Dance Camera Istanbul / Dans Kamera Istanbul

Overview

Dance Camera Istanbul is a unique screendance festival and screening series throughout the year based in Istanbul, Turkey, that features choreography for the camera, screeenings of experimental short dance films, documentary dance films and Virtual Reality (VR) dance film experiences.. The festival has been partnering with so many leading international screendance film festivals, cultural centers and universities around the world to curate year around screenings. The in-person Dance Camera Istanbul Festival was on a "breathing" break/pause and have been back on track these past 3 years. It is stronger and more inspired than before with all the community, artists' and venues' support. Past two years Dance Camera Istanbul Festival was collaborating with Istanbul Improvisation Dance Festival. Together uniting the powers with special editions and screenings from all around the world at prestigious venues around the city of Istanbul. This year (2024) Dance Camera Istanbul is back on its independent wings and preparing another strong and remarkable international screening progmamming, workshops, panels and new productions. We are currently working on the actual event date in late fall (TBD) and will communicate asap and might modify here in the FF system once it is the definite dates. In addition we are also going to have 3 2024 Spring satellite in-person screening events in Istanbul at Akbank Sanat in April, Bilgi University and Koc University in May. We will also curate films from the on going applications. Since its establishment in 2007, Dance Camera Istanbul has screened a wide variety of (hundreds of) groundbreaking and acclaimed dance films by artists from around the world, organized and hosted many panels, workshops, produced works, and organized live international dance performances and dance photography exhibits at acclaimed arts venues around the beautiful city of Istanbul. We have partnered with national and international universities, arts organizations, arts venues, international film festivals to expand our touring program, developing opportunities for artists and audience members to network, educate, inspire, and cultivate new audiences along with new opportunities. In the 2024 edition; we encourage the works from all topics, human rights, embracing life, peace, unity, minority based social issues, embracing the nature, eco-art, bio-art, immersive technology and the more the merrier. Submission is open to all dance films. The screening will be in person some in public spaces and some will be in acclaimed cultural centers/venues/museums and universities. All the updates and information details will be announced in a timely matter during spring 2024. Mission: Dance Camera Istanbul is an international Dance Film & Dance Photography Festival while ”Seeing Dance Through the Lens” and founded by a group of independent artists and art explorers who are building a greater awareness of multicultural, interdisciplinary art forms in connection with the field of dance. The “Dance Camera Istanbul” team aims to support, share, promote established artists’ works and encourage emerging artists who are focused on and interested in the artistic and experimental dimension of making dance for the camera. Our main goal is to support and provide collaboration opportunities between filmmakers, dancers, choreographers, photographers, musicians, and dance and digital technology explorers. Our growing philosophy is to be an open platform, be a voice and create a free space without borders and an artistic environment for sharing, giving, receiving, experiencing, and creating through the different perspectives, backgrounds and focuses on making strong art. We are anticipating sharing the joy of these creations and presentations of this art form. With this motivation and enthusiasm, we seek to include new innovative forms to our festival as it constantly evolves to include new beginnings and adventures... We celebrate and support diversity, all abilities, equality, unity, acceptance and we highly encourage films and filmmakers who share these values of inclusion. We encourage all human beings around the globe; people of color, LGBTQ, indigenous people, minorities, people with disabilities and all. ***Dance Camera Istanbul website is currently under update process.

Last updated Sep 13, 2026

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• Filmmaker

  Life is so good in this festival! Art is present in all activities. thank you Onur!

• Filmmaker

  Mircea Sorin Albutiu

• Filmmaker

  A fantastic dance film festival in bustling Istanbul. The film selection was very interesting, and the care and attention provided were warm and endearing. It was a great opportunity to meet fellow enthusiasts of dance film. Highly recommended. I really enjoyed my time there.

• Filmmaker

  I'm so grateful that Dance Camera Istanbul selected SALMON DANCE to be shown in Istanbul this fall! I really appreciated the opportunity to attend the festival and get to meet so many wonderful dancers and filmmakers. I hope to be back sometime soon :)

• Filmmaker

  Thank you for selecting Together as a finalist. This was a great experience!

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