Performance Movies

  • 2026
    Because I Have To

    Because I Have To

    Because I Have To

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

    Because I Have To
  • 2011
    September 11th

    September 11th

    September 11th

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    This sand film is devoted to the memory of the tragedy of 11th September which was a great shock for the famous sand artist from Ukraine Kseniya...

    September 11th
  • 2023
    Roots

    Roots

    Roots

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

    Roots
  • 2009
    Don't Be Too Late!

    Don't Be Too Late!

    Don't Be Too Late!

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    After the enormous success of You Are Always Nearby, Simonova presented her next piece, titled Don't Be Too Late!, at the final of Ukraine's Got...

    Don't Be Too Late!
  • 2019
    Free paths maker

    Free paths maker

    Free paths maker

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    This documentary deals with the great injustice and pain caused by anti-personnel mines and demands the urgent need for all the countries involved to...

    Free paths maker
  • 1970
    Itinerario Pictórico

    Itinerario Pictórico

    Itinerario Pictórico

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    Canvas becomes a dynamic actor over the course of a 50 minute journey. The paths, far from being a simple cycling route, become brushes that paint...

    Itinerario Pictórico
  • 2011
    Eternal Tears

    Eternal Tears

    Eternal Tears

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

    Eternal Tears
  • 2010
    My Heart

    My Heart

    My Heart

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

    My Heart
  • 1970
    Beatbox - Alternate Take

    Beatbox - Alternate Take

    Beatbox - Alternate Take

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    Created in collaboration with the New York beatboxers Kid Lucky and Shockwave, and the spoken word artist Vocab, “Beatbox” portrays sound...

    Beatbox - Alternate Take
  • 2026
    CAST

    CAST

    CAST

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    CAST
  • 2025
    Também se chamavam Sonhos

    Também se chamavam Sonhos

    Também se chamavam Sonhos

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    A documentary from Recife that follows the story of five friends, transforming memories into an audiovisual time capsule. Created as a graduation...

    Também se chamavam Sonhos
  • 2010
    I Remember

    I Remember

    I Remember

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

    I Remember
  • 1970
    Meditations, Volume 2: Things Remember

    Meditations, Volume 2: Things Remember

    Meditations, Volume 2: Things Remember

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

    Meditations, Volume 2: Things Remember
  • 2011
    Share Your Heart

    Share Your Heart

    Share Your Heart

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

    Share Your Heart
  • 2013
    Beautiful Morocco

    Beautiful Morocco

    Beautiful Morocco

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    The Lady of the Sand presented her sand short film "Beautiful Morocco" in July 2013, created for the Foundation of Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla...

    Beautiful Morocco
  • 2013
    Run for Lebanon

    Run for Lebanon

    Run for Lebanon

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    Simonova recreated dramatic and multifaceted history of Lebanon at the request of representatives of the government of the country. Her sand film was...

    Run for Lebanon
  • 2010
    Windows Rainbows & Dinos 2010.02.11

    Windows Rainbows & Dinos 2010.02.11

    Windows Rainbows & Dinos 2010.02.11

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

    Windows Rainbows & Dinos 2010.02.11
  • 2011
    Chess Story

    Chess Story

    Chess Story

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

    Chess Story
  • 2012
    To Return Her Childhood

    To Return Her Childhood

    To Return Her Childhood

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    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...

    To Return Her Childhood
  • 1975
    Outside Chance (Video)

    Outside Chance (Video)

    Outside Chance (Video)

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

    Outside Chance (Video)