About SSF

Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinemais a niche film festival where choreography meets cinematography.

several live dancers are holding white squares, upon which is projected the image of another dancer

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

Sans Souci Festival crew, performers, and contributing artists at the 2019 Premiere, smiling at the camera with their arms around each other

a dancer wobbling, trying not to step on the clay figurines she's surrounded by, while another surface shows a projection of her from a bird's eye view

With an expansive definition of dance and an appreciation for highly experimental and interdisciplinary forms, this unique festival exposes diverse audiences to a variety of film, video, and performance possibilities.

We facilitate gatherings from educational workshops to public screenings to professional development for artists.

While our roots remain proudly in Boulder County (Colorado, USA), our branches reach many locales nationally and internationally, and continue to grow.

in the background a ballet dancer turns on pointe, while in the foreground a director and cinematographer eagerly watch the camera monitor

a woman leading a dance film workshop in Campinas, Brazil is facing the audience, standing in front of a projection screen that reads site specific in large letters

a dark haired woman describes an idea vividly with her eyes almost closed and hands in circular motion, surrounded by 3 other seated panelists on a stage

with the Boulder flatirons in the background, a dancer shifts her ribs one way and hips another with her hands behind her head, with one person filming, and another person holding an umbrella to shade the camera

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“Since 2003, the Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema has engaged audiences with imaginative films that delight the eye and often border on the surreal. Named after the Boulder mobile home park — the site of the brand’s inception, where early works were projected on the side of a trailer — the longstanding event has expanded by spotlighting innovative films from around the globe.”

Kalene McCourt / Boulder Daily Camera

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Many thanks to our generous sponsors, partners, and friends who helped make our 17th Annual Festival Season possible!

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