Kira Bursky is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and artist currently based out of Asheville, NC.
All Around Artsy was founded in 2009 by Kira Bursky, a vagabonding storyteller with an insatiable hunger for magic. She has produced over 60 films and music videos that have screened at festivals around the world from Los Angeles to Berlin to Beijing. In 2014 Kira was recognized as National YoungArts Finalist and was a finalist in the White House Student Film Festival where she had the honor of screening her work in the White House. In 2015 Kira was selected as the Best Emerging Female Filmmaker at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY). In 2016 she was featured in Seventeen Magazine as the April issue's Power Girl and received the Emerging Artist to Watch grant through Le Couvent artist residency in France. Kira and her creations have been featured through NPR, Out Magazine, Pride and No Film School to name a few. Her YouTube channel has over 34,000+ subscribers and 16 million+ views."Bursky is just 23 years old, but the Asheville filmmaker is already on a trajectory to becoming one of America’s most incisive and distinctive auteurs." – Matt Peiken, Arts Producer BPR + NPR
Background Kira Bursky, originally from Upper Nyack, NY, attended Asheville High School's School of Inquiry and Life Sciences program for one year and Evergreen Community Charter School for middle school. She also attended the Carolina Film Institute for one year at age 13.
She later attended high school at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan as a Motion Picture Arts major, graduating in 2014. She worked at documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock's New York-based film production company, Warrior Poets, as a post-production intern.
Awards Her works have been featured and awarded prizes at over 100 domestic and international film festivals including the All-American High School Film Festival, the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, the Colchester International Film Festival, Guam International Film Festival, the White House Student Film Festival, Princeton Student Film Festival, and the Cannes Film Festival.
YearResultFestivalAwardWork2014WinnerMosaic Film FestivalBest OverallGirly2014WinnerLovett School High School Film FestBest U.S Narrative2015WinnerMade-in-Michigan Film FestivalBest Academic Film2014WinnerLovett School High School Film FestBest U.S. AnimationWhat Are You?2014WinnerMosaic Film FestivalBest OverallWe're Okay2014WinnerAll American High School Film FestivalBest Overall Film2015WinnerNational Film Festival For Talented YouthBest Emerging Female Filmmaker2014WinnerHighway 61Best Student - 2nd Place2016WinnerHorror HourBest Horror High School Short Film2016WinnerRamūno Ateljė Independent International Film AwardsBest Teenager FilmReally Looking2015Winner24 Hour Film RacingBest Editing & Best Sound DesignIt's Just You2016WinnerGeorge Lindsey UNA Film FestivalBest Youth FilmmakerTree Hugger2015WinnerLaguna Film FestivalJury Award for Best Youth Film +
Audience Award for Best Youth Film2016WinnerFestival Internacional de Cine y Audiovisual Infantil y JuvenilBest Film in +13 Audio Visual2015WinnerStarLite Film FestivalBest Domestic Student ShortDemons in Disguise2016WinnerLittle ElephantBest Maxi 22014WinnerWhite House Student Film FestivalFinalistHello From Malaysia2014WinnerMY HERO International Film FestivalBest High School Narrative - 2nd Place2015WinnerLovett School High School Film FestBest U.S. AnimationWarm Rush2014WinnerJosiah Media FestivalBest Experimental - 2nd Place2015WinnerBrighton Youth Film FestivalBest International Short FilmHattie2015WinnerSeattle Horror 48 Hour Film ProjectBest FilmAdulthood2016WinnerHuntsville 48 Hour Film ProjectBest FilmFootplant2017WinnerMusic Video AshevilleBest Music Video + Best EditingDancing Children2017WinnerFilmSPARKBest Kids and Family Film2017WinnerMusic Video AshevilleBest Visual DesignWe Are the People2017Winner100 Words Film FestivalBest Scripted FilmFake Emma2017WinnerNorth Carolina Family Film Festival 2017Best NC ShortTo and From2017WinnerGrenada Afterglow Film FestivalBest AfterTHOUGHT2018WinnerAsheville 48 Hour Film ProjectBest FilmShe Once Was Distant2018WinnerNew Orleans 48 Hour Film ProjectBest Film Runner UpDemon Pills2018WinnerMusic Video AshevilleBest Visual DesignYou Help Me Fall Asleep2017WinnerAll-American High School Film FestivalBest College DocClose to the Window2018WinnerPlanet Why's YUP SelectedAudience Choice Award2018WinnerFilmPlayaGolden Pocket PistolPeriod.2018WinnerBerlin Liberi Film FestivalBest in Fest2019WinnerJim Thorpe Independent Film FestivalBest Experimental Film2019WinnerMusic Video AshevilleBest Music Video + Best EditingCarolina Stomp
Featured works
Wild Flowers (2016) - 10 million+ views on YouTube Tree Hugger (2015) - 4 million+ views on YouTube Adulthood (2015) - 1 million+ views on YouTube Period. (2019) We're Okay (2014) Closet Made of Sheets (2017) Demon Pills (2017) To and From (2016) Really Looking (2016) She Once Was Distant (2018) Fake Emma (2018) Girly (2013) Foreshadow (2019)
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