Film Day Programme

Friday 6.4. 2018 9am–6pm at Kino Andorra and Dubrovnik Lounge
Eerikinkatu 11, 00100 Helsinki

9am–9.30am Registration and morning coffee

9.30am Opening words
Kati Kallio, artistic director of Loikka Dance Film Festival

9.45am Keynote Speech: Dance Film as an Art Form: How Are We Supposed to Make a Difference?
Helena Jónsdóttir (IS), filmmaker and dance film promoter

10.30am Visual Politics in American Dance Film: Representation and Disparity.
By using data and interviews as her base, Cara Hagan paints a picture of the representational
landscape and visual politics of dance film across America. 
Cara Hagan (US), MFA, Assistant Professor of Dance Studies at the Appalachian State University Department of Theatre,
​Dance Director and Curator

11.15am Empowering Romanian Contemporary Dance With Romanian New Cinema
Simona Deaconescu (RO), filmmaker and Artistic Director of Bucharest International Dance Film Festival

11.45am-12.45pm Lunch break
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Curation and Distribution
Kino Andorra

​12.45pm
Strategies in Dance Film Distribution Linked to Audience Development: How Are We Doing Dance Film Distribution?
Martine Dekker (NL), Director of Cinedans International Screen Dance Festival

1.30pm
Intervention and Discussion: Curation is ART when Distribution is Business
Jukka-Pekka Laakso, Director of Tampere Film Festival and CEO of Pirkanmaa Film Center

2.00pm
Panel Discussion: Curatorial Questions / To Whom Are We Curating Dance Film Programme For?
Moderator Maia Elisabeth Sørensen (DK). 
Panel: Sarah Möller (DE)/ Pool - International Dance Film festival Berlin, Loránd János (SE)/Choreoscope, 
Cara Hagan (US)/ American Dance Film Festival, 
Martine Dekker (NL)/Cinedans Festival, 
​Kati Kallio (FI) / Loikka Dance Film Festival

Developing Filmmakers' Skills
Dubrovnik Lounge

​12.45pm
Patterns, contexts and the emergent unexpected; weaving an artistic, pedagogical and curatorial perspective on Screendance. 
Mary Wycherley (IR), Founder and Curator of Lightmoves Festival and lecturer at the University of Limerick

​1.30pm
Participatory Session: What Are We Lacking From Dance Film Education?
International modules of dance film research/education/mentoring – dreams, possibilities, visions.
Moderator Chrysanthi Badeka (GR), co-Artistic Director and Production Manager of ATHENS VIDEO DANCE PROJECT - International Dance Film Festival.

2.30pm
Lecture/workshop: Artist as the Distributor
Tytti Rantanen (FI), Programme Coordinator at AV-Arkki, Thomas Freundlich (FI) Filmmaker and Founder of Lumikinos Production

3.15pm-3.30pm Coffee break
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3.30pm–4.00pm, Dubrovnik Lounge
Summing up the day and closing remarks: What did we learn?

Registration for the conference has ended. Mixed Reality Day is fully booked. Tickets to Film Day can be purchased in Kino Andorra on Friday.

Participation fee:
Full programme 40€
Film Day 25€

​Notice:
For Mixed Reality Day we have only 50 seats. To confirm your participation we recommend you to sign up early.

Bannerikuva: Anna Fioretti, Loikka Dance Film Festival ProTalk 2015