Shorts 1: Internal Transits
Cinedans 2026: Shorts 1: Internal Transits
This selection of films explores the space between nature and civilization, between scars from the past and attempts to claim the future. It foregrounds a search for identity, change, and mourning, in which the moving body expresses inner urgency and the capacity for healing.
Stories of migratory birds, spirits, and female power unfold against histories of colonization, alongside encounters between Carl Jung and Yoruba culture. Across these works emerge journeys of self-discovery, transformation, and mourning, where bodies in motion carry inner urgencies and the potential for healing.
The International Short Film Competition brings together the best and most recent dance films from around the world, with 29 films from 26 countries competing for the Cinedans Jury Award and the Cinedans Encouragement Award.
The program is accompanied by a Q&A with the makers present.
Programme
Danse Macabre (Dir: Tobi Onabolu | BJ, NG | 2023 | 21' | Dutch Premiere)
Drawing on Jung’s ideas of the conscious and unconscious mind, Danse Macabre follows an unnamed character on a journey of self-discovery, guided by ancestral knowledge.
Pieles (Dir: Astrid Valencia, Julio Ramos | Chor: Astrid Valencia | MX | 2026 | 10' | World Premiere)
A tapestry of female memories transforms the scars of colonization into a ritual of healing and autonomy.
Déjà Nu (Dir: Rolf Hellat | Chor: Sylvia Ouattara | CH, CI, GN, SN | 2023 | 14' | Dutch Premiere)
An intuitive, genre-bending audiovisual poem exploring nature, death and spiritual existence.
Echo (Dir: Iwa | Chor: Jung Bokyung | KR | 2024 | 20')
In Korean belief, the souls of ancestors are reincarnated and return to where their descendants live in the form of migratory birds.
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Length
80 min.
Event language
English
Part of
Cinedans 2026
Cinedans FEST returns to Eye with a rich and international film programme that brings together the beauty of dance and the power of film!
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