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Moving Body - Moving Image
is an evolving biennale thematic exploration of the Moving Body on Screen founded and directed by Gabri Christa

2026 Festival:
The Moving Immigrant Body On Screen

Moving Body – Moving Image 2026 brings together films exploring migration, displacement, identity, memory, heritage, belonging, and the immigrant experience.

The festival will have two parts with a full day event at Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium on October 18, 12:00–6:00PM, followed by additional programming and installation at Barnard College’s Movement Lab October 19–24.

 

Live Event at Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium

October 18th from 12:00pm-6:00pm
FREE

3 programs of short dance/movement films
discussion with makers facilitated by Charlotte Brathwaite

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Highlights include:

  • The Long Goodbye by Carrie Mae Weems (USA, 2026)

  • Air de Temps by Alesandra Seutin and Ben Williams (UK/Senegal, 2023)

  • Refugiar el Gesto / Sheltering Gestures by Adrián Villa-Dávila and Andrés Prado (Colombia, 2025)

  • Las Madres by Marta Renzi (USA, 2015)

  • Navigation by Marlene Millar (Ireland, 2020)

  • Family Portrait by Jingqiu Guan (China, 2019)

  • Pasa Pasa by Lisa Kusanagi(Costa Rica, 2026)

  • Expectations Sharpen the Blade with Which We Carve Joy by Olya Glotka (Egypt, 2026)

  • When the Chair Fell into the Void by Julia Kushnarenko (Belgium, Hungary, Portugal, 2026)

  • The Noise My Leaves Make by Tia-Monique Uzor (UK, 2022)

  • Provenance: A Letter to My Daughter by Li Chiao-Ping (USA, 2022)

  • Antítesis by Sofia Monella (USA, 2026)

Installation at Barnard College’s Movement Lab

October 19th - 23rd from 3:00pm-6:00pm &
October 24th from 10:00am-6:00pm
FREE (RSVP required)

additional programming of jury selected films

RSVP Coming Soon!

Highlights include:

  • Room: A Corporeal Dialogue Across Time a performance and installation by Jingqiu Guan (USA, 2026)

  • Ina Ama by Omari Carter (UK, 2020)

  • X PAT BONDby Leandro Glory Damasco Jr. (USA, 2021)

  • In the Middle by Saba Khatami (Iran, 2025)

  • ASSEMBLY LINE by Huang Jiangming (Italy, 2026)

  • HaMapah/The Map by Daniel Banks (USA, 2025)

*Please note: programming is subject to change, with additional works and details to be announced closer to the festival.

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Our regular deadline is tomorrow. July 1Submit your film on the moving IMMIGRANT body on screen. Our biennale Screendance Festival is presented at and in collaboration with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on October 18 at the atrium. Instalal
Hello people. You have two months to submit! Our 5th biennial is now open. The moving IMMIGRANT body (world wide) is this year’s theme. All lengths , all forms. A new venue to be announced soon. SUBMIT and hold the date : October 18 for one
A person wearing a denim jacket sits on the subway with their eyes closed holding the handle of a cane. Image from "Vision Portraits."
Two people, shirtless and visible from the chest up, hold each other in low light. Image from "Gimp Gait."
A person lies on their stomach, bracing themselves with their arms bent as their eyes look forward. They are only visible from above the upper torso, and they are wearing a racerback tank top and a wristband. Image from "Eudaimonia."
An outline of a person’s upper body with their hands in front of them as they sit down, created through overlays of photographic chemical treatment outlines. Image from "Infusion No. 1"
A group of people wearing green each use one hand to pull the collar of their shirt towards their shoulder. They are grouped together, some sitting on blocks, others standing, and others in wheelchairs. Two neon green lights on stands sit in the back
A black-lined grid overlays an image of Alice and Laurel outstretched in full horizontal flight. Alice, a multiracial Black woman with short curly hair and coffee-colored skin, and Laurel, a pale white woman with short cropped brown hair, twist and c
Three people tilt to the right, looking up with one arm raised, and the other towards the ground. They are in an empty concrete lot with a bright sky behind them. Two of the people are in wheelchairs, the other one is kneeling with one leg stretched
A person wearing glasses and a cardigan over a floral shirt looks down at a book and gestures with their hands, palms facing towards their body and fingers separated. Image from "Reading Through the Body"
A propped up paper photograph with a figure cut out and placed slightly in front of the original photo. The background of the photo contains a person on the left in a lunge, and a person on the right leaning forward in a wheelchair in a dance studio
A person wearing a sweater with one hand against their neck and the other in a gesture with a closed hand. A curtain with branches, foliage, and birds is behind them. The image is split horizontally across the middle, and doubled. Image from "From Me
Two people hold hands in a counterbalance in a dim concrete space with three colorful murals on the back wall. The person on the left has long hair and is wearing a colorful outfit that matches the mural behind the pair. They are leaning backwards an
A line of figures with fists raised in triumphant positions. They positioned in pairs, wearing black outfits with colorful capes, belts, and gloves. One of the figures is in a wheelchair, the rest are standing. Image from "How to Train an Antihero"
A pale inner forearm cuts diagonally across the image with the hand folded backwards, braced against the black background. Image from "Exit Strategy #2"
A collage of digital images featuring a blue 3D modeled standing body with colorful lines and points on it, diagrams of hands, and x-rays. The text 我們可以互相關懷的地方 is written across the top, and “Where we found care.” is written across the bottom. Image
A person lays across a wooden deck path on their stomach, propped up on their hand and arm. They are wearing a long-sleeve shirt and pants, and are surrounded by small flowers and bushes in a field sparsely populated with trees. Image from "Uath Loch
A person wearing a pink hoodie and pink boxing gloves stands with their hands raised in front of their body and their eyes closed. The hoodie has colorful textural embroidery on it, including orange polka-dots and a red cartoon cyclops octopus with a
Two people wearing dark clothing lean against each other, making contact with their upper bodies. The person on the left has their back to the camera, and has a cross-shaped tattoo on their upper back. The person on the right is facing the camera, an
Two people are crouched facing opposite directions with the backs of their hands touching and moving towards the forehead of the person turned more to the camera. Still from "Sense-8"
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