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.

Lost Harmonies

Threaded Together

The Randhawa Story

Moving Portraits

Khadi

The Offering

Cycle Dialogues

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.

Cultivate

And Breathe

Suspended Motion

The Workhouse

Freefall Trilogy

Kita

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.

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Alberta Whittle, Commonwealth Games, One Dance UK, MOVING PORTRAITS and more…

current work