From Serbia to Belarus to Tanzania.... We’re excited to announce our international film festival screenings (some coming up and a few that have passed!)

Starting TODAY (March 12-14) "Considerations of Infinity" screens as a part of the Short Movie Club Film Festival in Minsk, Belarus.

Later this month (March 23-28), "Lessons from My Nightmares" screens at the 59th Ann Arbor Film Festival in Michigan as a part of the Animation - Films in Competition Section 11. Also at that time (March 24-28), "Lessons from My Nightmares" screens at the Oxford Film Festival in Mississippi.

Special thanks to Ted Kendrick of Artificial Ink Creative for coordinating the film festival journey and my dear mother Lauren Bursky for organizing all this film festival info for me!

Past film festival screenings:

"Considerations of Infinity":

Face Film Festival - Zanzibar, Tanzania
FACE Film is an international touring film festival, developed by the Young Creative Leaders as a vehicle for directors and filmmakers to reach new markets, a Festival that focuses on questioning real world issues, through amazing films from across the world.
Oct. 29 , 2020 6PM

"Kraljevski International Film Festival," Serbia
Oct 28-31 2020

Atlanta Underground Film Festival
**Winner Best Documentary short film**
Short Block #1 - A Woman's Worth
Sept 3rd, 2020

NFFTY- National Film Festival for Talented Youth, Seattle WA
Art in Motion
Oct 23-Nov 1, 2020

"Beautiful Mess" and "Considerations of Infinity":

Lanett City Film Fest, Alabama
August 2020

Cat Fly Chill Live Stream Film Event, Asheville, NC
May 29-31 2020

From Left to Right: “ReEntry” (music video) actors Bonnie Rockwood, Drez Ryan and Andie Morgenlander with Director Kira Bursky at the All Around Artsy Music Video Premiere Party.

We’re in the beautiful month of May and magic is pulsing! We’ve had an eventful and inspiring past year of projects and adventures. Currently All Around Artsy owner / director Kira Bursky is scuba diving through the rabbit hole of metaphysics and magic as research for her feature screenplay. In the next couple of months she has writing-research trips lined up to VA, NYC and Columbia, South America.

Last month on April 2, 2019 at Trade and Lore Coffee in downtown Asheville, NC we held our yearly All Around Artsy screening event where we premiered three new music videos. Our current YouTube fanbase now stands at 28,000+ subscribers and 13million+ views. Over the past year we screened at festivals worldwide from Los Angeles to Berlin, Germany and won 5 Best Of awards. We produced 10+ music videos as well as “Psalm Space,” a 6 episode 22-minute series for flutist and composer Peg Luke. We did editing and motion graphics work for notable alcohol brands such as SKYY Vodka, Champagne Armand de Brignac and Bulldog Gin. We edited 6 short documentaries for Better World Ed and 6 Call-to-Action videos for SumOfUs.

We created a mobile app for filmmakers called “Critiqr” that is available on the Apple and Google Play stores. Critiqr launched in NYC at AMC Theaters Times Square during the All-American High School Film Festival and was featured on Nofilmschool.com. We have users in 10 countries and have connected filmmakers to 185+ critiques thus far. We are very happy with the results of this startup adventure, but are currently pausing on developing it out any further as we focus our energies on the production of our feature film. We thank everyone who was a part of the fantastic journey.

Read on to find out more about our past year plus some upcoming plans!

All Around Artsy Owner/Director Kira Bursky speaking at the All Around Artsy Music Video Premiere Party.

UPCOMING:

• ”Period.” short film - premiering online May 30th through NoBudge.com

• “ReEntry” music video by musician E.W. Harris and produced by Saraz Handpans premiering online May 31st through Pride.com

• ”Foreshadow” - co-created with Robert Gowan online premiere date TBD (probably sometime in June)

• ”Free World Citizen” music video by musician Christie Lenée premiere date TBD

• Untitled Dance Film set to film mid-June.

• Demon Pills will be screening as a part of Tarheel Shorties Film Festival on June 8 in Wilson, NC.

• All Around Artsy Owner / Director Kira Bursky will be a guest speaker at Bedford Film Festival on July 6th.

IN THE NEWS:

• Review of “Period” by Kirk S. Fernwood of One Film Fan: http://onefilmfan.com/blff-2018-short-film-review-period/?fbclid=IwAR10XxD_hFypsBoskN51_w-Qrm3Ae9CJ5ZUuRXAGIUQkxzztJq_iyVd4690

• Included in an article though CEO Blog Nation as #24 in “28 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated”. Read the article here: https://hear.ceoblognation.com/2019/02/27/entrepreneurs-share-their-tips-and-tricks-of-staying-motivated/?fbclid=IwAR0tXmHuf5QU2oBIByM39aMn7H9JtUe-SNGAEAMKIC8fGQ498z6PccJHfus

• The Tribune Asheville’s Article on winning Music Video Asheville: https://theashevilletribune.com/blog/filmmaker-kira-bursky-wins-best-of-music-video-asheville-award/

• Premiere for “Carolina Stomp” by Mountain Xpress: https://mountainx.com/multimedia/video-premiere-carolina-stomp-by-ryan-rnb-barber/

• Premiere for “Call My Heart Back Home” through Acoustic Guitar: https://acousticguitar.com/premiere-watch-christie-lenees-new-video-for-call-my-heart-back-home/

• Premiere of “She Once Was Distant” on Pride.com: https://www.pride.com/movies/2018/7/27/magical-short-film-about-queer-female-desire-will-make-your-day?fbclid=IwAR1RMMfc-43PnJnOlcA_TUsueXVN_9kCRiZOx_YS_4Pm8hz8S4H1gAc25sA

• Instagram takeover of All-American High School Film Festival 2018

• Featured for Female Filmmaker Friday by Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival in 2018

Director Kira Bursky winning “Best Experimental Film” at Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival for “Period.”

AWARDS:

• “Period’ - Grand Prix Award - Berlin Liberi Film Festival (Berlin, Germany, December 2018)

• “Carolina Stomp” by Ryan RnB Barber - Best Music Video & Best Editing - Music Video Asheville (Asheville, NC - April 2019)

• “Period“ - Best Experimental Film - Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival (PA, April 2019)

• “Period” - Pocket Pistol Award - Filmplaya (LA, September 2018)

• “She Was Once Distant” - Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Directing - Asheville 48 Hour Film (Asheville, NC, July 2018)

All Around Artsy Owner / Director Kira Bursky with her dog Alfie in front of her 2019 Vision Board on New Year’s Day.

PAST FESTIVAL SCREENINGS & PANELS:

• “Period” + “She Was Once Distant” - National Film festival for talented Youth (NFFTY)

• Panel member on the Works In Progress Panel at NFFTY (Seattle, WA, Nov. 2018)

• “All Things Indie Filmmaking” Presentation at the American High School Film Festival in NYC  (Seattle, WA, Nov. 2018)

• “Call My Heart Back Home” by Christie Lenee - Cinema Sisters Film Festival (Wilmington, NC, March 2019)

• “You Help Me Fall Asleep” by Ian Ridenhour - Cucalorus Film Festival (Wilmington, NC Nov. 2019)

• “Foreshadow” - Films on Tap / Cat Fly Film Fest at New Belgium Brewing (Asheville, NC 2018)

• “Foreshadow” - Carolina Film Community Film Freestyle Competition (Charlotte, NC 2018)

• “We’re Okay” - Latest TV Shorts Out program on TV (Brighton, UK 2018)

• “Closet Made of Sheets” - Raway Reel Short Film Festival (NJ, 2019)

• “Closet Made of Sheets” - Sex Expo (NYC, 2018)

• “Demon Pills” - CineKink: Chicago (Chicago, 2018)
  
  
  
  
  

Image from the “ReEntry” underwater music video shoot.

NEW FILMS:

• “Period.” (Short Film)

• “Foreshadow” (Short Film)

• “She Was Once Distant” (Short Film)

• “ReEntry” by E.W. Harris, Produced by Saraz Handpans (Music Video)

• “Carolina Stomp” by Ryan Rnb Barber (Music Video)

• “Call My Heart Back Home” by Christie Lenée (Music Video)

• “Psalm Space” by Peg Cornils (Six 22-minute Episodic Series with 6 Music Videos)

• “Free World Citizen” music video for Christie Lenee

• “Friends With No Benefits” by Catalyst Ct (Music Video)

We are beyond excited to see how the infinite All Around Artsy adventure continues to unfold… stay tuned for our upcoming releases!

With magic,
All Around Artsy

All Around Artsy Owner / Director Kira Bursky having a magical time at the All Around Artsy Music Video Premiere Party.

All Around Artsy Milestones

We have so many updates to make! First off, here's our new reel for 2018!:

We are celebrating All Around Artsy's second film to pass 1 million views on Youtube: "Wild Flowers," produced by the fashion eyewear company Massada Eyewear. Our film "Close to the Window" also just recently passed 1 million views on Miao Pai, a Chinese video platform. So exciting to have our work seen by so many people! 

The All Around Artsy Youtube channel officially passed 10,000 subscribers! It's so surreal to have this growing, supportive audience for my strange worlds & ideas... I'm so grateful and excited for the future. Cheers to dreamers, creators and chance-takers!

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Period. Updates

We have wrapped up on the production of Period. We are now getting everything prepared for it's film festival journey. I'm excited to announce that Aug&Ohr Medien, a film festival agency in Berlin, Germany, will be representing Period. for film festivals! Here is the official trailer for Period.:

This past weekend my composer Robert Gowan and I hosted a film & music collaboration panel at Cat Film Film Festival in Asheville, NC. During the panel we premiered the following behind the scenes short doc of our scoring process for Period.: 

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April Screenings

Here's a full list of all current All Around Artsy April screenings - I'll be in attendance of all of them except the screening on the 27th. Join me if you're around!:

4/6: "Fake Emma" @ Cat Fly Film Fest (Asheville, NC)

4/7: "You Help Me Fall Asleep" & "AVL Funk" @ Cat Fly Film Fest (Asheville, NC)

4/7: Various All Around Artsy films @ Weird Shorts Film Festival (Greenville, SC)

4/10: "Demon Pills" @ CFC's 9th Anniversary Celebration (Charlotte, NC)

4/15: "Demon Pills" @ Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival (Jim Thorpe, PA)

4/24: "You Help Me Fall Asleep" @ Films on Tap (Charlotte, NC)

4/25: "You Help Me Fall Asleep" & "AVL Funk" @ Music Video Asheville (Asheville, NC)

4/27: "AVL Funk" & "To and From" @ Carolina Short Film Showcase (North Charleston, SC)

4/29: "Demons Pills" & "To and From" @ OUTshine Film Festival (Miami, FL)

Today is an amazing day! So excited to share with you the Out Magazine online premiere of my short film "Closet Made of Sheets." Check out the film and my interview which focuses a lot on identity and bisexual erasure in media. It's been a dream of mine to premiere a film through Out. You can find the article here.

Secondly, this week I found out that three of my films (Closet Made of Sheets, Wild Flowers, and Demon Pills) are all official selections of CineKink which takes place in NYC from March 14th-18th. I just booked my plane tickets! NYC friends: please feel free to meet up with me at this sexuality-empowering film festival!

Speak out, share your truth, and be vulnerable. Life is crazy and beautiful and full of unexpected magic.

We have reached a milestone! "Tree Hugger" is our first film to reach 1 million views on Youtube as of yesterday! Congrats to the whole team that made this film possible. We're so excited! You can watch the film below. 

We did it! Last night the film "Fake Emma" that I co-created with Robert Gowan won Best Scripted Film at the 100 Words Film Festival in Charlotte, NC! We are so excited!

And then on Friday I released a new music video I directed for Ryan RnB Barber's song "AVL Funk." Read more here in the premiere release article put together by MountainXpress. Here's the video!

Other various updates:

"Closet Made of Sheets" screened this Saturday in Greenville, SC at the Reedy Reels Film Festival. October 28th we wrapped on the production of the music video I directed for Ian Ridenhour's "You Help Me Fall Asleep." Now in post. Screened "Adulthood," the film I co-directed with Abbey Sacks, at Cat Fly Film Fest on October 13th. "Fake Emma," the film I co-directed with Robert Gowan, screened as a part of the Left Overs Gallery Opening in Asheville, NC on October 14th and on the 20th as a part of CreativeMIDNIGHTS in Charlotte, NC.Both the music videos "Monsters" and "Dancing Children" I directed for Ian Ridenhour are official selections of Peak City International Film Festival taking place in Apex, NC November 17th-19th. 

Wowie zowie! What an incredible weekend. I had work screening at 3 different festivals and I won an award at each one! Can't believe it. "To and From" won Grenada Afterglow Film Festival's Best AfterTHOUGHT award as well as Best NC Short Film at North Carolina Family Film Festival. "Close to the Window," the documentary I made while in Paris as a collab with the beautiful & magical poet Sojourner Ahébée, won Best College Doc at All-American High School Film Festival. So happy and thankful to all my collaborators and to the fests for sharing my work!

We have some films going to Norway! Excited to announce that both "Tree Hugger" and my music video for Ian Ridenhour's "Monsters" will be screening at Ringerike International Youth Film Festival in Norway taking place November 7-11th.

Yesterday was a good day at SPARKcon in Raleigh, NC! Excited to announce my music video for Ian Ridenhour's "Dancing Children" won the Best Kids/Family Film Award at filmSPARK! 

Happy to announce that both "To and From" as well as my music video for Ian Ridenhour's "Dancing Children" are official selections of Grenada Afterglow Film Festival taking place October 7th in Grenada, Mississippi as well as North Carolina Family Film Festival taking place October 6-8th in Murfreesboro, NC.

"We Are the People"

Some amazing news! On top of "Closet Made of Sheets" getting accepted into Cucalorus Festival (my favorite film festival!) where it will have it's film festival premiere, I just found out that the music video I directed for VIA's song "We Are the People" has also been accepted into the fest where it will screen during their kick-ass party event called "Visual/Sound/Walls" - I was excited before... but now I'm ecstatic! Cannot wait to attend for my fourth year in November!

Some film festival updates:

"Closet Made of Sheets"

has been accepted as an early selection into my all time favorite film festival where it will be having it's film festival premiere: Cucalorus Festival - taking place from November 8-13 in Wilmington, NC. This will be my 4th year screening there! So much love for this festival. 

"To and From" & "Close to the Window" 

have been accepted into the All-American High School Film Festival through their "Super Senior" Category taking place from October 6-8 in NYC. Also really love this festival! Won Best of Fest with "We're Okay" back in 2014! Wonderful memories...

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We are excited to officially release "Demon Pills" - winner of Runner Up for Best Film at the 48 Hour Film Project: New Orleans.

A lesbian couple welcome a demon into the mix to spice things up...

Hope you enjoy our shenanigans! 

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We are also excited to announce that both "To and From" and our music video for Ian Ridenhour's "Dancing Children" are official selections at FilmSPARK which takes place September 15-17 at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh, NC. 

Had an incredibly fun time at the 48 Hour Film Project: New Orleans awards event on Saturday. Our film "Demon Pills" ended up winning Runner Up for Best Film along with Runner Up for Audience Choice in Group B, Best Sound Design, Best Special FX, and Best Use of Prop. Met many wonderful filmmakers and creators and had a lovely evening adventuring through New Orleans. Will be releasing the film shortly~ stay tuned!

Our film "Demon Pills" that we created for the 48 Hour Film Project: New Orleans has been nominated for 11 categories including Best Film, Cinematography, Writing, Editing and Musical Score! The awards screening is being held this Saturday so I'll be road tripping back to New Orleans this weekend! So excited! And in case you haven't seen it, here's our trailer:

Film will be released in a few days!