Short Description
Bucharest International Dance Film Festival is a platform for exquisite films that use movement as their primary language or the body as their main subject. Faced with the camera lenses, the body becomes the primary focus of cutting-edge arthouse films that challenge the audience to a lively exchange of stances on challenging politics, extreme emotions, concealed interpretations, and oddly beautiful aesthetics.
BIDFF encourages syncretism and dialogue between movement and diverse forms of cinema, from the more traditional ones to experimental or futuristic hybrid works. Besides film screenings, BIDFF organizes a VR showcase, lectures, public presentations, and intensive short film workshops. Each year in September, the festival takes place in multiple locations from Bucharest, Romania.
Eligibility
Filmmakers, dance artists, animators, visual artists and digital art makers are invited to submit their works for the International Short Film Competition of the festival set to take place between September 11–14, 2025, under the theme “Keep Calm and Keep On Moving”. For the first time, BIDFF is also looking for VR experiences that use movement as their main language or the body as their main subject.
How to Apply
Online Application
Program Benefits & Awards
- Money awards for Best International Film (1000 Euros) and Jury Prize (500 Euros).
- Free entry to all the events of the festival, excluding workshops that require a previous application.
Entry Fee
- Regular Deadline Application Fee: $10
- Last Deadline Application Fee: $15
Location
Bucharest, Romania
Timeline
- Regular Application Deadline: 22 June 2025
- Last Application Deadline: 12 July 2025
Website Link: https://www.bidff.ro/eng#open-call-2025
