The Third Coast Dance Film Festival celebrates the intersection of contemporary dance and the moving image with a screening series of short dance films. We program films that reflect diversity in genre, form, and representation. Low budget/high impact and female driven (inclusive) work are of high interest to our curators.

Established in 2010 in Houston, TX, the Third Coast Dance Film Festival is now based in Reno, NV.  The festival produces biannual screening programs at the Nevada Museum of Art & the Holland Project in Reno, NV.

The festival includes a touring program that has traveled to various arts venues and universities in Pennsylvania, Alabama, Nevada, California, Nebraska, North Carolina, and Texas. Rosie Trump is the founder, director, and chief curator of the Third Coast Dance Film Festival.

The 2025 guest curators are Keely Cobb and Hannah Fischer. Past guest curators include Charli Brissey, Ellen Duffy, Lydia Hance, Jennifer Keller, Jodie Barker, Ashley Horn, Rebecca Salzer, Eve Allen Garza, Laura Gutierrez, Jordan Fuchs, Rosa Lina Lima, and Noelle Ruggieri.