About F-O-R-M
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F-O-R-M is an international movement-on-screen festival that centers the voices of youth and emerging artists. We screen and commission films that explore the limitless possibilities of the body in motion through film. We provide support and a platform for early-career artists while introducing our audiences to expansive, genre-defying filmmaking.
Festival Of Recorded Movement (F-O-R-M), was founded in 2015 by emerging dance artist Sophia Wolfe, with organizational support and encouragement of Company 605, and with experienced producer and co-founder Kristina Lemieux, on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. It was created as a platform for movers and filmmakers to share and create short films that revolve around the body in motion. Film is such a relevant medium today more than ever, and is a universal tool being used to showcase movement across all genres; athletes, dancers and other movement practitioners turn to film as a way to show creative and engaging perspectives of their respective movement forms. F-O-R-M is a space and platform to celebrate and acknowledge the artists who are creating in this realm and is an opportunity to bring them together to inspire and share with each other and a wider audience. F-O-R-M has become a community of artists and audiences who share in this common interest and is a place to explore, discover, learn and grow through this medium. If you have any questions or are curious to learn more about what we do, please do not hesitate to get in touch!
We are a Vancouver-based festival and showcase National and International artists.
What we present
F-O-R-M presents films that investigate the body in motion through curiosity, experimentation, and imagination. We are interested in films that creatively explore our personal lived experiences and how such themes can be told through narrative or experimental approaches. Cinematography, experimental editing styles, and post-production effects are also considerations that contribute and add layers to the subject matter. We invite proposals to consider the interplay between the camera and the movement, regardless of the form.
Recorded Movement is the theme—any movement or dance practices, genres, or styles are invited. We are interested in how movement can be utilized as a vehicle for expression. How do you define movement? How do you portray this definition within your practice or discipline? How does this movement collaborate with film? We invite your ideas and concepts around the theme of Recorded Movement, and to challenge this definition as you see fit!
F-O-R-M strongly encourages and prioritizes applications from Youth artists, and those from intersecting identities and traditionally marginalized communities; Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, folks with disabilities, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions (LGBTQ2S+).
“My experience with F-O-R-M has been fantastic. The people and community involved are supportive and fun. Through this program I gained skills in collaboration, grant writing, producing and directing a project. I had my first real on set experience, and met some awesome individuals who I hope to collaborate with again in the future. The community was buzzing leading up to the festival, and I could see the excitement in people whose first film was being shown, or people who knew someone dancing in a film and were looking forward to seeing them on a big screen. I’m proud of the generosity and commitment everyone involved on my project showed up with. All the collaborators believed in the project and without them it wouldn’t have been possible.”
Recorded Movement Society
Recorded Movement Society curates events, screenings and an annual film festival that highlights the body in motion through film and video works. We focus on youth (under 25) and first-time dance/movement-on-screen filmmakers. We also provide workshops and events around creating and capturing movement for the screen. We have developed a large community, network and awareness of movement-on-screen artists and audiences in Vancouver, across Canada, and internationally. We encourage experimental films that centre around any physical movement genre or practice (dance, parkour, skateboarding etc.) and feature artists of all body types and physical abilities, as well as BIPOC and LGBTQ2+ artists.
Our projects include F-O-R-M (Festival of Recorded Movement) an annual, international movement-on-screen festival, and Moving/ Forward, a touring survey of short dance works from BC made in the last five years. Recorded Movement Society is run by Artistic Director Sophia Wolfe and Creative Producer Kristina Lemieux. F-O-R-M was first developed in 2015 as part of Sophia Wolfe’s Artistic Internship with Company 605 (605). Through this internship, 605 supported and incubated F-O-R-M for three festivals before it grew into an independent non-profit organization: Recorded Movement Society.