POOL – MOVEMENT ART FILM Festival
Spectrums: International Arthouse Showcase
POOL – MOVEMENT ART FILM Festival
Curator : Sarah MÖLLER
POOL – MOVEMENT ART FILM Festival Berlin is a project dedicated to the presentation and practice at the intersection of dance and film. The annual festival showcases inspiring dance film productions — reflections and resonances of our times, imagination, and celebration through body and movement in the realm of film. It focuses on films that not only record dance but create independent film choreographies through the intense interplay between dance and cinematic tools like camera work and editing. POOL opens a space for exchange among artists from various fields who explore the synergies between dance, film, visual art, music, and fashion, providing the audience with kinesthetic experiences through the moving canvas. The festival was founded in 2007 and is anchored at DOCK 11 in Berlin.
Alongside the presentation of current artistic positions, which lies at the heart of the festival, POOL features historic films from the New York dance and film scene — including works by Maya Deren, Yoshiko Chuma, Elaine Summers, Yvonne Rainer, or Phill Niblock.
Beyond the festival screenings, POOL nurtures artistic practice through its online journal, POOL Dives Deeper, which features interviews with artists, as well as through regular workshops.
Curator’s Notes
The program brings together dance films in which the body— singular or collective—poetically engages with broader forces, exploring the relationship between the micro and the macrocosmic. Time is stretched, paused, or looped; gestures rest or circulate rather than progress. In this temporal dilation, the films become meditations on the body’s presence, resistance, and vulnerability within a shifting world. Choreography evolves not only within cinematic space but also extends toward the bodies and minds of viewers — unfolding resonant fields beyond the screen.
We warmly thank the participating artists and Jumping Frames for their invitation, and wish the audience a captivating film experience.
—Sarah MÖLLER (Artistic Co-Director, POOL – MOVEMENT ART FILM Festival Berlin)
ANASA
Directors : Thomas DELORD / Maja ZIMMERLIN
Germany / 2018 / 4’03
CHOREOGRAPHIES OF BELONGING
Director : Sasha MONTY
Belgium / 2023 / 2’05
FLATLAND
Directors : Alireza KEYMANESH / Amir POUSTI
Iran / 2017 / 14’34
SALTO
Director : Marc Philipp GABRIEL
Portugal / 2020 / 10’00
PASS
Director : TAM Suet Wa
Germany / 2021 / 5’52
ORIGO
Directors : Sami LEUTOLA / Meri-Tuuli RISBERG
Finland / 2021 / 18’00