FIVER’25 - International Film, Dance and New Media Festival

The Centro Danza Matadero - CDM will host the 13th edition of the International Film, Dance and New Media Festival, better known as FIVER, from 11 to 14 September. National and international artists will delve into the relationship between the body and the screen in their shows.

FIVER is a leading national and international festival specialising in the crossroads between film and audiovisuals and the arts of movement, performance and media. Founded in 2013 by Samuel Retortillo, the festival co-founded the Ibero-American Network of Video Dance Festivals (REDIV) and is included in the ICAA's list of film festivals. 

This year's programme features works by renowned artists, such as Sebastián Lelio (Argentina/Chile), Simona Deaconescu and Grigore Burloiu (Romania), Claudix Vanesix, Fernando Vilchez (Peru), Dotzerosix, Mala Fama & ENE ESE (Ecuador), Natalia Fernandes, Victoria Fiore, Luiz Felipe Lucas, Manauara Clandestina (Brazil), Alfredo Miralles, Pablo Ayala and Guillermo Rubio (Spain). The international selection of works in the Film Dance 2025 series includes 20 films from Asia, Oceania, America and Europe. 

In 2025, the festival will focus on Brazil and, in parallel, Fiver PRO will be set up, which includes professional encounters to connect national artists with international directors, programmers and managers, including Pedro Barreiro / Espaço do Tempo (Portugal), Ximena Monroy / INBAL - Agite and Sirva Fest. (Mexico), Majid Sedatti / Casablanca International Video Art Festival (Morocco), Marie Pauline Mollaret / Independent Programmer (France), Paulina Ruiz Carballido / Agite and Sirva Fest- Collectif V.I.D.D.A. (Mexico-France), Laura Murphy / Light Moves Fest. (Ireland) and Elysa Wendi / Cinemovement (Singapore). Regarding the training section, the festival offers two Fiverlab workshops with practical sessions on documentary film, dance and technology.

Programme:

Thursday 11 September:

• 7.30pm - Inauguration of FIVER’25: Opening film. Screening of La Ola (The Wave) by Sebastian Lelio (CL/ARG). Première in Madrid.

Friday 12 September:

• 7pm - Screening of Official Section I: FIVER'25 finalist film programme in the International, Dance Films From Spain, FiverDOCS and Focus on Brazil categories. Casette Rojo (Red Cassette) by Víctor Bastidas (Colombia); One & One Other [Episode 1] by Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern (USA); Imagine Ocean by Jiekai Liao (Singapore); Santa Barbara by Bárbara Fernández (Spain); Movement by Jason Bock (Australia)
• 9pm - SEXTOU: NOITE BRASIL. Two Brazilian film premières + performance by Natalia Fernandes. Pavilhão by Victoria Fiore (Brazil); Migranta by Luiz Felipe Lucas / Manauara Clandestina (Brazil). Show: El carnaval no es alegre (The Carnival is not Joyful) by Natalia Fernandes (Brazil).

Saturday 13 September:

• 7pm - Screening of Official Section II: FIVER'25 finalist film programme in the International, Dance Films From Spain, FiverDOCS and Focus on Brazil categories. Bagasi by Jeremy Chua (Hong Kong); West by Vivianne Werkhoven (Netherlands); Private View: Joshua Serafin by Kitty Yeung (Philippines); There was no plan B by Libertad Pozo (Spain); Spoken Movement Family Honour by Daniel Gurton (United Kingdom); Pols by Elisabet Prandi (Spain)
• 8.30pm - Collective Cadence by Simona Deaconescu and Grigore Burloiu (Romania). Première in Spain.

Sunday 14 September:

• 7pm - Screening of Official Section III: FIVER'25 finalist film programme in the International, Dance Films From Spain, FiverDOCS and Focus on Brazil categories.  On a Sunday At Eleven by Alicia K. Harris (Canada); Carmen by Andrew Margetson (Spain-United Kingdom); Edge by Daniel Moreno (Spain); A Temporary Eternity by Michael Kam (Japan); Aqui (Here) by Luciano Botelho (Brazil); Feed my Soul by A. Gevorgyan (United States)  
• 6pm - FIVER R&D: BIFRONTE Installation. Exhibition of the result of the FIVERLAB Bifronte with Alfredo Miralles, Pablo Ayala and Guillermo Rubio (Spain).
• 7pm - FIVER R&D: Extensiones vegetales by Claudix Vanesix (Peru). Première in Madrid.
• 7.30pm  - Audiovisual Concert Performance Chalupas.04 by Dotzerosix, Mala Fama & ENE ESE (Ecuador). Première in Spain.