Performance Movies

  • 2026
    My Head Pushes Me Against the Walls

    My Head Pushes Me Against the Walls

    My Head Pushes Me Against the Walls

    02026HD

    In her room, a woman draws faces on the floor. They multiply, slowly covering the walls as sadness takes over the space.

    My Head Pushes Me Against the Walls
  • 2025
    Storia dell'uomo

    Storia dell'uomo

    Storia dell'uomo

    02025HD

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

    Storia dell'uomo
  • 2025
    Free Anxiety

    Free Anxiety

    Free Anxiety

    02025HD

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

    Free Anxiety
  • 1897
    Spanish Dancers in Castille

    Spanish Dancers in Castille

    Spanish Dancers in Castille

    01897HD

    The Martinez sisters performing a spanish dance

    Spanish Dancers in Castille
  • 1970
    Inside Revolution

    Inside Revolution

    Inside Revolution

    01970HD

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

    Inside Revolution
  • 2026
    Where do I go from Here?

    Where do I go from Here?

    Where do I go from Here?

    02026HD

    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...

    Where do I go from Here?
  • 2010
    RMB City Opera

    RMB City Opera

    RMB City Opera

    02010HD

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

    RMB City Opera
  • 2009
    Circus

    Circus

    Circus

    02009HD

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

    Circus
  • 2023
    Pianowork 2

    Pianowork 2

    Pianowork 2

    02023HD

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

    Pianowork 2
  • 2009
    You Are Always Nearby

    You Are Always Nearby

    You Are Always Nearby

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    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...

    You Are Always Nearby
  • 2011
    Share Your Heart

    Share Your Heart

    Share Your Heart

    02011HD

    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
  • 2025
    Também se chamavam Sonhos

    Também se chamavam Sonhos

    Também se chamavam Sonhos

    02025HD

    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
  • 2012
    Shakuntala DuBois

    Shakuntala DuBois

    Shakuntala DuBois

    02012HD

    The Broke People's Baroque Peoples' Theater engages questions of economic inequity, artistic patronage, and a culture of excess (or excess of...

    Shakuntala DuBois
  • 2010
    My Heart

    My Heart

    My Heart

    02010HD

    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
  • 2011
    Love is Stronger

    Love is Stronger

    Love is Stronger

    02011HD

    This sand animation film is devoted to the holy memory of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his Family. On 17 (4, Old Style) July the Russian...

    Love is Stronger
  • 2011
    September 11th

    September 11th

    September 11th

    02011HD

    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
  • 2012
    To Return Her Childhood

    To Return Her Childhood

    To Return Her Childhood

    02012HD

    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
  • 2019
    Free paths maker

    Free paths maker

    Free paths maker

    02019HD

    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
  • 2011
    Eternal Tears

    Eternal Tears

    Eternal Tears

    02011HD

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

    Eternal Tears
  • 2009
    Planet of Childhood

    Planet of Childhood

    Planet of Childhood

    02009HD

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

    Planet of Childhood