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Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema is a niche film festival where choreography meets cinematography. Established in Boulder, Colorado, USA in 2003.

Now in our 20th season, and with an expansive definition of dance and an appreciation for highly experimental and interdisciplinary forms, this unique festival exposes diverse audiences to a variety of film, video, and performance possibilities. Directors: Ana Baer, Artistic Co-Director, Michelle Bernier, Artistic Co-Director and Executive Director

Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema is based in Boulder, Colorado, USA, since 2003.

2023 CALL FOR ENTRIES NOW CLOSED. Keep an eye on our Upcoming Events page for info released on season events: sanssoucifest.org/upcoming-events

ALL TICKET AND DONATION LINKS: linktr.ee/sanssoucifest

10/18/2026

So honored receive the Special Jury Prize (2nd place) — for the expressive power of its cinematic metaphor in the Dance film Competition at !! Cannot express the massive amount of gratitude and joy in our hearts. They asked us to make this little video, so we thought we'd share it with everyone!

Sans Souci Festival's community dance film program facilitates the creation of new work by dancers/choreographers in Colorado, and we're so proud that this little film made it all the way to Russia! Congrats to and ... and thank you to for supporting the Community Dance Film Project through its many iterations.

10/16/2026

OPEN NOW: Our Shifting the Perspective screening begins today! Explore a curated virtual dance film screening illuminating the possibilities for dance in dialogue with life and death, loneliness and secrets, language and persuasion, and presence and rumination. These films examine the spaces between disparate worlds both natural and constructed. 🌎

Catch the films October 16 - November 16 for FREE on our website.

Featured trailer: Akar Dan Jejak: Roots and Traces - 2026 / Indonesia / 5 min - Directed by JayWAN Pattiwael, Ana Baer

10/12/2026

Last chance to watch Dancing on the Planet is Wednesday! Dancing on the Planet is a curated dance film screening featuring shorts that remind you just how small you are, and how big this world can be.

🎬October 14, 2026 at 7pm
📍Dairy Arts Center
🎟️ Link in bio

Featuring Jinshan: Seams of Gold (2025 / United States / 12 min) Directed by Megan Lowe, Rose Huey, Nino Fernandez , , .fehnuhndez,

10/09/2026

⭐The screening window closes in 1 week! Explore Connecting Continents to find a sense of legacy and embodied grit that provokes the imaginative mind in these films from Ibero-American countries and directors. ⭐

Catch the films September 15 - October 15 for free on our website.

🎬 Featured trailer: "At the Heart of Barrio Chino: Tusán Perspectives in Lima, Peru" (2026 / United States, Peru / 16 min) Directed by Lenora Lee, Moyra Cecilia Silva Rodríguez .chang

10/07/2026

🌎Dancing on the Planet premieres this weekend!🌎

Dancing on the Planet is a curated dance film screening featuring shorts that remind you just how small you are, and how big this world can be.

10/03/2026

Still reeling after a great couple of events in with last weekend! Thank you to for a fabulous workshop on dance filmmaking, and all the many artists who had films showing in the screening. The Q&A was exciting, enlightening, and enlivening. We are so grateful for this community! .and.adam.cos

09/30/2026

Missed SSF's call for entries but still want to submit your film to a festival? Check out the Meridian Dance Film Festival!

Meridian Dance Film Festival is an inaugural international dance film showcase hosted by Florida State University School of Dance.

Early bird submissions are due tomorrow, October 1st!

✨October 1: Early Bird | $20
✨November 1: Standard Deadline | $25
✨November 20: Late Entry | $30
✨Student Submissions: September 1–November 20 | FREE!

All submissions are due by 11:59PM ET on their respective dates

All films submitted will be reviewed and selected by a diverse group of filmmakers and official selections will be announced by January 4, 2027.

TO SUBMIT: https://filmfreeway.com/MeridianDanceFilmFestival

Questions/Contact: Ian Plouffe [email protected]

09/28/2026

Dancing on the Planet premieres in two weeks!

Dancing on the Planet is a curated dance film screening featuring shorts that remind you just how small you are, and how big this world can be.

🎬October 11, 2026 at 1pm and October 14, 2026 at 7pm
📍The Dairy Arts Center
🎟️ Link in bio

Featuring
La Fée Électricité (The Goddess of Electricity) / France, UK / Directed by Cottia Thorowgood, Choreography/dancing by Viola Pantuso of the Royal Ballet
Soil / France / Directed by Arnaud Lin
(Un) Common Ground: Munich, Tanz Für Immer / Germany, USA / Directed by Ana Baer, Michelle Nance, Heike Salzer
Grape Maestro / Italy / Directed by Alla Kovgan
Jinshan: Seams of Gold / USA / Directed by Megan Lowe, Rose Huey, Nino Fernandez
A Snake in the Grass / India / Directed by Fu Le .tetrapode
Sheltering Gestures / Colombia / Directed by Adrián Villa-Dávila, Andrés Prado

09/25/2026

Stimulating, vibrant, wonderful! That's what folks have said about our local artist at this week. We hope you enjoy the photos of the event as much as we do. If you're itching to see more work, join us tomorrow night in Colorado Springs at with the Dance Alliance of the Pikes Peak Region! .waldman, , .west, , , , ,

09/24/2026

Join us this Saturday for a screening with the Dance Alliance of the Pikes Peak Region in Colorado Springs, CO, for an evening where dance, film, and community meet.

The screening is followed by a 15–20 minute Q&A with local filmmakers. You'll get a chance to hear the stories behind the films and connect with the artists shaping our region’s creative landscape!

⭐September 26th @ 7pm
⭐Ent Center for the Arts UCCS

Get tickets and learn more at the link in bio!

Featuring a film in the lineup! Just One More Thing directed by Rosely Conz

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6007 Oreg Ave
Boulder, CO
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Website

https://sanssoucifestival.org/

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