New Commission - Funded by The Living & Learning Design Centre
Currently in post-production - a short documentary shot in Kutch, India, about the craft and sound of the “Kharki’ Indian bell - Project Link
Cast and Crew Screening at ST Mary and ST Joseph’s Primary School, Blackburn.
New short drama sharing the lived experiences of South Asian women and their textile heritage in Lancashire.
Commissioned by British Textile Biennial & Heritage Lottery Fund. View Project
The Legacy
The impact of this unique collaboration with artist Bharti Parma reaches far and wide. This short film documents the work: View
Nominated for Best Diversity Champion Award 2024
‘Threaded Together’ short poem film commissioned British Textile Biennial by is nominated for Best Diversity Champion Award 2024 - View
‘Moving Portraits’ receives two awards - DYCP Arts Council England and the John Feeney Fellowship to research and develop how immersive and haptic technology can transform moving image into a multi-sensory artform - View
World Premiere Screening @ Flatpack Film Festival 2024. A short documentary following the Randhawa family and the running of the Waldorf Cinema in Sparkbrook, Birmingham.
Funded by Flatpack Projects and Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery - View More
A series of legacy films and video content for artists and arts organisations including; Strictly Come Dancing Inclusive by C-DaRE, Coventry University - Being Human by Lisa Simpson Inclusive Dance, Ceramic Sound Structures by artist Chris Wright & Chance to Dance Education Programme by Royal Opera House Read More
Double dancefilm screening for COP 29 - featuring And Breathe and Cultivate.
Mockingbird Cinema 19th Nov in collaboration with Culture Forward & Birmingham Institute for Sustainability and Climate Action, University of Birmingham; More Info
Award winning And Breathe is screened by Julies Bicycle at COP27 as part of the Resilience Hub in the Blue Zone in Egypt.
Video installation commissioned by Bharti Parma - Craft Council 2nd September - 4th March- https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/
Light Moves Festival screening 9 – 12 November 2023 Featuring vibrant encounters bridging dance, digital, and screen-based practices.
Screening with Q&A - Big Green Weekender at Midlands Arts Centre - 16th September 2023
Winner Best Short Film at Experimental Dance and Music Film Festival & Best Experimental Film for London International Short Film Festival.
A multi-generational cinematic film, capturing South Asian textiles past and present textile history from the homeland to Blackburn.
Co-directed by Bhulla Beghal, featuring drop in oral history gathering workshops on 6th & 20th September 2023 at The British Textile Biennial.
Saturday 28th May 16.30 - 17.45
Mockingbird Cinema Screen Two
Co-curator for BAFTA qualifying Flatpack Film Festival. A yearly staple of movement on screen returns with another adrenaline-packed study into choreography and cinematography.
Movie Mahal Sunday - Shree Ram Mandir - May Flatpack 2024
Unveiling the Randhawa family journey. A Short Documentary about the Waldorf Cinema and how Bollywood film connected cultures and communities in Balsall Heath, Birmingham.
New International Short Documentary
A short documentary filmed in Kutch, India, delves into the tale of animals, artisans, and farmers who share the traditional craft of belling making, known as the 'Kharki'. Commissioned by Living and Learning Design Centre.
Climate Change themed dancefilm is selected for Bertutur Festival
LAYARAMBHA- Indonesia Bertutur Dance Film Program - August 2024
Sima Gonsai is a visual artist and independent filmmaker from the UK with a passion for artistic storytelling in dance and film. For the past twelve years, she has directed and produced regional and international work in film, screen dance, drama and digital installation.
Sima Gonsai is a Midlands based artist-filmmaker, director and producer. At the heart of Sima’s practice is a desire to tell stories, rooted in intergenerational, social and cultural histories. Her films have explored bodily signatures from differently abled groups, environmental exploration, climate emergency and connecting communities across the globe via bicycle read more…
Sima Gonsai’s artist-filmmaker work is rooted in the senses, using movement in film as a tool to explore belonging, cross-cultural connections and narrative-led storytelling.
Screen dance is an art form that merges dance, film and music. Presenting a collection of artistic films responding to climate change, inclusion and connected histories. Capturing bodies in motion to explore deep human narratives by combining choreography and cinematography.
As well as creating and producing her own films, Sima Gonsai supports and mentors artists from digital, dance and visual art backgrounds.
Broadcast credits include BBCArts, SkyArts, B2022 Cultural Festival for The Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Sima is a resident curator for BAFTA qualifying Flatpack Film Festival, a judge for One Dance UK and screendance festivals across the globe.
Alberta Whittle, Commonwealth Games, One Dance UK, MOVING PORTRAITS and more…
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