Connecting Continents - available Sept 15 - Oct 15
At the Heart of Barrio Chino: Tusán Perspectives in Lima, Peru, 2026, United States, Peru, 16 min
Produced and Directed by Lenora Lee, Moyra Cecilia Silva Rodríguez
Choreography by Moyra Silva, Lenora Lee
Featuring Lenora Lee Dance
Dancing by Moyra Cecilia Silva Rodríguez, Marco Loo, Angie Chang, Lenora Lee, Jorge Black Tam, Grupo León
In this episode of Chinatown Shorts, “At the Heart of Barrio Chino: Tusán Perspectives in Lima, Chinatown” we explore Capón Barrio Chino, Lima's vibrant Chinatown, through the personal narratives of fourth-generation Chinese Peruvians, or Tusáns. Moyra Silva, Marco Loo, and Angie Chang delve into their Chinese Peruvian ancestry, connecting their professional backgrounds to their heritage. Through their stories, we gain insight into the complexities of embracing a mixed-race identity and reflection on Peruvian identity, and the resilience of the Tusán community, expanding perspectives on Chinese immigration in the Americas. This film honors the struggles and lasting cultural contributions of Chinese immigrants to Peruvian society, uplifting the perseverance of this community made up of multiracial descendants today.
Kin, 2026, Mexico, United States, 5 min
Directed by Ana Baer, Rocio Luna
Produced by Alebrije
Choreography and Dancing by Rocio Luna, Mauricio Nava, JayWAN Pattiwael
Featuring Alebrije
Music Composed by Richard D Hall
Filmmaker: Ana Baer
Dramaturgy by Claudia Fragoso
First Camera by Karl Toft
Relating in times of crisis. A site-specific screendance that explores the relationship between humanity and nature, raising awareness of ecological challenges and seeking—if only partially—to remediate damaged environments. Drawing on environmental art practices, the work opens space for dialogue about our precarious entanglement with the natural world, inviting us to reimagine and reconfigure that relationship. Inspired by Donna Haraway's posthuman theories.
Snow in Autum, 2025, Mexico, 7 min
Directed by Carlos Wong, Rogelio Arrañaga
Produced by Elias Agüero
Choreography by Rogelio Arrañaga, Ximena Covarrubias
Featuring Soloponto
Dancing by Mariana del Socorro Rocha, Luis Eduardo Garay, Carmen Herrera, Juan River, Tania Cervantes, Emily Espinoza, Jorge Celayo, Johana Aguilar, Victoria Pérez, Alejandro Arrañaga, Rogelio Arrañaga
Synopsis coming soon.
A Dance Call, 2026, Argentina, 5 min
Directed by Pablo Destito
Choreography by Agustina Videla
Featuring Social Tango Project
During a business trip, a man arrives at a hotel beside a forest. From his window, he follows the figure of a dancer disappearing among the trees and discovers a strange ritual: five couples engaged in a dance battle. Little by little, he stops being a spectator and becomes part of the collective celebration. Between reality and hallucination, the film explores the contemporary desire to escape isolation and reconnect through shared celebration.
Limbo, 2026, Argentina, 12 min
Produced and Directed by Brenda Barroero
Choreography by Andrea Pollini
Featuring Ballet por la Igualdad
The last military dictatorship in Argentina lasted from March 24, 1976 to December 10, 1983, leaving a deep impact on society. Some of the horrific figures that can be summarized are: 800 clandestine detention, torture and extermination centers, 500 stolen babies, 40,000 exiles and 30,000 missing people. In a territory where the body stops being form and becomes living memory, a group of nine dancers traces, through movement, a sensitive cartography of equality. The piece displays a choreographic framework that oscillates between fragility and collective strength, where each gesture reveals tensions, links and mutual support, dismantling hierarchies to give rise to a community in constant construction. From a contemporary perspective, "Limbo" addresses the traces of the last Argentine civic-military-ecclesiastical-business dictatorship, focusing on identity, memory and absences. Promoted from a space that articulates art and human rights, the work puts those historically invisible bodies in the foreground, turning them into protagonists of a narrative that demands freedom, diversity and full existence. The camera does not limit itself to recording: it approaches, gets involved, breathes to the rhythm of the performers, amplifying the poetic and political dimension of each sequence. The videodance is configured as a device for encounter and reflection, where the intimate and the collective intertwine to challenge the viewer and open questions about the present: which bodies are seen, which are left out, and how is a more just society built in movement?
The Flight of the Shawl, 2026, Spain, 6 min
Directed by Jaime Dezcallar
Produced by Sara Rollón Morillas
Choreography and Dancing by Manuel Liñán
Edited by Javier Baztán
Manuel Liñán is a flamenco dancer and choreographer who has transformed the art form, making it freer and more contemporary. Intellectual and deeply expressive, he combines impeccable technique with a vivid imagination. Recipient of Spain’s National Dance Award, he performs to sold-out theatres around the world, yet he feels most alive in the tablao: a space of barely twelve square metres, with the audience pressed close, where every breath can be heard and where he is compelled to sustain extraordinary focus and honesty. Without them, he could not move an audience. "The Flight of the Shawl," filmed somewhere between documentary and dreamlike journey, is a soleá performed with a bata de cola—the traditional flamenco dress with a long train—and a shawl, elements historically associated with women’s flamenco.
Organising Principles of Experience, 2025, United Kingdom, 13 min
Directed by Gabriela Tropia
Choreography by Gabriela Tropia
Featuring MayaAI_V6
"Organising Principles of Experience" is an experimental short in which an AI model, tuned to the writings and sensibilities of Maya Deren, collaborates with the filmmaker to imagine new films. It explores memory, possession, and the digital afterlife, questioning what remains when the past becomes data and how an artist might lay claim to her absent hero.