HAMMER Wins Videodance Award

The IMZ International Music + Media Centre and the InShadow Lisbon Screendance Festival are pleased to announce 'HAMMER' by Zacharie Ellia as the winner of the dancescreen 2025 Best Videodance – Jorge Salavisa Award.

The winners were awarded at the Award Ceremony held on 29 November at Teatro do Bairro, which concluded the 17th edition of dancescreen. This year, 72 films were presented in the Videodance category and 18 in the Documentary category, showcasing a diverse range of contemporary dance films from around the world.

HAMMER is a 16mm self-produced work positioned between punk and contemporary dance. Directed by Zacharie Ellia and choreographed by Keren Lurie Pardes, the film features performers from the Paris Opera Ballet and beyond. Here, the camera shifts from the stage to the energy of the pit, placing raw physicality at the centre of the experience.

Choreography: Keren Lurie Pardes
Cinematography: Tom Black
Camera: Vassili de Vintcha, Loris Witwicki
Interpretation: Marion Morçier, Justine Agator, Milo Aveque, Juliette Bettencourt, Olivia Bouis, Raphaël Dalconte, Adam Fontaine, and others

Honourable Mention in this category goes to 'The Joy and Sorrow of Time', a poetic reflection on future, memory, and the emotional weight of time, by
Sara Jordan (Denmark). Through movement, text, and a minimal visual language, the film meditates on the duality of what is imagined and what inevitably fades.

Interpretation & Choreography: Supa Rich Kids (Oulouy, Yemi Osokoya, Ambrose Tjark, Ordinateur)
Poem: Yemi Osokoya
Cinematography, Editing, Production: Sara Jordan
Music: Kulu, N’Gou Bagayoko
Production: Marie Pandrup

Congratulations to all the winners, and a warm thank you to the jury, all participants, the audience, and, of course, InShadow.