OCTOBER 4 - NOVEMBER 3, 2024
IN SELECT THEATERS & STREAMING

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The 2024 San Francisco Dance Film Festival features 90+ dynamic dance films representing 25+ countries. We’re thrilled to present sixteen unique programs that include dance-based feature films, documentaries, screendance shorts, live performance captures, and much more!

From October 4-20, audiences can enjoy in-person screenings with filmmaker talkbacks, panel discussions, live performances, and more. These events will be held at various venues in San Francisco.

From October 21-November 3, select festival programs will be available to stream online on Marquee TV. 

At the close of the Festival, an invited jury will announce its award selections in six categories.

FESTIVAL PASSES & TICKETS

Grab your tickets and passes today! With multiple passes to choose from, there is something for everyone:

  • VIP Festival Pass: gives ONE person unrestricted Patron Admission to all films and receptions at all venues October 4 – 20 and premium seating when offered, Includes a special pre-screening reception for the “Closer Than Yesterday” documentary on October 4. The VIP Pass also includes one Streaming Pass.
  • Full Festival Pass: gives ONE person unrestricted General seating to films at all venues October 4 – 20. The Full Festival Pass also includes one Streaming Pass.
  • Streaming Pass: gives ONE person access to Marquee TV for three months, including access to stream our Encore Online Festival from October 21-November 3 on Marquee TV.
  • Individual tickets are also available to purchase for each in-person event. 
GET YOUR PASS OR TICKET
A dancer in stage makeup, a golden tiara and a black feathered costume looks up. She stands in an elevator, and her reflection can be seen behind her. She holds her arms on the railings on the sides of the elevator.
An Asian woman with a slick bun hairstyle crouches over, as her entire body is covered in black ash and metallic gold leaf.
A woman with short brown hair is in a tango hold with a gray haired man with a beard. He wears a forest green suit jacket as they dance beneath a crystal chandelier.
In dim, blue light, a man in a 1910s style hat and suit looks into the distance past the low brim of his hat. His face is intense and angry. Two men stand behind him, looking in the same direction.
A dancer in a floor-length red dress stands alone on stage, illuminated from the back by a bright spotlight. They pose with their arms above their head, wrists crossed.
Two dancers in long, black dresses with splashes of orange stand on an ice sheet on the edge of a large body of water.
Two Fijian dancers sit huddled in an embrace on the rocky shoreline of a tropical beach. The upper dancer curls over the lower dancer and wears a red feathered top and grass skirt. In the background are palm trees and a beach.
A man and a women, both wearing all black, are on a vast sandy landscape. The woman stands behind the man, covering his eyes with one hand while the other is threaded under one of his armpits.
A woman lies along an s-shaped ledge, one arm outstretched as she looks down the length of the ledge. Behind her is a bright orange door.
Two dancers in yellow long sleeved shirts and black pants are in a dark hotel lobby. Behind them is a worn black wall with cubbies, a clock, two mauve old fashioned table lights, and two small dog statues. The dancers are posed identically: bowed forward with their legs crossed and hands extended to their sides.
A Cambodian dancer poses with his palms pressed together in front of him, fingers splayed. He wears a white collared shirt and a bright light shines on his face. Behind him is another Cambodian dancer wearing an ornate costume, gold bangles, and an elaborate gold headdress. Her left arm is extended in front of her, forearm bent upwards at a 90 degree angle, with her splayed fingers holding a shiny ball.
An archival image of dancer George Lee jumping in the air in a stag position. He wears a long-sleeve black top, dark grey tights, and ballet shoes.
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A greyscale image of two men in tuxedos alongside two women in formal gowns. The couple on the left strikes a traditional dance pose, while the couple on the right is caught mid-motion. The woman holds on the man's arm as the man move sideways, a funny expression on his face.
Andrew "3D Dance Fever" Jones yells into the camera with lots of emotion, his hair flying around his face. He is a black man wearing a white sleeveless shirt and stands in front of a pink wall.
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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, OCT 4 @ Lucasfilm Premier Theater

8:00PM: Closer Than Yesterday

SUNDAY, OCT 13 @ Catharine Clark Gallery

7:00PM: Art/Experimental Shorts: Written on the Body

WEDNESDAY, OCT 16 @ Delancey Street Theater

6:30PM: Narrative Shorts: Stories in Motion
8:00PM: Peaky Blinders

THURSDAY, OCT 17 @ SHACK15

6:30PM: Spotlight Shorts Reception and Performance
7:30PM: Spotlight Shorts Films Begin

FRIDAY, OCT 18 @ Delancey Street Theater

1:30PM: Screendance I: Wild Spaces
3:30PM: Doc Shorts: Human/Nature
6:00PM: Women on the Move
8:00PM: L(oo)ping

SATURDAY, OCT 19 @ Delancey Street Theater

12:30PM: Screendance II: Screenscapes
3:00PM: Pol Pot Dancing
6:00PM: Ballet Stories
8:00PM: Obsessed with Light

SUNDAY, OCT 20 @ Brava Theater

1:30PM: Breaking Form
3:30PM: Raising Voices
6:30PM: Bay Area Shorts

OCT 21 -NOV 3, Streaming on Marquee TV

Select festival programs are available to stream on Marquee TV from Monday, October 21 to Sunday, November 3. Learn more.

STREAMING PROGRAMS: Encore Online Festival

SFDFF Streaming on Marquee TV

SFDFF’s Encore Online Festival streams on Marquee TV from October 21-November 3, 2024. It will be comprised of select 2024 Festival programs including feature films and shorts programs. 

STREAMING DETAILS

To enjoy the Encore Online Festival, purchase a VIP Pass, Full Festival Pass, or Streaming Pass. These passes give ONE person access to Marquee TV for three months, including access to streaming our Encore Online Festival from October 21-November 3 on Marquee TV.

IN-PERSON PROGRAMS

A dancer in stage makeup, a golden tiara and a black feathered costume looks up. She stands in an elevator, and her reflection can be seen behind her. She holds her arms on the railings on the sides of the elevator.

CLOSER THAN YESTERDAY

Friday, October 4 @ 8:00PM, Lucasfilm Premier Theater
Dive into the world of high-stakes competitive ballet in this documentary following two SF Ballet dancers on their journey to the Helsinki International Ballet Competition.

TICKETS + INFO
An Asian woman with a slick bun hairstyle crouches over, as her entire body is covered in black ash and metallic gold leaf.

WRITTEN ON THE BODY

Sunday, October 13 @ 7:00PM, Catharine Clark Gallery
Flights of imagination are written on the body in this collection of ten experimental screendance works that traverse realms suspended outside of space and time and converse with sweeping landscapes.

TICKETS + INFO
A woman with short brown hair is in a tango hold with a gray haired man with a beard. He wears a forest green suit jacket as they dance beneath a crystal chandelier.

STORIES IN MOTION

Wednesday, October 16 @ 6:30PM, Delancey Street Theater
From moving odes to loneliness to a darkly comic romance, artists tell universal stories through the intimately personal language of movement in this collection of five narrative screendance shorts.

TICKETS + INFO
In dim, blue light, a man in a 1910s style hat and suit looks into the distance past the low brim of his hat. His face is intense and angry. Two men stand behind him, looking in the same direction.

PEAKY BLINDERS

Wednesday, October 16 @ 8:00PM, Delancey Street Theater
Experience the stage adaptation of the hit BBC series in “Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby,” which conjures a dynamic world through a fusion of dance theater and rock concert.

TICKETS + INFO
A dancer in a floor-length red dress stands alone on stage, illuminated from the back by a bright spotlight. They pose with their arms above their head, wrists crossed.

SPOTLIGHT SHORTS

Thursday, October 17
Reception & Performance @ 6:30PM, Films @ 7:30PM, SHACK15
From a psychedelic rock band to an underwater dancer, these twelve films spotlight the breadth of creative imaginations at the leading edge of contemporary screendance.

TICKETS + INFO
Two dancers in long, black dresses with splashes of orange stand on an ice sheet on the edge of a large body of water.

SCREENDANCE I: WILD SPACES

Friday, October 18 @ 1:30PM, Delancey Street Theater
Wild spaces come to vibrant life through movement in these five screendance works that showcase the natural beauty of our planet.

TICKETS + INFO
Two Fijian dancers sit huddled in an embrace on the rocky shoreline of a tropical beach. The upper dancer curls over the lower dancer and wears a red feathered top and grass skirt. In the background are palm trees and a beach.

HUMAN/NATURE

Friday, October 18 @ 3:30PM, Delancey Street Theater
Artists share the transformative power of dance and its capacity to shape notions of identity and community through a deeply-rooted sense of place.

TICKETS + INFO
A man and a women, both wearing all black, are on a vast sandy landscape. The woman stands behind the man, covering his eyes with one hand while the other is threaded under one of his armpits.

WOMEN ON THE MOVE

Friday, October 18 @ 6:00PM, Delancey Street Theater
Dancers traverse space and time through moving portraits, intimate relationships, and collective dances of solidarity, revealing women’s stories in the fullness of their complexity.

TICKETS + INFO
A woman lies along an s-shaped ledge, one arm outstretched as she looks down the length of the ledge. Behind her is a bright orange door.

L(OO)PING

Friday, October 18 @ 8:00PM, Delancey Street Theater
Grounded in reality and departing into daydreams, “L(oo)ping” centers on a sweeping orchestral-electronic performance in Lyon’s grand concert hall led by French electronic music artist Rone.

TICKETS + INFO
Two dancers in yellow long sleeved shirts and black pants are in a dark hotel lobby. Behind them is a worn black wall with cubbies, a clock, two mauve old fashioned table lights, and two small dog statues. The dancers are posed identically: bowed forward with their legs crossed and hands extended to their sides.

SCREENDANCE II: SCREENSCAPES

Saturday, October 19 @ 12:30PM, Delancey Street Theater
Be transported into fractured dreams, sweeping landscapes, a whirlwind romance, and quirky takes on everyday settings illuminated through expressively human screenscapes.

TICKETS + INFO
A Cambodian dancer poses with his palms pressed together in front of him, fingers splayed. He wears a white collared shirt and a bright light shines on his face. Behind him is another Cambodian dancer wearing an ornate costume, gold bangles, and an elaborate gold headdress. Her left arm is extended in front of her, forearm bent upwards at a 90 degree angle, with her splayed fingers holding a shiny ball.

POL POT DANCING

Saturday, October 19 @ 3:00PM, Delancey Street Theater
This documentary feature interweaves the stories of classical Cambodian dance and the violent Khmer Rouge regime through the lineage and multigenerational legacy of star dancer Chea Samy.

TICKETS + INFO
An archival image of dancer George Lee jumping in the air in a stag position. He wears a long-sleeve black top, dark grey tights, and ballet shoes.

BALLET STORIES

Saturday, October 19 @ 6:00PM, Delancey Street Theater
Two documentary shorts and one narrative portrait capture the joys and challenges of a life in ballet. These three different takes on ballet stories share common threads: focus, drive, and an abiding love for dance.

TICKETS + INFO

OBSESSED WITH LIGHT

Saturday, October 19 @ 8:00PM, Delancey Street Theater
This documentary feature chronicles the career and legacy of Loïe Fuller, an early 20th-century artist whose pioneering work fused movement and technology in ways that continue to resonate today.

TICKETS + INFO
A greyscale image of two men in tuxedos alongside two women in formal gowns. The couple on the left strikes a traditional dance pose, while the couple on the right is caught mid-motion. The woman holds on the man's arm as the man move sideways, a funny expression on his face.

BREAKING FORM

Sunday, October 20 @ 1:30PM, Brava Theater
This documentary feature explores the 40-year career of choreographer Jane Comfort, who emerged in the late 1970s with experimental fusions of text, rhythm, and movement that spoke to the social issues of her day.

TICKETS + INFO
Andrew "3D Dance Fever" Jones yells into the camera with lots of emotion, his hair flying around his face. He is a black man wearing a white sleeveless shirt and stands in front of a pink wall.

RAISING VOICES

Sunday, October 20 @ 3:30PM, Brava Theater
Experience provocative stories at SFDFF’s 6th annual Raising Voices program which highlights the work of traditionally under-represented artists, amplifying powerful messages of social justice and belonging.

TICKETS + INFO

BAY AREA SHORTS

Sunday, October 20 @ 6:30PM, Brava Theater
The Bay Area’s natural beauty takes the spotlight in this selection of thirteen screendance shorts by Northern California artists. This closing night celebration includes a live performance and reception.

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