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Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Producer | Director | Editor
Sarah Jones (she/they) is the film producer behind the company Something Else Productions Inc. She is an award-winning filmmaker who creates documentary and experimental films that weave together contemporary dance and art with stories of connection and belonging—to ourselves, to others, and to the environments we inhabit.
As a member of the disabled, neurodiverse, 2SLGBTQ+, and contemporary dance communities, Sarah brings an authentic and inclusive perspective to her storytelling. Their work explores the intersections of art, identity, and community, through collaborations with dancers and artists from diverse lived experiences.
Their debut film, Contested Landscapes, examines urban development within the protected lands of the Oak Ridges Moraine and earned the Audience Choice Award at the Contact Dance International Film Festival (CDIFF) in 2017. In 2021, she released her first feature-length documentary, Dovercourt House: A Home for Dance, which captures nearly 30 voices from Toronto’s contemporary and social dance communities reflecting on a space that many refer to as their second home.
Her 2023 short series, The Toronto Contact Improvisation Community, shares the dance origin stories of eight artists and won both the Gold Award and the Audience Choice Award at CDIFF.
Sarah’s 2024 short film be.yond introduces the artistic practice and point of view of Frank Hull, a choreographer who proudly lives with cerebral palsy and madness. Officially selected by three film festivals, be.yond received the Bronze Award at CDIFF and serves as a proof of concept for Own Kind of Beautiful that follows Frank and his best friend Marcie as they reimagine past choreography to reflect Marcie’s evolving relationship with her mobility devices.
Own Kind of Beautiful has been officially selected and screened at 6 film festivals to date: Muskoka Queer, Together Disability, Uhvati, Junction North Documentary, and Guelph. The last 2 film festivals qualifying Own Kind of Beautiful for the Canadian Screen Awards.
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Independent artistic work presented to the public
Independent artistic work presented to the public
2025-2026 ‘Own Kind of Beautiful’ - Director, Producer. Together Disability Film Festival (FF), Essex, UK. Junction North Documentary FF (Canadian Screen Awards qualifying), Sudbury, ON. Muskoka Queer FF, Bracebridge, ON. Uhvati FF, Novi Sad, Serbia. Guelph FF (Canadian Screen Awards qualifying), Guelph, ON. iRoDi FF, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2024 ‘be.yond’ - Director, Camera and Editor. Artists for Hope, Huston, TX, Toronto Lift-Off and Contact Dance International FF, Toronto, ON
06/2023 ‘The Toronto Contact Improvisation Community’ - Director, Camera and Editor. Contact Dance International FF, Toronto, ON
01/2022 ‘Dovercourt House: a Home for Dance’ - Director, Camera and Editor. Berlin Lift-Off FF, Berlin, Germany
02/2021 ‘Dovercourt House: a Home for Dance’, Premier film screening, Event organizer. Dovercourt House, Toronto, ON
06/2021 ‘Climate Strike Contact’, ‘Parcon Resilience’ and ‘Dovercourt House: a Home for Dance’ - Director, Camera and Editor. Contact Dance International FF, Toronto, ON
06/2019 ‘bacK’ - Director, Choreographer, Camera and Editor. Contact Dance International FF, Toronto, ON
06/2017 ‘Contested Landscapes’ - Director, Choreographer, Camera and Editor. Contact Dance International FF, Toronto, ON
Awards and community recognition
Awards and community recognition
04/2026 Finalist, Junction North Documentary Film Festival, Sudbury, ON.
10/2024 Bronze Award, Contact Dance International Film Festival, Toronto, ON.
06/2023 Gold Award, 2 Audience Choice Awards and Honorable Mention (Cinematography), Contact Dance International Film Festival, Toronto, ON.
06/2017 Audience Choice Award, Contact Dance International Film Festival, Toronto, ON.
Cinematography, Videography and Photography
07/2025 ‘Around the Whorl’, REAson d’etre Dance Productions, viral footage with a reach of over 2 million viewers on social media; multiple viral reels on social media
08/2023 ‘Contact Dense’, Olivia Proudfoot - Producer, Toronto, ON.
10/2019 ‘Men’s Circle’ and ‘Thread Bound’, REAson d’etre Dance Productions, Toronto, ON.
Grant recipient
Grant recipient
02/2025 Deaf and Disability Arts Projects, Ontario Arts Council
02/2025 Deaf and Disability Arts Projects, Ontario Arts Council
07/2024 Explore and Create: Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts
07/2024 Explore and Create: Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts
Media coverage
Media coverage
09/2026 “Gardener Finds Something…”, Ashley Ortiz, article about viral social media video, The Dodo.
03/2026 "Sarah Jones: Documentary and Dancing", Industrious Indie Filmmakers Podcast, interview with Jess Joy and Felicia Valenti.
12/2021 “Dancers Return to Dovercourt House to Reminisce”, Emily Latimer, Coverage of the premiere film screening event that I organized, The Dance Current Magazine.
Memberships
Memberships
09/2024 - Documentary Organization of Canada
10/2022 - Women in Film and Television Toronto
Mentors
2025-present - Karen Shopsowitz, Peabody award-winning Documentary Producer and Director
2024 - Sara Taylor, Producer at West Film
2023 - Lea Marin, Director of Development, Drama - CBC Scripted Content
Programs and Delegations
09/2025 - Delegate with the Disability Screen Office at the Toronto International Film Festival
01/2025-04/2025 - Breakthrough Lab 2.0 - Documentary Organization of Canada and Delegate at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
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