Performance Movies

  • 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 Ch...

    Windows Rainbows & Dinos 2010.02.11
  • 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 Talen...

    Don't Be Too Late!
  • 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 batt...

    Chess Story
  • 2026
    Camouflage

    Camouflage

    Camouflage

    02026HD

    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 crowd....

    Camouflage
  • 2010
    Northern Fantasy

    Northern Fantasy

    Northern Fantasy

    02010HD

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

    Northern Fantasy
  • 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
  • 2026
    Itinerario Pictórico

    Itinerario Pictórico

    Itinerario Pictórico

    02026HD

    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 the...

    Itinerario Pictórico
  • 2011
    Love is Stronger

    Love is Stronger

    Love is Stronger

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    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 O...

    Love is Stronger
  • 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 Simon...

    September 11th
  • 2026
    MISS BIXE - ULTRAVIOLÊNCIA QUEER

    MISS BIXE - ULTRAVIOLÊNCIA QUEER

    MISS BIXE - ULTRAVIOLÊNCIA QUEER

    02026HD

    "Miss Bixe Ultraviolência Queer," a short film approved under the Paulo Gustavo Federal Law, which aims to portray the transformation of a university...

    MISS BIXE - ULTRAVIOLÊNCIA QUEER
  • 2024
    My Name Is The Sound I Use To Introduce Myself

    My Name Is The Sound I Use To Introduce Myself

    My Name Is The Sound I Use To Introduce Myself

    02024HD

    A group of young men waltz in pairs, balancing with a glass between their foreheads. In this captivating setting, director Albert Rask crafts a new co...

    My Name Is The Sound I Use To Introduce Myself
  • 2009
    Planet of Childhood

    Planet of Childhood

    Planet of Childhood

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

    Planet of Childhood
  • 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 H...

    Beautiful Morocco
  • 2010
    Haiti

    Haiti

    Haiti

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    A poignant sand animation inspired by the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Through shifting images drawn in sand, the film depicts the disaster,...

    Haiti
  • 2016
    103 Shots

    103 Shots

    103 Shots

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    Responding to the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, 103 Shots examines the disorienting effect of violence in the space of intimac...

    103 Shots
  • 2013
    Legends of Russia

    Legends of Russia

    Legends of Russia

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

    Legends of Russia
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2012
    Life Always Wins

    Life Always Wins

    Life Always Wins

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    Kseniya Simonova devoted a sand story titled "Life Always Wins" to the March 2011 tragedy in Japan.

    Life Always Wins
  • 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 wo...

    Circus