First Iowa International ScreenDance Film Festival

A new film festival with 12 short films related to dance, curated from 96 entries, from 25 countries.

ScreenDance: A genre of dance made exclusively for the camera, in which dance/movement is the central theme of the story, becoming the primary expressive element in the work.

ScreenDance, presented at FilmScene, is founded and directed by Associate Professor Eloy Barragán of the University of  Iowa Department of Dance, with co-director Nora Garda. It is part of the 10th annual Iowa Dance Festival, celebrating National Dance Week.

TICKETS: Admisison is $8, and advance tickets are being sold via Iowa Dance. For more Iowa Dance Festival information and to purchase ScreenDance tickets ($8), see http://iowadance.org/first-international-iowa-screendance-festival/.

Films:

• There is a Place by Simon Fildes, Scotland, UK
• 890 Broadway by Marta Renzi, New York City, USA
• Migration by Sandy Silva, Montreal, Canada
• Drawing Blank by Stefan Verna, Montreal, Canada
• Next Chapter by Eloy Barragán, Iowa, USA
• Liquid Path by Filomena Rusiano, Pozzuoli, Italy
• Su Misura by Marco Longa, Geneva, Italy
• Hang On - Carry On by Michiel Vaanhold, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Umbral by Aram Vidal, Mexico City, Mexico
• Vrtti by Ana Cembrero, Brussels, Belgium
• TSE by Richard Chomo, Bratislava, Slovakia
• #CABD22 by Charlie Mars, Nantes, France
  

Curators:

• Eloy Barragán, Associate Professor, UI Department of Dance
• Nora Garda, InterDance & Iowa Dance Festival Director
• Michael Gibisser, Assistant Professor, UI Department of Cinematic Arts
• Kevin Kelly, Producer/Director, UI Office of Strategic Communications