Open call for filmmakers!
Be part of the 6th edition of Breaking Walls Dance Films.
Breaking Walls Dance Films (BWDF) is the first and only dance film festival in Egypt and the region. Since 2021 we have screened 129 films from more than twenty countries, and we programme deliberately towards work that rarely reaches Egyptian screens — recent editions have introduced audiences to films from Tunisia, Malta, Hungary and Indonesia.
The 6th edition runs 10 to 20 January 2027. Screenings take place in Cairo and, just as importantly, outside it — in Minya, Mansoura, Sohag and Qena. In several of those governorates, our screenings were the first time dance film had ever been shown publicly. Every screening is free and open to the public, and every selected film is shown at least twice at different venues.
The festival runs alongside a programme of workshops, masterclasses and live performances, and selected filmmakers are invited to join roundtable discussions with Egyptian and international artists, remotely or in person.
On the sidelines of the festival
We also welcome dance-related documentaries and feature films for screening outside competition. If your film falls outside the competition criteria but belongs at a dance film festival, submit it — we will consider it for the sideline programme.
Selected films are announced at the end of December 2026.
