About

Sarah Jones

Producer | Director | Editor

Sarah Jones 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 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 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—a forthcoming project following Frank and his best friend Marcie as they reimagine past choreography to reflect Marcie’s evolving relationship with her mobility devices.

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Artistic and cultural work presented to the public

2024 ‘be.yond’, Film Festival, Director, Camera and Editor. Artists for Hope, Toronto Lift-Off, Contact Dance Film Fest, Huston, TX and Toronto, ON, Independently Produced

06/2023 ‘The Toronto Contact Improvisation Community’, Film Festival, Director, Camera and Editor. East Beaches United Church, Toronto, ON, Contact Dance International Film Festival, Independently Produced

01/2022 ‘Dovercourt House: a Home for Dance’, Film Festival, Director, Camera and Editor. Online, Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival, Independently Produced

02/2021 ‘Dovercourt House: a Home for Dance’, Premier film screening, Event organizer. Dovercourt House, Toronto, ON, Independently Produced

06/2021 ‘Climate Strike Contact’, ‘Parcon Resilience’ and ‘Dovercourt House: a Home for Dance’, Film Festival, Director, Camera and Editor. Online, Contact Dance International Film Festival, Independently Produced

06/2019 ‘bacK’, Film Festival, Director, Choreographer, Camera and Editor. National Ballet School of Canada, Toronto, ON. Contact Dance International Film Festival, Independently Produced

06/2017 ‘Contested Landscapes’, Film Festival, Director, Choreographer, Camera and Editor. Contact Dance International Film Festival, Dovercourt House, Toronto, ON, Independently Produced

Awards and community recognition

10/2024 Bronze and Audience Choice 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 reaches over 2 million viewers 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

07/2024 Explore and Create: Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts

02/2025 Deaf and Disability Arts Projects, Ontario Arts Council

Jury member

04/2019 Contact Dance International Film Festival

Media coverage

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, Dancers Return to Dovercourt House to Reminisce - The Dance Current

Memberships

10/2022 - Women in Film and Television Toronto

09/2024 - Documentary Organization of Canada

Programs and Delegations

01/2025-04/2025 - Breakthrough Lab 2.0 - Documentary Organization of Canada

2025 - Delegate with the Disability Screen Office at the Toronto International Film Festival

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