Congratulations to the ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ by Dk Fash @dkfash !
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ:
โThis short film plays with prejudices about black women in an unique, humorous and highly outspoken way, challenging us to put an end to them once and for all. An allegory of prejudices swept away by blatant female energy.
The intriguing, liberating power of the black female body, set within an old church expresses itself as a form of redemption. Pure and powerful in dance and visual language. An expression of emancipation, in which self-affirmation is celebrated with the camera as an additional dancer.โ
Watch ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ on Cinedans WEB until April 5. ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ
#dancefilm #dancefilmfestival #screendance #shortfilmfestival #dancevideo
20 images. 10yrs+ of making.
A moment of reflection looking back at what initiative.dkf has been, and a marker of where we are right now.
Everything you see here has been made without core funding. No consistent infrastructure. No safety net. Weโve operated project by project. First driven purely by passion (and community!), and from 2019, only when funding was secured, building things with what was available at the time. Thatโs the quiet reality of the industry for many of us. With the current economic climate makes creating without resources even harder.
Behind the scenes, weโve always been here. Continuing our individual artistic practices, paying rent, surviving, growing (grasping for thriving). The village shows up when capacity, energy, and resources align. And what has been achieved in these years is something weโre deeply proud of: the innovative work, the creative risks, the unseen labour, the dense joy, the many tears, the triumphant resilience. None of it happened alone. Every production, collaboration, and moment was held together by trust and care.
So this post is a thank you - and a celebration of how far so many of our collaborators have come too in their own journeys! and an honest check-in about where things stand.
Weโre in a new phase, defined by sustainability and giving room to be human outside of productivity alone. Where itโs okay to not always have capacity. Where rest, timing, and conditions are part of the practice. Not something to push through at all costs.
The Village that has kept us, and kept pouring into us, we look excitedly at whatโs still to come as we aim to build together more intentionally.
If you believe in the legacy of our work and the future it could still have, your support is welcome: You can donate via our website or PayPal, or reach out directly. No pressure. Just an open door.
For now, this is a proof-of-life post. We still here, the creativity never truly stops
Updates will come when the time, and the conditions, are right. ๐ซถ๐พ
Wofai
Exec Producer (and resident buff ting)
Another nomination for Interruption as part of the 2025 Official Selection for the magical @inshadow.festival spotlighting contemporary transdisciplinary artistic creation on film! A thriller-esque dance short introducing the #VulgarWomen creative universe
Thanks as always to our friends @thespacearts
#Interruption #twerksymphony #initiativedkf #laurels #filmfestival #awards
Still not over the energy at our UK debut screening of INTERRUPTION ๐ซ Seeing our short film on the big screen, surrounded by love, laughter, and movement was something else. Big love to everyone who showed up and showed out. This village? Always the real magic
#VulgarWomen #InterruptionFilm #DanceFilm #ShortFilm #initiativedkf #BlackCreatives #FilmScreening #dkfash
More exciting news for Interruption with a nomination as part of the 2025 Official Selection for the revered @asffestival celebrating its 15th year of independent film! This haunting dance short is the first installment from the #VulgarWomen creative universe
Thanks as always to @thespacearts team.
#Interruption #twerksymphony #initiativedkf #laurels #filmfestival #awards
Excited to announce that Interruption - the first installment from the #VulgarWomen creative universe - has been nominated as part of the 2025 Official Selection for the illustrious @womenxfest celebrating women in film
Huge thanks to the @thespacearts and the whole team. Hopefully more to come! #watchthisspace
#Interruption #twerksymphony #initiativedkf #filmfestival #awards
Where discomfort meets desire.
Where the body dares to be both.
Every frame asks: Can you hold the beauty and the raw at once?
A glimpse into the world of Interruption ๐ธ๐ฅ
#BeautyInTheRaw
#BoldBodies
#SensualAndStrange
#UnprettyPower
#interruptionfilm
#vulgarwomen
#twerksymphony
#initiativedkf
A surreal and haunting exploration of shame, liberation and โtwerkโ through film.
Interruption | a dance short | Out Now
a film by @dkfash
Watch Online: /vw
Photography by joladeo
Commissioned by @thespacearts
Supported by @barbicancentre
Special Thanks to @studiowaynemcgregor
#twerk #dancefilm #interruptionfilm #vulgarwomen #atwerksymphony #initiativedkf #photography #afropunk #arthouse #afrofuturism
What? | Vulgar Women: A Twerk Symphony #swipe
A universe of artistic responses to themes around shame Vs liberation through booty-dancing culture curated by multidisciplinary maker @dkfash
Stage โข Digital โข Exhibition โข Sound
I N T E R R U P T I O N
a short dance film is the first commissioned instalment from the VW:ATS Universe. Commissioned by @thespacearts
#Interruption #vulgarwomen #twerksymphony #twerk #shortfilm #film #comingsoon #dancefilm #blackwomen #buttocksdance #dance #liberation #artistry
