Translation on Air
A monthly rubric, dedicated on short screen dance films
MOVING BODY FESTIVAL #11
Moving Body Festival #11: THIS EDITION MOVES DESPITE THE ODDS 30 October – 8 November 2026 | Varna Under the motto “This Edition Moves…
LUVOS migrations
The screendance movie, created by Editta Braun & Menie Weissbacher LUVOS migrations leads the viewer to a journey in a seemingly familiar world, inhabited by unknown or invisible to the human…
The prison of the mind is scarier than the prison behind bars
The movie Urban Genesis by the French director and choreographer Fu Le tells us the story of Phuong, who returns back home, to her village, after being released from prison. Le uses documentary…
For time, climate, the Atlanteans and the Atlases…
The movie amser/time of the Welsh choreographer and director Deborah Light takes us on a journey through time and space. The three characters move on the verge between land and sea in three…
Contemporary Circus Arts as boundless inspiration: Walls Beneath Our Feet
Director Antti Suniala and the collective Race Horse Company are creators in the field of circus arts, movement and dance, but together make a step further with their short screendance project Walls…
Absent Presence – the extraordinary in our ordinary world
Absent Presence is a screendance film and an audiovisual project by Giorgia Ponticello. It is only 1 minute and 9 seconds long but due to its precise synchronisation between visual wonders and…
The inner storm of “THE END DOES NOT SEE”
The end does not see thrusts us immediately into a nightmare. In a series of blue and black flashes on a boat, harbour lights twinkling in the background, a young, female-appearing protagonist runs…
THE SLEEPWALKERS IN “OUR PLANET DESTINY”
Seven dancers solemnly move across a large sandy plain in Huangshi, Hubei, China. The leader, at the head of the procession, holds up a large branch like a totem. Widescreen shots show us the big…
ABBIOSIS – An awesome invasion
Abbiosis opens in a cave-like space. Among moving shadows and in muted greys, an indiscernible creature is depicted against a rocky backdrop. A pallid mix of limbs and vertebrae, it breathes in on…
On the dynamics between the body and the digital medium in film “Doll+ Body Transmigration in its Ideal Fantasy”
If I had to choose one film that most attracted my attention during the festival of dance and dance cinema Moving Body, it would be Doll+ Body Transmigration in its Ideal Fantasy. The reason for…
Walks With Me is an invigorating screendance reminder
The Finnish dance film Walks With Me by the artist, director, curator and dance mentor Kati Kallio is an emotional experience that places loneliness and friendship in two distant points as themes…
If art holds up a mirror to life it must reflect the truth in all its multitudinousness
The stark simplicity of minimalist architecture and the effortless beauty of youth bring a soothing quality to Spanish Director Hadi Moussally’s film. The work is set at the Fundacio Mies Van Der…