Nika Belianina is a Moscow-raised Toronto-based
award-winning filmmaker and a photographer
Opening reception - March 5, 2020
Latest news:
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I'm happy to be presenting my work among other women at the Leslie Grove Gallery, Feb 26 - Mar 15, 2020, 1158 Queen St East, Toronto. Opening - March 5th, 6-9 pm
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"The Robbery" - a new short film I directed and co-produced is now completed. It is starring Cindy Sampson and Joris Jarsky. Details coming soon.
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"The River of the Kukamas" hits 40th film festival and is playing in Universities across Canada!
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Artist residency Xaaninna in Mexico in December of 2019 went very fruitful. New works are being introduced through instagram
FROM THE BLOG
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AIR in Mexico
December 2019 I spent in a beautiful village of Macario Gomez, 20 km inland from Tulum, Mexico. It was a month long artist residence program at Xaaninna with almost no electricity, lots of candle light, forest magic, rooster calls and two other artists - Tove Dreinman and Yael Ben David (from Sweden and Israel). I needed to recharge my mind and soul at the end of a busy year. In 2019 I shot a new film (short comedy "The Robbery"), several sequences for the "Moon Cycles" documentary, attended film festivals for "The River of the Kukamas", got bitten by a giant dog in Siberia and survived to tell the story.
This residency not only helped me find work-life balance, but brought me back to photography. It's been a while since I devoted big chunks of time to these creative pursuits. Look out for the updates in various photo categories to see work from Mexico.