotional currents, and relational rhythms between people in a way that is both intimate and universal... Read  Moor

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Filmmaker Julie Guernier

Filmmaker - Anastasia Shikina

Filmmaker - Anastasia Shikina

 I hope to encourage viewers to politicize their experience of dance—especially in practices like Contact Improvisation, where questions of intimacy and consent are deeply embedded. By highlighting the social and political dimensions of embodied practices, I aim to create space for reflection on how power, identity, and systems of oppression shape our movements... Read More

Photo of Aalia Hashem dancing with two other people against a backdrop of clouds

Filmmaker Aalia Hashem

Filmmaker - Anastasia Shikina

Filmmaker Aalia Hashem

  

 Every film is different. I believe in DIY and collectively making it happen, even if we are new to accepting a role... 

I'm often the editor. I look for key shots that feel smooth or evoke emotion. To begin with something striking and curious, build momentum of the movement, and end with a touching moment. ... Read More

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Submissions have closed for this upcoming Oct 11-13, 2024 festival

 Calling all contact improvisation films 

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