Shorts 5: In Between Me & You
Cinedans 2026: Shorts 5: In Between Me & You
These films explore the dynamics of duets, human and sometimes more-than-human, shaped by closeness and distance, togetherness and separation.
Moving through tenderness and rupture, intimacy becomes the means through which dance unfolds. A collection of films in which connection is created through both movement and pause.
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
The Rider (Dir: Sebastián Lelio | CL, AR | 2023 | 6' | Dutch Premiere)
Directed by Academy Award-winning director Sebastián Lelio, The Rider features the Doma India technique for bonding with a horse.
They (Dir/Chor: Kosta Karakashyan | BG | 2025 | 18' | World Premiere)
A young professor struggles with his new university job after an awkward encounter with the department’s older chairman who threatens to expose his secret.
Naval Ode (Dir: Fu Le | FR, PT | 2025 | 6' | Dutch Premiere)
Naval Ode embodies the movement of separation between dock and ship, between one and the other.
On my way to you (Dir: Astrid De Haes, Brecht Van Vliet, Jonathan Van Hemelrijck | Chor: Andreia Rodrigues, Astrid De Haes, Brecht Van Vliet, Jonathan Van Hemelrijck, Miroslav Kochanek | BE | 2025 | 8' | Dutch Premiere)
A couple explores closeness through movement in a risky game. The pursuit of a shared rhythm motivates them to persevere.
TAMASHI (Dir: Ashima Shiraishi, Jess X. Snow | US, FR | 2026 | 13' | Dutch Premiere)
In the Payahuunadü valley of California, a butoh dancer and his rock-climbing prodigy child come together to perform for their relationship and the land.
Memories of what became a desert (Dir/ Chor: Naëmi Ada | SN, DE | 2023 | 5' | Dutch Premiere)
A couple is afraid to face their unbridgeable emotional distance and the loss of their love.
Ecstatic Exit (Dir: Hallie Haller | Chor: Mukovhe Monyai, Phoenix Chase-Meares | ZA | 2025 | 6' | Dutch Premiere)
Two interplanetary travellers must reconnect across dimensions to escape a hunters’ world - before it’s too late.
Born Into You (Dir/Chor: Emma Evelein | NL | 2025 | 6’)
Two reborn beings meet and form a deep, spiritual bond.
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Length
85 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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