I just added a new page called Dance Film Submission Deadlines on the upper-right side bar listing up-coming festival and funding deadlines for submissions. I’ll try to keep this list up-dated frequently, but let me know about other opportunities I may have missed by sending me an email or commenting here.
Below are up-coming deadlines:
DECEMBER 2007
Fifth Annual Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema
Boulder, CO USA
call for entries
Deadlines December 21, 2007 and January 18, 2008
Festival dates: April 4 and 5, 2008
Sans Souci, an international festival of dance cinema, screens short works that integrate dance with cinematic elements. We have an expansive definition of dance and an appreciation for highly experimental and interdisciplinary forms, including mixed-media works that incorporate live performance.
Entry fees: $25 and $40 for the early and final deadlines respectively
Visit http://www.sanssoucifest.org/ for more details and a downloadable entry form.
Submissions are encouraged from all artists regardless of credentials and affiliations.
JANUARY 2008
Cinedans
call for submissions
Festival date: July 2008.
Submission deadline: 14 January 2008
See also : http://www.cinedans.nl/2007/en/entries.php
We are looking for dance films and videos in various styles, completed after June 2005, that combine choreography and cinematography. We welcome shorts, features, documentaries, stage adaption, animation and video clips.
Please click this link to access the entry form.
Please click this link for regulations
What do we offer?
– Cinedans Award, best film 2008 prize 1000 EUR
– Cinedans Audience Award.
– Jury Special Mentions
– Cinedans on tour through Netherlands
– Cinedans on tour international including Cape Town, Shanghai, and Beijing.
– The festival will have seminars, introductions by dance filmmakers, Q&A, a video library and sales of new dance DVD’s!
– The touring possibilities will be negotiated with the filmmakers.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
1. Go to www.cinedans.nl and hit ENTRIES
2. Fill out the online ENTRY FORM and press SUBMIT.
3. Please e-mail 1 digital still to entry@cinedans.nl
4. Send your preview DVD, 15 EUR submission fee and entry form to:
Cinedans
Kamer 201
Keizersgracht 174
1016 DW Amsterdam
FEBRUARY 2008
EMPAC DANCE MOVIES COMMSSION 2008: OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The deadline for the proposals is February 15, 2008.
For more information on EMPAC and the DANCE MOViES Commission, or to download the guidelines and application form, please visit the EMPAC website:
http://www.empac.rpi.edu
DANCE MOViES Commission application process:
The EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission is a competitive open proposal process, in which eligible artists submit a project proposal. The initial proposals are reviewed and a small number of artists are invited to submit a detailed proposal to an international panel. The panel assesses the quality and feasibility of the proposed project and submits its recommendations to EMPAC. The commissions are awarded by EMPAC after review.
Upon awarding of the commission, the artist or collaborative team has one year to complete the project, at which point the work is premiered at EMPAC, shown at dance film festivals around the world, and credited as an EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission.
Move the Frame 
I volunteer for the Dogwood Fine Arts Festival in Dowagiac, Mi (www.dogwoodfinearts.org)and this year we are hosting an event called, “Dancing Outside the Box.” It is our version of a mini-film festival of dance. This is the first time anything like this is being done in our rural area. Do you have any suggestions on how I can secure many entries? Because we don’t have a reputation in the dance/video world, I am very nervous about not having enough films/videos to present. Very soon our website will be updated and will include information on how to submit entries.
Sincerely,
amy rose