This programme has now ended but you can still see details of the films below.
Puck. Imogen Butler. UK. 2024. 3.06. D. With playful, unpredictable movements and quicksilver agility, Puck darts between moonlit glades and tangled branches, weaving spells of mischief and delight. His dance is a whirlwind of sly grins and daring leaps, embodying his trickster nature as he teases unseen companions and disrupts the stillness of the night. Puck is a celebration of whimsy and wildness, capturing the chaotic charm of a fairy who lives for mischief and thrives on mystery.
Peaseblossom. Imogen Butler. 2024. 3:44. D. As twilight deepens into night, Peaseblossom appears, moving gracefully through shadowed trees and softly glowing clearings. Her dance mirrors the mysterious beauty of the night creatures—the silent sweep of owls, the cautious steps of foxes, and the rustle of hidden animals under starlit skies. With each movement, Peaseblossom tends to her slumbering forest, casting protection over her realm and weaving a delicate web of tranquillity.
Weathered Blue. Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry. UK. 2025. 15m. DD. European premiere. A group of learning disabled and queer artists gather at Derek Jarman’s iconic home Prospect Cottage. Through poetry and dance they reflect on love, loss, nature, otherness and community, paying homage to the artist’s activist legacy and responding to the evocative landscape of Dungeness. Includes audio-description.
Les Chaussures Rouges (The Red Shoes). Maylis Arrabit / Carolina Kzan. France. 2024. 9:50s. FFF. DD. UK Premiere. Set between intimate interiors and spaces of movement, Les Chaussures Rouges follows Maylis as she approaches a pivotal separation in her life. Through movement and introspection, the film captures themes of change, emancipation and the quiet power of unseen connection.
When we meet… 5 dances. Sam Ryley. UK. 2025. 22m. FFF. DD. Set to an original, emotionally rich score, the film features five dancers with PIMD (profound intellectual and multiple disabilities) in duets with dance artists, creating collaborative choreography rooted in empathy, attentiveness, and embodied communication. Through shared presence, eye contact, gesture, breath and pause, the film invites the audience to witness personalities revealed, showing that trust, respect, and choice can be powerfully conveyed without words. This is not performance imposed, but dance emerging from mutual understanding. Each frame honours the dignity and creativity of people too often spoken for rather than listened to. The film challenges assumptions about communication. It also challenges assumptions of what dance can be.
Clowning Around. Natalie Haslam. UK. 2025. 07:51s. FF. DD. Festival Premiere. When a group of friendly clowns discover that everyone is feeling a bit down, they set about trying to make people smile. From solos to double acts to working together as a group – will anything make the ‘Clown-o-meter’ of laughs full? With audio-description.