Masha Vasilkovsky
Directing
Biography
Masha Vasilkovsky is an Experimental Animation Artist, internationally known for her animated films, made in direct techniques, ‘Fur and Feathers’ (2000) and ‘Eyes of the Azure’ (2016). Her films screened at Pompidou Museum, Annecy Animation Festival, and Museum of Modern Art New York, among other venues. Masha’s animation is featured in such productions as, "Il Doctor", Suzan Pitt (2005) and "Lo Azul Del Cielo", Juan Uribe (2012). In 2012 Masha co-founded Lumen Animae, an Amity of Creative Partnerships, presenting work at US Open, Sundance, and Tribeca Film Festivals, National TV of China, and other venues. Masha has directed and created over 25 productions, such as: ‘Mysterium Georgicus’, animated installation, permanent exhibit, Virginia (2017) and 'Ashe '68’, VR Sand animation, Emmy nomination (2019). Since 2014, at College of the Canyons, Masha brought together Holocaust survivors and students to create animated documentaries based on stories of survival, such as: 'My Angel of God’ (2019) and 'The Promise’ (2018). Masha holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design (1995) and an MFA in Experimental Animation from CalArts (1998). Masha teaches animation production at CalArts since 2007.
Known For

A short documentary about Suzan Pitt and her animated films, Asparagus (1979), Joy Street (1995) and El Doctor (2006).
Suzan Pitt: Persistence of Vision

A survivor of the Holocaust shares personal testimony of being one of a hundred or so children to survive Theresienstadt, the concentration camp for children.
Peter Daniels: A Child Survivor of Theresienstadt

When a headstrong prince sabotages an important royal ceremony, his father sends him out into the world to set it right.
Prince Ivan and the Clockwork Heart

When a vessel of love is smashed against life's hidden reef, The sky-blue eyes of Youth get soaked in salty grief. The dark hour follows, the world shakes and howls, And merciless fear sends out its owls. It seems that the soul needs sorrow and fright To recover its sense for being timeless and bright...
Eyes of the Azure

In an outer-world night, creatures that live beneath human consciousness emerge and take hold of the narrator, dissecting his spirit and dismembering his thoughts. He beholds a mythical eternity filled with shadowy industrial scenes and monochrome textures—a heavenly hell of unending life and death.
Visitation

An unlikely couple falls into passion that precludes love.