New to this year’s Pōneke Festival of Contemporary Dance: introducing the Dance on Screen Film Competition!
Grab a team, grab a camera, and get moving. We want to see you explore the art of dance through the lens and on the big screen. Whether you’re lo-fi or tech savvy, this film competition welcomes you (as long as there’s dance!)
Participants will receive the creative prompts on the first day of the Pōneke Festival of Contemporary Dance and will have the week of the festival to create their cinematic work of art. All films will be screened at the festival’s closing night and awards ceremony on Saturday 4 July at The Hannah Playhouse, Wellington.
COMPETITION CATEGORIES
Lo-fi (filmed from a phone or similar low budget technology)
Hi-fi (filmed with professional film gear)
NON-COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES
Pre-existing dance films (any films created before the week of the festival do not qualify to be judged but will be screened)
International dance films (to qualify for judging you must live or have trained in NZ)
THE RULES
Your film must be made over 4 days of the festival - Monday 29th June to Thursday 2nd July
You do not need to be in Wellington to participate.
You must pre-register before Sunday 28th June
Maximum 4 people to a team (performers not included)
Genres and Prompts will be announced 9am Monday 29th June, teams must choose one from each
Any content warnings must be made at start of film
2-5 minutes max in length
Being thrifty is encouraged
Any dance style welcome but dance must appear.
Gaining music use rights is the responsibility of the team - you must have the rights to use the music in your film or have original compositions.
No AI allowed
To be eligible for competition, entrants must live or have trained in NZ. We welcome international films to enter the non-competitive category for their film to be screened but not judged.
