Performance Movies

Sand animation by Hungarian artist Ferenc Cakó.

Sand animation by Hungarian artist Ferenc Cakó.

Sand animation by Hungarian artist Ferenc Cakó.

Unfurl is a minimalist short film composed of six contemplative shots featuring different colored plastic bags placed before a dual-camera setup,...

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

There are thousands of comedians in New York City, performing every night, working hard for laughs from the world's toughest audience. What happens...

RMB City Opera is an experimental theatrical play inspired by the ‘Eight Model Works’, a propaganda opera from the Chinese Cultural...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

The Martinez sisters performing a spanish dance

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

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

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