About This Event
Project Bound Dance presents SHORT STACK: Chicago's Tiny Dance Film Festival
Featuring The One Hour Project
Friday, October 23, 2026
Doors at 6:30PM
Show at 7:00PM
Short Stack: Chicago’s Tiny Dance Film Festival celebrates the intersection of experimental artmaking, concision, and movement-based storytelling. Hosted by Chicago-based modern dance company Project Bound Dance, the festival will feature a panel-curated selection of original, independent and underground films with run times under 10 minutes created by local, national, and international artists.
The FIFTH iteration of Short Stack will take place at FACETS in Chicago, IL on Friday, October 23, 2026, and will also feature the 8 original “Tiny Dance Films” created as part of The One Hour Project, an exercise that invites Chicago dance and video creators to create a micro, site-specific dance film.
Featuring the 2026 panel-selected short films:
“ATROM” directed by Elisabetta Vittoni, Alessandro Casini, Italy
“CASCADE” directed by kt williams, USA
“Deus Ex Machina Doctrina” The Ai Dances” directed by Christopher Knowlton, USA
“Did you have breakfast?”director by Gu Yang, China
“DON'T CALL ME CUPCAKE” Directed by Gretel Schatz
“Hemlighet” directed by Jukka Rajala
“Joy ~ Sorrow ~ Hope” directed by Lindsay Gauthier, Satya Gontcho A Gontcho, USA
“MY OWN COACHELLA” directed by Giulia Federico, Italy
“Parallel Threads” directed by Tanya Lewis, USA
“Please Hold” directed by Nawal Assougdam, USA
“SILO” directed by Jenna Zavrel, USA
“The flight of the shawl” by JAIME DEZCALLAR, Spain
Also featuring The One Hour Project 2026, with collaborations by:
Cindy Brandle, Kara Brody, Mary-Rose Campos, Ashley Deran, Kimberly Gadlin, Dawn Heilung, Kathryn Hetrick, J'Nae Howard, Jenna Jo Pawlicki, Victoria Johnson, Peyton Jones, Justin Kimball, Emily Loar, Ali Lorenz, Joey Martinez, Sarah Morimoto, Gabi Ocasek, Michael Palmer, Sophie Teitler, and Lucy Vurusic Riner
General Admission tickets are available now.
Consider making a sustaining gift when purchasing your ticket! A sustaining gift goes beyond covering the production costs of this community event, allowing Short Stack's producers to invest in independent artists for the work they do and create a stronger, more sustainable artistic ecosystem.
About This Event
Project Bound Dance presents SHORT STACK: Chicago's Tiny Dance Film Festival
Featuring The One Hour Project
Friday, October 23, 2026
Doors at 6:30PM
Show at 7:00PM
Short Stack: Chicago’s Tiny Dance Film Festival celebrates the intersection of experimental artmaking, concision, and movement-based storytelling. Hosted by Chicago-based modern dance company Project Bound Dance, the festival will feature a panel-curated selection of original, independent and underground films with run times under 10 minutes created by local, national, and international artists.
The FIFTH iteration of Short Stack will take place at FACETS in Chicago, IL on Friday, October 23, 2026, and will also feature the 8 original “Tiny Dance Films” created as part of The One Hour Project, an exercise that invites Chicago dance and video creators to create a micro, site-specific dance film.
Featuring the 2026 panel-selected short films:
“ATROM” directed by Elisabetta Vittoni, Alessandro Casini, Italy
“CASCADE” directed by kt williams, USA
“Deus Ex Machina Doctrina” The Ai Dances” directed by Christopher Knowlton, USA
“Did you have breakfast?”director by Gu Yang, China
“DON'T CALL ME CUPCAKE” Directed by Gretel Schatz
“Hemlighet” directed by Jukka Rajala
“Joy ~ Sorrow ~ Hope” directed by Lindsay Gauthier, Satya Gontcho A Gontcho, USA
“MY OWN COACHELLA” directed by Giulia Federico, Italy
“Parallel Threads” directed by Tanya Lewis, USA
“Please Hold” directed by Nawal Assougdam, USA
“SILO” directed by Jenna Zavrel, USA
“The flight of the shawl” by JAIME DEZCALLAR, Spain
Also featuring The One Hour Project 2026, with collaborations by:
Cindy Brandle, Kara Brody, Mary-Rose Campos, Ashley Deran, Kimberly Gadlin, Dawn Heilung, Kathryn Hetrick, J'Nae Howard, Jenna Jo Pawlicki, Victoria Johnson, Peyton Jones, Justin Kimball, Emily Loar, Ali Lorenz, Joey Martinez, Sarah Morimoto, Gabi Ocasek, Michael Palmer, Sophie Teitler, and Lucy Vurusic Riner
General Admission tickets are available now.
Consider making a sustaining gift when purchasing your ticket! A sustaining gift goes beyond covering the production costs of this community event, allowing Short Stack's producers to invest in independent artists for the work they do and create a stronger, more sustainable artistic ecosystem.