Application criteria
The competition is open to all lovers of movement and image. All French and international productions are eligible, provided
✔️ the short film is no longer than 10 minutes;
✔️ the work uses dance and movement as a narrative or abstract device, documentary or imaginary;
✔️ the film is submitted betweenuses dance and movement as a narrative or abstract device, documentary or imaginary;
✔️ The film is addressed between November 20 and April 1, 2025.
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Post your film on FilmFreeway via https://filmfreeway.com/MOVINCANNES
Selection processes
The works received in response to the call for entries will be selected
✔️ by a viewing committee made up of students enrolled in art, art or audiovisual schools*. They will have been made aware of the artistic issues involved in making a dance film, and of the judging criteria, through master classes and meetings with professionals, such as the one organized on November 20 with Jonathan Debrouwer, member of the (LA)HORDE collective, whose film GHOSTS won the MOV’IN Cannes Student Prize in 2023.
✔️ of MOV’IN Cannes’ partner institutions and festivals**, confirming its place within a prestigious international network. The 20 films selected for the competition will be unveiled on www.festivaldedansecannes.com on July 15, 2025.
(*) BTS Audiovisuel Cannes Carnot, Université Côte d’Azur (ESRA Côte d’Azur, PNSD Rosella Hightower, Villa Arson, Licence Arts du spectacle – EUR CREATES) and Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Paris.
(**) Centre National de la Danse (Paris), Cinedans (Amsterdam), Cinédanse (Montreal), Dança em Foco (Rio de Janeiro), Inshadow Festival (Lisbon), Light Moves Festival (Limerick, Ireland), Physical Cinema Festival (Reykjavik), San Francisco Dance Film Festival, Suzanne Dellal Center (Tel Aviv), POOL Movement Art Film Festival (Berlin).
