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Dance Camera West presents an annual international festival held at renowned arts venues throughout Los Angeles, as well as informative and educational events throughout the year in person and virtually, to bring dance beyond the stage through the language of film.

This "Best of Fest" collection from Dance Camera West 2021 includes 8 short films.

Dusk (8 min) - Directed by Henrique Pina
Portrays an encounter between the choreographer Olga Roriz and Mudas – Contemporary Art Museum, in Madeira island, by the architect Paulo David.

ID (6 min) - Directed by Cass Mortimer Eipper
Follows six dancers in communion, each driven by their own instinctive impulses which manifest fast and slow.

Forest Floor (5 min) - Directed by Robbie Synge
Shot in Abernethy Forest in The Cairngorms, Forest Floor considers different bodies and physical access challenges in a rural location.

Second Seed (16 min) - Directed by Baye & Asa
A dance horror film responding to D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation.

Lost Horse: Asaf Avidan (3 min) - Directed by Adi Halfin
Armed with their own camera, modern dance power-couple Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber set about documenting their intimate daily lives in a new genre of “Musical” style documentary.

The King (4 min) - Directed by Jonathan Redavid
A Tribute to The King of Rock’n Roll.

Being (7 min) - Directed by Pablo Destito
Captures the restorative power that draws the dancer to the dance.

The Circadian Cycle (16 min) - Directed by Garry Stewart
Filmed within the stunning South Australian landscape, The Circadian Cycle draws upon choreography from Australian Dance Theatre’s award winning mainstage work The Beginning of Nature.