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From the Cypher to the Screen

  • VIVO Media Arts Centre 2625 Kaslo St Vancouver, British Columbia, V5M 1Y8 Canada (map)

film still of ROTA [not everyday, but almost] by Juá Silva Leindecker

From the Cypher to the Screen

Friday November 6 | 6:00-6:30 PM | Doors: 5:30 PM

Community Partner: Vancouver Street Dance Association 

Location: VIVO Media Arts Centre

Traversing across vibrant imagined outerspaces to the dynamic city streets of Brasil, this collection of films reenergizes our understanding of the ways that street dance(s) interact with the camera. Tied together through the rituals of exchange and connection, these films become living archives of street dance communities near and far, commemorating the people keeping the culture alive.  

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2026 Films
Until I Reached Me
Until I Reached Me

Nachi Bakal and Camila Donoso (Chile) YOUTH
World Premiere
Duration: 6:27

In Santiago, a community of waackers led by Cami HT and Oscar Manuel is dedicated to teaching classes and organizing events to grow this lesser-known dance style. Matu introduces us to the classes through personal experience, taking us on a journey from frustration to self-acceptance and a sense of community. Cami HT and Oscar Manuel teach us about characterization and the creative process, while waackers Mati and Edu reveal the inner world of the dance through an on-camera performance accompanied by voiceovers sharing their feelings.

Director: Nachi Bakal and Camila Donoso
Cinematographer: Nachi Bakal and Camila Donoso
Dancers: Pandamonio, Cami HT, Edu Salinas, Matías Méndez and Oscar Manuel

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ROTA [not everyday, but almost]
ROTA [not everyday, but almost]

Juá Silva Leindecker (Brasil) YOUTH
Duration: 9:23
Canadian Premiere

[ Salvador, Bahia] It crosses by the São Pedro clock; passes along Rua do Cabeça; cuts through Largo Dois de Julho; enters Rua do Meio. ROTA is the encounter with new possibilities of imagining surreal daily lives at the crossroads of the concrete jungle.
For those who look closely and have the chance to dance with the path. Not every day, but almost.

CAST / ELENCO
Roman The Kunty
Iraê Kiriri
Thalieta Crodi
Philipe Estevão
Brisa Okun
Juá Leindecker
DIRECTED BY / DIREÇÃO
Juá Leindecker*
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / ASSISTÊNCIA DE DIREÇÃO
Flora Leles*
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY / DIREÇÃO DE FOTOGRAFIA
Flora Leles
EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION / PRODUÇÃO EXECUTIVA
Juá Leindecker
Flora Leles
SCREENPLAY BY / ROTEIRO
Juá Leindecker
Flora Leles
COLOR GRADING / COR
Juá Leindecker
EDITING / MONTAGEM E EDIÇÃO
Juá Leindecker
ASSISTANT CAMERA / ASSISTENTE DE FOTOGRAFIA
Tempuh Carvalho
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS / ASSISTENTES DE PRODUÇÃO
Dave Barros
Camila Nantes
Tempuh Carvalho
GRAPHIC DESIGN / PUBLICITY / DESIGN GRÁFICO E DIVULGAÇÃO
Juá Leindecker
SOUNDTRACK / TRILHA SONORA
Coisa 1 – Letieres Leite e Orquestra Rumpillezz
Coisa 4 – Moacir Santos
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / AGRADECIMENTOS
Byoncinha
ROG
Lara Boker
Agradecimento especial aos passageiros e moradores do 2 de julho.
(Special thanks to the passengers and residents of 2 de Julho.)
PRODUCTION / FINANCIAL SUPPORT / REALIZAÇÃO E APOIO FINANCEIRO
Este projeto foi realizado com o apoio do Edital de Incentivo a Ações Artísticas PIBEXA/2025 da PROEXT/UFBA.
(This project was carried out with the support of the PIBEXA/2025 Artistic Actions Incentive Notice from PROEXT/UFBA.)

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Where are you going?
Where are you going?

Ryan Iwanaka and Maxym Miller (Canada) YOUTH
Vancouver Premiere
Duration: 2:25

Where are you going? is an exploration, without a destination. Rather than ending up anywhere explores the moments in-between. Media and movement, for just that.

For our first film together we had to explore, not what we knew what would work; but what we thought might not. This film is a culmination of various explorations as dancer and animator, as mixed media artists, as Max and Ryan, together.

Where are you going?

Director: Maxym Miller
Cinematographer: Maxym Miller
Dancer: Ryan Iwanaka
Assistant Rotoscope Artist: Helaina Appleyard-Miller
Sound Design: Ryan Iwanaka
Additional Videographer: Chanel Hulston

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In An Adjoining Room
In An Adjoining Room

Joanne Park (Canada) YOUTH
Duration: 6:47

In an Adjoining Room is a memoiristic street dance film exploring dance in the form of Krump and Waving functions as a liminal space for self regulation and connection.

Director: Joanne Park
Dancers: Joanne Park and Colby Mclean
Videographer: Devon Meadows
Sound by: Adam Smith

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Earlier Event: November 6
Public Screens: Unfolding Lineages
Later Event: November 6
FORMations: Footage Never Lies…?