Performance Movies

From the shadows of a Guatemalan neighbourhood scared into silence, two sisters lead a luminous rebellion—unleashing joy, art, and radical...

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

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

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...

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

Something is staring at me from the corners of my house.

Stranded en route to a film festival, cynical Junior and the inscrutable Senior encounter the Stranger spinning a dramatic tale of woe. While Junior...

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

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

A self-proclaimed pageant queen as she vies for the crown of the local pageant. Through a series of surreal visions, she reflects on the sacrifices...

Vocation is a documentary on artists who knew from a very early age they wanted to be an artist. A decision that for them was instinctual and some...

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

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

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

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

Artist Fabiola Cepeda sacrifices her hair remaking herself into her Abuelo Pedro as a way of reclaiming the hostile space in Southern Carolina...

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...