Skin Dance Film Festival 2026

Täglich wechselnde Tanzfilme aus aller Welt – wild, berauschend, intim und voller Lebenskraft.

DAY 4, Sa 31.10. WOMEN BETWEEN NATURE AND DYSTOPIA

Are we belonging to nature or resisting a dystopia? Films unearthing textured, layered worlds in connection to nature and elements of the future. How do we relate to our environment?

Directions To The Other Side Of The World by Derrick Belcham (Ireland)
A woman explores the far reaches of rural Ireland in an attempt to make peace with the darker aspect of her spirit.

Daughters by Sara Europaeus (Finnland/Netherlands)
The Woman waits, trapped in the monotony of her world. A message arrives, the destination for disappearance is set. She follows the call to a body of water, the hidden home of the Daughters.

Já by Hanna Kortus (Austria/Germany/Sweden)
Já was filmed on black-and-white Super 8 in the north of Iceland, where wind and waves shape the landscape and everything within it. A dancer moves through this environment, responding to forces beyond the body.

Lament for a Dying World by Anouk Froidevaux (Germany)
Rooted in themes of ecological grief, intergenerational trauma, mental health, and the feminine body, the film traces a journey through rupture, loss, and remembrance.

Bruta by sulian rios (France)
A film that moves through defiance and dominance within a stark, heightened frontier world, where seriousness and absurdity quietly coexist.

Remains by Kerwin Law (United Kingdom)
A performer embodies a discarded piece of trash, wandering, tumbling, and dancing through the streets of London.Driven by the wind, her body drifts endlessly through the city.