Performance Movies

Upon enlarging a picture, a large amount of grain can be discerned. It's like another world or dimension, as if numerous people are moving in a...

A ten-minute musical Movietone short featuring dancer Ruby Keeler.

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

Liliya Syvytska's very personal film exploring the painful challenges of temporarily displaced Ukrainians in foreign lands.

A Brazilian performance artist Vanesa Cardoso living in Newfoundland, Canada explores the figures of her Pochinko clown, discovering a desire to...

Since the beginning of time, in communities, clans, congregations, and clubs, humans have gathered to move in unison. Set in a vivid universe of...

Miloš Šejn: lying down, awake. And above all, creating. This documentary essay follows an artist whose work is “born of...

Through vocal play and performance, this work by Alain Pelletier explores the concept of Asexual reproduction.

Behind every electrifying performance lies a story of sacrifice and passion. Before the Spotlight journeys behind the scenes of the dynamic Dauntless...

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

A rising musical theatre star struggles with his changing voice during his gender transition. With the help of a singing coach, he learns to trust...

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

A clown is confronted with the reality and difficulties of being a street artist in the digital age. In his search for online fame he makes a...

Life Is Precious! is one of Simonova's earliest sand pieces. An anti-abortion work, it is built around the image of a fetus during an abortion and...

Sand animation by Hungarian artist Ferenc Cakó.

Sand animation by Hungarian artist Ferenc Cakó.

Sand animation by Hungarian artist Ferenc Cakó.

A sequel to You Are Always Nearby, this poignant sand animation continues the story of a family separated by the Second World War. Through...

This film is dedicated to the Russian legends that found their reflection in the Russian tradition of the artist and author Kseniya Simonova. The...