2024 Award Winners

We are honored to present the awards for the 15th annual San Francisco Dance Film Festival. The awards were chosen by a group of independent jury members. To view details on each award winner, click on film thumbnail. Congratulations to the following winners:

Live Performance Capture

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: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby

Narrative Dance Film

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.
Two to Tango*

Documentary Feature

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*

Documentary Short

A child sits in a classroom, gazing solemnly into the camera lens. Behind him are his classmates standing on and sitting at desks. On holds his arms to his sides, index fingers pointed upwards. Another has his hands together in a praying position, eyes closed.
Caravane*

Art/Experimental Film

A bald, purple-skinned humanoid alien lays with their head resting on their arms on top of the dirt. There is a lake surrounded by woods in the background.
Luce

Screendance Under 10 min

A person wearing an all-white outfit reaches their arms with balled fists upwards beside a parked car on a deserted gravel road with railway tracks in the background. The image is in black and white.
Morning Interlude

Screendance Over 10 min

A group of people of various ages stand with one leg in front of the other, twisting their bodies towards the camera. They hold their hands over their hearts, elbows reaching out, and their mouths are open as they sing. They wear a mix of red, purple, green and denim clothing.
Refuge

Student Film

A man and a woman, both with long, black hair and 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.
Without Her

Audience Favorite

The Deepest Dance

* These films are available to stream as part of our Online Encore Festival (October 21-November 3)