"Kankantri" At Go Short International Film Festival 2025
Go Short International Film Festival Nijmegen 2025 will feature Gabri's film KANKANTRI in “Reflections: Peeling Back Colonial Layers” on Saturday, April 5th at 7:00 pm.
"The Break-Up" A multimedia Memorial Service at Dia Chelsea
Join Gabri Christa and LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs at Dia Chelsea on Saturday, March 29th, from 12–3 pm for The Break-Up a powerful, multimedia experience exploring displacement, tenant rights, and memory through poetry, performance, and film.
"Kankantri" & “SHEILA” At schrit_tmacher 2025
schrit_tmacher Festival 2025 presents Gabri's films KANKANTRI and SHEILA as part of Dance as Ritual on Sunday, March 23rd at 2:30 pm.
"Kankantri" At DANCE ON CAMERA 2025
Dance on Camera Festival 2025 will feature Gabri's film KANKANTRI in “Global Shorts” on Saturday, February 22nd at 1:30pm.
"Kankantri" At Arthshila Ahmedabad
Arthshila Ahmedabad presents Gabri's film KANKANTRI on Friday, January 31st at 5:30 pm and Saturday - Sunday, February 1st and 2nd at 11:30 am.
"Kankantri" At DANCE CAMERA WEST
Dance Camera West 2025 presents Gabri's new film KANKANTRI as part of Dance as a Cultural Language on Friday, January 31st at 7:00pm.
"Kankantri" At ScreenDance Miami
ScreenDance Miami 2025 presents Gabri's new film KANKANTRI on Saturday, January 25th at 2:00pm.
"Kankantri" at American Dance Film Festival: Movies by Movers
American Dance Festival's Movies by Movers presents Gabri's new film KANKANTRI on Saturday, November 2nd at 1:30pm as part of the Professional Dance Features: Poetic.
KANKANTRI Screening at Moving Body-Moving Image 2024
Gabri Christa's new film KANKANTRI will be featured at Moving Body - Moving Image 2024, on Friday October 11 at 6pm, as part of the public screening of specially selected films around the black body and environmental justice and the black / brown body relating to ancestry and history.
Moving Body-Moving Image 2024
Moving Body-Moving Image MOVES with the times, ever evolving. This year we are not producing a festival, but hosting the Digital Black Dance Ecologies Laboratory, an initiative from Dr. Tia -Monique Uzor. The invitation only Lab will take place from October 11-13, 2024 at the Barnard College Movement Lab.
In addition to the Laboratory, Moving Body-Moving Image will curate a two week long public installation at the Movement Lab with works of some of the participating DBDE Laboratory artists / researchers from October 7 - 10 and October 14 - 18.
On Friday October 11 at 6pm, there will be an additional public screening of specially selected films around the black body and environmental justice and the black / brown body relating to ancestry and history.
“Sheila” at Dance of the Spirit
Gabri Christa’s experimental documentary Sheila will be presented at Dance of the Spirit, a Metaverse Experience. The event includes screening and discussion with three filmmakers whose work captures and extends dance in relationship with the moving image.
“Shiela” at WILDsound Festival’s Experimental Films
Gabri Christa’s experimental documentary Sheila will be available for streaming as part of the WILDsound Festival’s 24-hour Experimental Film Festival. WILDsound TV is now a streaming service that will showcase a new and original film festival every single day in 2022.
World Premiere of “Sheila” at ScreenDance Miami 2022
Gabri Christa's new film "Sheila" has its world premiere at ScreenDance Miami’s 2022 Festival, featured on January 22nd as part of the “Short Films: Open Call Official Selections From Abroad” at the Perez Art Museum Miami, and on January 28th as part of the “Projection Wall Screening 2” selection at New World Center’s Projection Wall at Soundscape Park. “Sheila” is an experimental short bio doc starring Sheila Rohan, one of the founding dancers of Dance Theatre of Harlem.
"Son" at DC Black Film Festival
The 2021 DC Black Film Festival (DCBFF) will feature Gabri Christa’s “Son” as part of its “The Family Unit: A Journey In The Spectrum of Experiences” selection, available for rent on the virtual festival platform Eventive from August 20th-August 23rd.
The DC Black Film Festival (DCBFF) is dedicated to exhibiting quality film, web series and television content by and about people of African descent.
"Son" at the Over Forty Film Festival
The 2nd annual Over Forty Film Festival will feature Gabri Christa’s “Son” as part of its main festival selection, available for rent on Vimeo from August 7th-14th.
“Son” Official Selection for Harlem International Film Festival
The 16th Annual Harlem International Film Festival will feature Gabri Christa’s “Son” as part of its official selection presented virtually during this hybrid festival.
This Is Where We Dance Now: Covid-19 and the New and Next in Dance Onscreen
Gabri presents in a roundtable discussion about Screendance festivals and online audiences, moderated by Harmony Bench. Join us for this online symposium special issue of The International Journal of Screendance where many of the journal authors will share their perspectives in paper panels and lightning talks, and roundtable participants will reflect on TikTok and other short-form screendance, screendance festivals, and the futures of screendance in a post-Covid era.
“Son” an International Jury Awards Finalist at Screen.dance Festival 2021
Screen.dance 2021 International Jury Awards Finalists. Part 1 curated by Simon Fildes and Iliyana Nedkova includes Gabri Christa’s new short “Son”.
ScreenDance Filmmaking Event at Sundance Film Festival
Gabri joins this panel discussion, which brings together four international award-winning artists with experience as choreographers, performers, cinematographers, and directors of screendance, to discuss the power of the camera as an empathetic partner—a camera that finds, meets, and engages with diverse people and places, and introduces us to ideas beyond those of our own experiences.
Son Chosen for the Experimental Dance & Music Festival in LA
Gabri Christa's new film "Son" was chosen as part of the official jury selection for the Experimental Dance & Music Festival in Los Angeles, for which the best of dance & music shorts will stream online ONLY on Saturday January 23rd. Email to reserve the FREE private link and password to watch the festival.
Son by Gabri Christa Premieres at ScreenDance Miami 2021
On January 15th, Gabri Christa's new film "Son" premieres in Miami with the ScreenDance Miami Festival's Invited Short Films + Open Call Documentary. "Son" is about a mother who tries to find a moment to herself, but constantly worries about her black son's safety and keeps hearing his call/voice.
ScreenDance Miami 2021: Moving Body - Moving Image Festival
In previous years, Moving Body-Moving Image Biennial Festival has partnered with ScreenDance Miami Festival to share incredible films with Miami audiences. This year, our partnership expands to the virtual, providing full access to Moving Body-Moving Image 2020 Festival films not only for ScreenDance Miami audiences but also for audiences around the world. Come watch this collection of Aging & Othering, curated by Gabri Christa from January 15-23 online.
Screendance: Diversity & Representation Matters
The Vrystaat Arts Festival: July 2020 Online offers this Screendance panel event that presents and discusses the art form, Screendance, the representation of bodies on screen, cultural diversity and the body’s representation at International Screendance festivals.
Moving Body - Moving Image Festival: Aging & Othering
The Moving Body–Moving Image Bi-Annual Festival gives voice to social justice themes in the hybrid form of dance filmmaking, known as ScreenDance. The 2020 Festival is dedicated to the Aging MOVING body on screen.
QUARANTINE screens at Alabama ScreenDance Festival
Quarantine screens at Alabama first Screendance Festival .