Film Program (free entrance)

Free entrance for everyone (limited capacity)

In collaboration with Cinedans, Summer Dance Forever presents a series of short films and documentaries with one objective: the female perspective. A selection of films will be showcased, traveling from Turkey to Trinidad and back again.

The film program runs continuously for 2 hours, allowing you to walk in and out as you like!

13:00 - 15:00 selection of short films
14:00 - 15:00 documentary Kumina Queen

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SHORT FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES:

TO BE A BGIRL

2013, 21’, Germany, documentary
Director: Yasmin Angel | Producer: Meike Martens

Jilou started joining in breakdance battles when she was just 13 years old. Often she is theonly woman. Now she has graduated from secondary school and is thinking about what tostudy.

CRU

2015, Canada, Documentary
Director: Marlene Millar, Philip Szporer | Choreographer: Caroline "Lady C" Fraser, Handy "Monstapop" Yacinthe, Mathieu "SoulStep" Ulrich | Producer: Marlene Millar, Philip Szporer

CRU keeps it real! Caroline ‘Lady C’ Fraser is an award-winning street dancer. Handy‘MonstaPop’ Yacinthe blends intricate robotic, illusionary, control and popping techniques.Mathieu ‘SoulStep’ Ulrich has built his reputation as a defender of the pure and original B-Boying style.

TERRA & EDDIE

2014, 5’, United Kingdom, Documentary
Director: Ben Williams | Producer: Breakin' Convention

Sisters Eddie and Terra have amassed over ten million YouTube views with their breakdancefilms. This documentary reveals a touching relationship. Commissioned by Breakin’ Convention and BCTV.

SULUKULE MON AMOUR

2016, 6’, Turkey, Documentary
Director: Azra Deniz Okyay | Producer: Zeynep Armağan Şahan

This is a documentary about Gizem and Dina, two young first hip hop dancers of theimportant district of Istanbul, Sulukule. As a young woman, Dance is the way of perseverance and liberation.

SHE PARADISE

2019, 15’, Trinidad and Tobago
Director: Maya Cozier

Sparkle, a teenage girl from Trinidad and Tobago, discovers it's not easy to fit in a SocaDance Crew. But she gets a second chance. Her first performance will be a night full ofdifficult choices but also promises of an exciting new future. A film about sisterhood, sexualityand self-discovery.

PUMA

2023, 4' BR/UK
Director: Jonangelo Molinari

São Paulo-born Puma mixes the martial art of Capoeira with Vogue dancing and identifies parallels between the two movement styles through a shared philosophy built on resistance and rebellion.. Through her experiences as a black trans woman, Puma found in both art forms a sense of defiance – capoeira as a form of resistance from slavery, and voguing as a celebration of queer identities – each with their origins in the search for freedom.

Kumina Queen

Director: Nyasha Laing
Trailer
Jamaica and United States 2022 - 57 minutes – English

In the wake of the loss of her mother, documentary filmmaker Nyasha Laing travels into the heart of the Jamaican countryside to research the ancestral ritual of Kumina. “Once you beat that drum, you have called the ancestors”, says Imogene “Queenie” Kennedy. Queenie was a contemporary priestess in post-colonial Jamaica, who catapulted her African spiritual practice into renown. Her mysterious world reveals a divergent pathway to freedom, healing, and transformation. Interwoven with Queenie’s life story are the personal journeys of a generation of cultural icons of Jamaican heritage who unearth their roots and examine their identities. Versed in dance, music, and cosmology, they open up a portal to the past, as well as a glimpse into the future.