CASCADIA Dance & Cinema Festival
Emerging or unverified festival
CASCADIA Dance & Cinema Festival is a Vancouver-based festival founded in 2016 as part of Dancinema, an organization established in 2013 to explore the intersection of dance and film. It is notable for focusing specifically on screendance and for building a community of creators and audiences interested in how movement and cinema enhance each other through screenings, workshops, live performances, and related events. The festival has significance in the dance-film circuit as a specialized platform for international and local dance films, helping fill a niche that larger festivals often overlook.
Last updated Aug 15, 2026
Legitimacy Analysis
Positive Indicators (+22 pts)
- 10 years of verifiable history
- 2 verified pro signals
- Verified trusted status
Red Flags (-15 pts)
- No physical screenings
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- FF_GOLD_BADGE
- Documented history with archived programs
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