Wir freuen uns, die 19. Edition des POOL – MOVEMENT ART FILM Festival Berlin ankündigen zu können. Vom 9. bis 12. September 2026 präsentiert das Festival im DOCK II, Berlin inspirierende Tanzfilmproduktionen und bietet einen Treffpunkt für Künstler*innen aus Tanz und Film sowie aus der Kunst-, Musik- und Modeszene.
(Foto: Barbara Dietl)
We are delighted to announce the 19th edition of POOL MOVEMENT ART Festival Berlin. Taking place from 9–12 September 2026 at DOCK II in Berlin, we invite audiences to share in a series of cutting-edge dance film productions – reflections and resonances of our times, imagination and celebration through body and movement in the realm of film.
SCREENING POOL PEARLS
10.09.2026
PEARLS
7:30 pm // 19.30 Uhr
DOCK 11
International Dance Film Productions //
Internationale Tanzfilmproduktionen
11.09.2026
PEARLS
7:30 pm // 19.30 Uhr
DOCK 11
International Dance Film Productions //
Internationale Tanzfilmproduktionen
12.09.2026
PEARLS
7:30 pm // 19.30 Uhr
DOCK 11
International Dance Film Productions //
Internationale Tanzfilmproduktionen
ARRANGING MOVEMENT IN FILM _ ONLINE LAB
The Arranging Movement in Film Lab is a collaborative platform for training, experimentation, and exchange focused on the interplay of dance and cinematic movement.
POOL ON TOUR
Kollaborations, Invitations, Presentations
MATERIA
March 14 & 15, 2026
teatro san materno, Ascona, CH
A selection of international movement-based films, co-curated by POOL
MOVEMENT ART FILM Festival Berlin and Teatro San Materno.
Wir freuen uns über eine erneute Zusammenarbeit mit dem Teatro San Materno in Ascona.
PROGRAMM
Film Selection at Jumping Frames
November 15, 2025
1 pm at Broadway Cinematheque, Hong Kong
The program brings together dance films in which the body— singular or collective—poetically engages with broader forces, exploring the relationship between the micro and the macrocosmic. Time is stretched, paused, or looped; gestures rest or circulate rather than progress. In this temporal dilation, the films become meditations on the body’s presence, resistance, and vulnerability within a shifting world. Choreography evolves not only within cinematic space but also extends toward the bodies and minds of viewers — unfolding resonant fields beyond the screen.
Eine Filmauswahl von POOL bei Jumping Frames!
PROGRAMM
FILMS OF YOSHIKO CHUMA AT FUTUR 9
AUGUST 29, 2025
7 pm at CINEMA 3001, Hamburg
Three films by Yoshiko Chumat at the FUTUR 9 Festival in Hamburg.
Filme von Yoshiko Chuma beim FUTUR 9 Festival in Hamburg.
PROGRAMM
MOVING TIME FRAMES
MARCH 15 & 16, 2025
TEATRO SAN MATERNO, ASCONA (CH)
A selection of movement-based films, co-curated by POOL MOVEMENT ART FILM Festival Berlin and Teatro San Materno.
Zwei Abende mit Tanzfilmen, ko-kuratiert von POOL und Teatro San Materno.
PROGRAMM
Stop Calling Them Dangerous #5: Cinema Has Power
April 8 2023
2 pm | Center for Remembering and Sharing, New York
Screening and Panel, initiated by Yoshiko Chuma in cooperation with POOL.
With films by Yvonne Rainer, Charles Atlas, Yoshiko Chuma and Jacob Burckhardt
Part of La MaMa Moves! Festival
Danc’in Cinematic Spaces –
A Cooperation with Teatro San Materno
March 16 & 17, 2024
Teatro San Materno, Ascona (CH)
POOL JOURNAL
A Punk Mind in a Tailored Frame —
POOL dives deeper with Helena Jónsdóttir
An extensive in-depth interview with award-winning Icelandic filmmaker Helena Jónsdóttir on how dance films can capture the choreography of the everyday in a cinematic movement of ordinary gestures.
Ein Interview mit der isländischen Filmemacherin und Künstlerin Helena Jónsdóttir.
21.7.2025
written by Silja Tuovinen
In an Instance — POOL dives deeper with
Akim El Ouardi
28.02.2025
An in-depth interview with Luxembourgish-Moroccan cinematographer and filmmaker Akim El Ouardi on improvisation, creating with less and making dance films through an analogue process.
Ein Interview mit dem luxemburgisch-marokkanischen Filmemacher Akim El Ouardi über Improvisation, Arbeiten mit wenig Mitteln und analoge Tanzfilmproduktion.
INTERVIEW
Moving Still – POOL dives deeper with Sasha Monty
24.01.2025
This is the first article in our special self-portraiture series, focusing on cine-choreographic filmmaking practices where portraiture, research or expression of artists’ own body, mind or universe is an emphasised artistic approach.
Das erste Interview unserer Serie zu Praktiken des Selbstporträts an der Schnittstelle von Tanz und Film.
INTERVIEW
Everything to do with space— POOL dives deeper with Tori Lawrence
28.11.2024
An in-depth interview with American choreographer and filmmaker Tori Lawrence on taking time, listening to spaces, and sculpting subtle movement.
Silja Tuovinen im Gespräch mit der amerikanischen Choreographin und Filmemacherin Tori Lawrence.
INTERVIEW
To embody the message — POOL dives deeper with Emilie Lesgourgues
An in-depth interview with French director Emilie Lesgourgues, offering a filmmaker’s perspective on using dance and movement in character-driven film
28.2.2024
WORKSHOP
GUEST CURATORS // GASTKURATOR*INNEN
GUEST CURATORS // GASTKURATOR*INNEN
Elysa Wendi
Mayo Rodríguez Baeza
Louise Coetzer & Oscar O’Ryan
Photo: Mayo Rodríguez Baeza by Damaris Marin
NEWS
luminous flux
We’re excited to cooperate once more with the b12 festival and present a co-curated program of dance film productions on July 2 and 6, 2024, at 9:30 pm at EDEN Studios*****, Berlin.
Unter dem Titel luminous flux präsentiert das Festival b12 am 2. und 6. Juli 2024 um 21.30 Uhr im EDEN*****, Berlin, ein ko-kuratiertes Programm aus Tanzkurzfilmen.
STOP CALLING THEM DANGEROUS: CINEMA HAS POWER VOL. 9
Cinema Has Power: Phill Niblock
On January 8, 2024, the intermedia artist and composer Phill Niblock passed away at the age of 90. We invite the audience to join us for a curated selection of his films, to celebrate his legacy and the profound influence and deep inspiration he had on the artistic landscape.
May 25, 2024, 2 – 4.30 pm at Center for Remembering and Sharing, New York.
Part of La MaMa Moves! Festival
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PROGRAM 23
POOL SHINE – NEW YORK TRACES
15 SEPTEMBER 2023
7.30 pm | 19.30 Uhr | Zionskirche
Donation | Spende
Films of Yoshiko Chuma and Jacob Burckhardt,
and Phill Niblock with Arthur Russell
artist talk with Yoshiko Chuma
moderated by Peter Pleyer
A co-production by POOL and DOCK ART, funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Community and supported by Goethe-Institut South Africa.
Thank you.
Eine Koproduktion von POOL und DOCK ART, gefördert von der Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt und unterstützt vom Goethe-Institut Südafrika.
Wir bedanken uns für die Unterstützung.
