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kNOwBOX dance Film Festival

The kNOwBOX dance Film Festival (NBFF) is an international dance-film festival produced by kNOwBOX dance, a Dallas nonprofit that also runs the Dance Behind the Screen podcast. It accepts short dance films of 3 to 15 minutes and curates separate lineups for live screenings in Texas, South Korea and Mexico; listed venues include the Texas Ballet Theater studio in Dallas and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Every official selection receives an artist stipend of at least $100, award winners at least $200 more and the first-prize winner at least $500. The 8th edition in 2026 chose its lineup from 91 submissions from more than 30 countries. Entries for 2026 opened in January on FilmFreeway; specific Texas screening dates were not posted.

Festival · Dallas · Active

Next
Usually spring–fall
Texas Ballet Theater Dallas Studio; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
kNOwBOX dance (Dallas 501(c)(3))
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Categories
Movement on Film — Short Form (3–15 minutes)
Prizes
First Prize of at least $500 artist stipend; other award winners at least $200; every Official Selection at least $100.

Notable

2026 is the 8th edition: 91 submissions from 30+ countries, judged by 22 jurors ↗︎
Official Selections screen at live events in Texas, South Korea and Mexico, plus an on-demand exhibition with an online Digital Audience Award ↗︎
Festival archive pages run from NBFF 2019; 2021 drew more than 250 submissions from 38 countries ↗︎
Listed as running 8 years on FilmFreeway; 2026 entry fees were $20–$35 (incl. member pricing) ↗︎
Sources
  1. kNOwBOX dance, dance think tank kNOwBOX dance
  2. Film Festival kNOwBOX dance
  3. NBFF 2026 kNOwBOX dance
  4. kNOwBOX dance Film Festival FilmFreeway

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