frame rush 2024

Frame Rush is an annual festival of screendance works programmed by the MA Screendance students at London Contemporary Dance School. Each year’s cohort presents a distinct public event, informed by their desires and interests, at The Place in London. Welcome!

CALL OUT FOR FILMS

Frame Rush 2024 welcomes local and international artists to submit movement-focused films that reflect what it means to be present in today’s society. We aim to elevate and offer a platform to recognise historically marginalised voices both behind and in front of the camera.

If you have previously submitted a film that was not selected, we welcome you to re-enter at a discounted fee.

Films made with a variety of styles, techniques and production budgets will be equally considered. We embrace any work that expands the definition of screendance.

What is Screendance?

Screendance is an expansive artform, combining elements of dance and filmmaking. It is concerned with movement on screen, in camera, and in edit. It has been called an exploration of space, shape and sound. It may incorporate diverse dance styles and genres, including documentary, comedy, gaming, animation, narrative and the experimental. The focus is not limited to bodily expression and can include movement of any kind.

Frame Rush invites artists who do not identify as screendance practitioners to re-examine their works and discover if dance is already present in their films.

Films will be considered for selection based on:

• Creativity and originality of idea
• Clarity of intention
• Kinesthetic empathy
• Consideration of diversity and representation
• Challenging the medium of screendance

We are happy to correspond in French, Spanish and Traditional Chinese, as well as English!