Performance Movies

In Things Remember, the protagonist, performed by dance-artist Allison Blakley, speaks of the limitations of chronic illness and how this can serve...

Where do I go from here is a performance arthouse-style film exploring the nostalgia of the concept of home in terms of home as a feeling rather than...

Two men lock into a bizarre power play to reassert the hierarchy of appearances.

Pianowork 2 is an animated recording of me playing Jürg Frey’s ‘Klavierstück 2’ at Mimic Productions in Berlin on 22 June...

On December 25, 2009, Simonova performed this sand story in Valletta, Malta, during the televised charity marathon L'Istrina, at the invitation of...

In this landmark performance, Barbara T. Smith collaborated with computer scientist Richard Rubenstein to generate 3,000 unique computer-produced...

At Eurovision 2011, Ukrainian sand artist Kseniya Simonova joined singer Mika Newton on stage for the performance of the song "Angel." During the...

Anxiety frightens, but can it be used to improve ourselves?

The Lady of the Sand is presenting her second sand film devoted to help a Russian child suffering with cancer. A month earlier Kseniya has created a...

A haunting sand animation tribute to the victims of the Chernobyl disaster. Through shifting images of innocence, suffering, and loss, Kseniya...

The Martinez sisters performing a spanish dance

Jon Satrom's prepared desktop realtime performance: Windows, Rainbows, & Dinos was a part of the CAA 2010 Live Cinema Summit at Columbia College in...

A gift for all Nothern folks. A sand tale by Kseniya Simonova based on the Norvegian Epos.

A sand animation piece dedicated to children born with congenital heart disease in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Created in connection with a pediatric...

Surrounded by reflections of color, an ephemeral being explores the ethereal, sweet, and dangerous nature of sexual affection for another. It yearns...

Inside Revolution proposes a journey at the heart of a process of creation. Montreal artist, filmmaker and painter, Yoakim Bélanger, reveals...

You Are Always Nearby is the defining work and the cornerstone of Simonova's entire career. The story follows a young couple during World War II: the...

Commissioned for the 2011 Monte-Carlo Amber Chess Championship, this spellbinding live sand animation turns the game of chess into an epic, fluid...

Simonova began experimenting with sand animation in late 2008, initially as something quite experimental and almost accidental. Circus is her first...