a dance film festivalconnecting filmmakers with audiences around the world

Now open: Call for jazz dance films for the 2022 season!

Upcoming Events

an Indian dancer emotes dramatically, reaching an arm toward the camera

Virtual Screening II:
Nurturing Our Roots
OCTOBER 14-23

a brown-skinned, Black male dancer leans to the left looking upward

This Breath Together at The Gallery @ Bus Stop Apartments
OCTOBER 4-30

a dancer on the beach at sunset raises her chest to the sky

SSF @ Dairy Arts Center I:
Dancing on the Planet
OCTOBER 27 & 31

two dancers falling backward into a pool as waves ripple

Virtual Screening III:
Shifting the Perspective
NOVEMBER 4-13

historic photo of male ballerinas on their toes

SSF @ Dairy Arts Center II:
Dancing as Ourselves
NOVEMBER 17 & 21

Sans Souci Festival Director Michelle Bernier greeting the audience at our 2018 Premiere, speaking into a microphone and holding a red vine candy

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Dates announced for 2022 Call for Entries!

What is Sans Souci Festival?

a dancer staring down the camera, though with eyes concealed by the gold coin-like features of a head dress that matches their gold plated feathers

Watch what we do

a woman in Hindi clothing, jewelry and makeup smiles, while extended in a deep lunge toward the camera

Learn about dance cinema and Sans Souci

a large white brick wall, with a small window out of which a dancer appears to be either falling or hanging

Engage with the dance film world