kris niklison
Artist with an international career, awarded as a filmmaker, theater director, screenwriter, playwright, cinematographer, choreographer and actress. She lived in Amsterdam, Hamburg, São Paulo and Buenos Aires. She was a pioneer of physical theater in the Netherlands, where she founded the Kris Niklison Theater Company, with which she traveled to more than 20 countries on 4 continents. She worked with Peter Greenaway, Dario Fo, The Dutch National Ballet Academy and was leading actress at Cirque du Soleil. She wrote, directed, photographed, edited and produced the award-winning feature films Diletante (in co-production with Lita Stantic) and Vergel (Argentina-Brazil co-production); and the short, Perros. She is currently working on her third feature film, El Barquero, winner of the support of Ibermedia.
perros
perros
Brazil - Argentina / 2021 / 18'
In an arid and remote place, a man, his wife and his laborer lead a monotonous life. When an unexpected event breaks that routine, the cruelty of the patriarch will manifest itself without limits.
"Kris Niklison moves the 22 * Bafici with her powerful short Perros"
Diario Hoy
“Niklison delivers a powerful statement against sexist violence"
Otros Cines
“Niklison manages to portray a disturbing and shocking story”
Escribiendo Cine
“An unmissable, intelligent and disturbing short film”
El Espectador Emancipado
“A condensed story with an expansion that boils from all corners”
Pantalla Partida
vergel
Argentine-Brazil / 2017 / 86’
A sudden mourning brings a woman to the edge of madness. Funeral procedures, heat and a neighbor that comes to water the plants, come together in an emotional journey in which it is impossible to distinguish the real from the unreal.
A film of atmospheres, that through visual poetry arouses profound emotions and reflections on life cycles.
vergel - awards
Cóndor de Plata Nomination for Best Cinematography
Best Photography Award for Authors Association of Photography of Argentina
Mention for Best Feature Film Critics Association
Argentina
Mention for Best Feature Film at the
Santiago del Estero
Mention for Best Feature Film Ficsur
"Singular, incisive, pierced by eroticism, humor and sadness, ... Remarkable work of photography, framing and editing."
La Nación
“Niklison achieves her goal of building a story based on feelings that are born and grow like the green and multicolored flowers of that terrace.”
Telam
“Vergel is a sensory film to immerse yourself and enjoy with all the senses. Each frame is a painting, there is plastic work in the visual construction that finds beauty where there is no.”
Escribiendo Cine
diletante
Argentina / 2010 / 72’
"Having fun with yourself is having fun all your life" Bela Jordán's motto of life remains manifested in this intimate cinematographic portrait made by his daughter.
Diletante shows the life of an 80-year-old woman on the banks of the Paraná river, in the interior of Argentina. Her particular ways of staying entertained and his sharp lateral thoughts reveal a remarkable personality with a unique perspective about old age and life.
diletante - premios
diletante - premios
Best Argentine Feature Film 23 * Film Festival
Mar del Plata
Best Documentary 50 * International Festival of
Cinema
Cartagena de Indias
"This great documentary by Kris Niklison produced by
Lita Stantic, about the life of her mother, Bela Jordan,
it has already become a cult movie. Old age
from a look as smart as sensitive.
Impossible to leave the cinema without a smile and the sensation
that one has caressed one's soul. ”
La Nación
"VERY GOOD! Ephemeral beauty: life
captured by the magic of cinema.
Clarin
“Cinema rediscovered by Kris Niklison.”
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el barquero
el barquero
Brazil-Argentina / In development
Winner of the Ibermedia development fund
An epic, moving and sensitive film
where a good life is as important as
a good death.
se dice de mi
se dice de mi
2005
A sole that integrates multimedia video projections, physical theater and innovative aerial techniques in a personal approach of a universal phenomenon: In our life we spend 24 years sleeping, eating 12 years, Kissing spent 6 years, 3 years dancing
and spent 12 and a half years talking ill of others..
“Thanks to her captivating, expressive personality and to her immense energy Kris Niklison manages marvelously to pass her clear message”
Theater Centraal, Holanda.
the neverlands
2003
5 Actors in a spectacular show that combines
aerial techniques, theatrical poetry and screenings of
video on one of life's great mysteries:
our life, is in our hands
or is in the
hands of fate?
“Favorite of summer festivals was the star of the
Cirque du Soleil ”
Telegraaf, The Netherlands.
dilemma
2001
A show by two women that combines physical theater, aerial techniques, live mixed music, dance and text about one of life's great dilemmas: living a love and accept the consequences or let it go and repent.
Estrella de Mar - Winner - Best Choreography.
Estrella de Mar Nominee - Best Off Theater Show
Winner of the Jose Maria Vilches Award - Best Show
Mention Iberoamerican Theater Festival of Mar del Plata
“Excellent! His concept is sublime.”
La Nación, Argentina.
Red Roses Red
2000
One person on what we all want,
which is difficult to find and impossible to maintain.
“Go see Kris. You will like”
Volkskrant, The Netherlands.
“LWhat Kris Niklison showed on Red Roses Red was
phenomenal.
Nieuwsblad van de Noorden, The Netherlands.
perfil
M / F
1996
An androgynous being comes into this world and to be able
staying must make a difficult choice: to be a man or
to be a woman. What begins as a discovery
ends in a choice between bad and worse.
Winner Best actress by the press and jury at the Festival
Egypt International.
“M / F's approach to dramatic truth is
complex, meditative and emotional, with an honesty and
overwhelming clarity ... Kris Niklison acts with a
candor that disarms… ”
The New York Times, USA.
Mrs Mc Niklison a particular
widow
1993
Pomp Duck Show Opening Number
and Circumstances at Cirque du Soleil.
cultural paradise
cultural paradise
Kris Niklison opens the doors of her creative space
Casadasartes, located in Embú das Artes, Sao Paulo,
Brazil, to receive artists from different disciplines and
develop their own projects based on barter.
"Be the change you want to see in the world"
Gandhi
