LA POPS UP call for submissions!
Calling all LA dance filmmakers!
We are accepting submissions for upcoming LA POPS UP international touring events & LA POPS UP @ Dance Camera West 2026.
All types of dance films (shorts, fiction, documentary, music video) created by Los Angeles choreographers and directors are welcome.
Use Code ‘LAPOPSUP’ for special submission discount and submit your films via https://filmfreeway.com/DanceCameraWest
DEADLINE: August 1, 2025 for international touring events
DEADLINE: October 1, 2025 for LA POPS UP @ DCW 2026.
(Films do not need to be a LA premiere for DCW 2026, however IF your film is a LA premiere, it will also be considered to be in awards competition at DCW 2026.)
LA POPS UP is co-produced by Dance Camera West and Hysterica Productions.
LA POPS UP @ Festival Videodanza de Puerto Rico
LA POPS UP @ Ryan Heffington’s DESERTRADE
DANCE ON FILM WORKSHOP
DESERTRADE hosted a FREE Dance on Film Workshop for teens with Charissa Kroeger. Charissa has created movement for Lancome, Coach, Chanel, Miley Cyrus, Zendaya, Valentino and Skims. She has crafted cinematic magic for Emmy, Oscar and Grammy-nominated productions by luminaries including Paul Thomas Anderson, Harmony Korine and more. She is the recipient of the Cannes Lion Young Director Award in Video Art for her film SPAGHETTI.
