Choreoscope, Barcelona Dance Film Festival

×

Expand

Film still from "Once Again (For the Very First Time)" directed by Boaz Yakin (USA, 2023) at Choreoscope, Barcelona Dance Film Festival.

Movement is a universal language that is subconsciously imprinted in our DNA, breaking all artificial barriers of verbal language. When you hear a beat, you move. When you can't use words to communicate, you use your body. 

When movement of the body merges with cinematographic movement, one of the most authentic cinematographic genres is born: dance cinema. While words can be deceiving, body language cannot.

Choreoscope is dedicated not only to dance lovers but also to those who enjoy quality cinema. Cinema knows no borders. Neither does dance. There is a common language that unites them: the universal language of movement. Choreoscope Barcelona Dance Film Festival is the dance film festival for those who continue, move and evolve.

2024 Program

The festival features live dance performances and short film sessions alongside feature-length cinematic gems like Boaz Yakin's Once Again (For the Very First Time) (USA, 2023) in which street dancer and a poet form a creative connection in this unconventional New York romance; Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum's Obsessed with Light, (USA, 2023) tells the story of Loie Fuller, a pioneer of dance, stage lighting and design; and Isabelle Stever's Grand Jeté (Germany, 2022) which is a highly charged portrait of woman who left her son with her mother to pursue her dance career only to reunite with him years later and develop a sexual relationship with him.

Films will be screened at Filmoteca de Catalunya, Institut del Teatre and Cinema Maldà. Tickets are free for showing at the Institut del Teatre, €4 a screening at Filmoteca de Catalunya and €5 a screening at Cinema Maldà.

October Film Festivals in and around Barcelona

October’s calendar is packed with an impressive list of film festivals in and around the city. Check out our article October Film Festivals in and around Barcelona where you'll find gritty investigative documentaries, hair-raising fantasy and horror flicks and everything in between!

For more events check our online events calendar.