A highlight of past years, the DKAF expertly curated shorts festival offers narratives, documentaries and animated films from filmmakers around the world. With a special deference to films that are about or center around dance, the DKAF festival is uniques among most in that it selects films that resonate with the other creations in other mediums going on around it.

A DKAF favorite 8 years running, Koffeehouse features music, dance and open mic performances by visiting artists.

Featuring James Beard Finalist, Spirits Expert and Mixologist Robert Simonson returns to DKAF to dazzle us with his drinks and the rich stories from which they derived. The Art of the Cocktail has been a signature of the Door Kinetic Arts Festival — there is literally no other festival on Earth the does this — and 2025 is no different.