EDUCATION
2011 – 2016 Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound RITCS, Brussels: MA
2017 – 2022 Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound RITCS and VUB: PhD in Arts
SCREENINGS, EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC LECTURES, PUBLICATIONS
11.2024 Screening at ARGOS Centre for Audiovisual Arts - Regarding Faustine
10.2024 Official selection at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, International Competition – Regarding Faustine
11.2023 Group exhibition DARK Weekends at GUM (Gent University Museum), Gent, Belgium – Limbo. The earth is hard
11.2023 Lecture performance at AGENTS OF CONCERN: Images and Empathy Conference, University of Hasselt, PXL-MAD, Belgium
11.2023 Group exhibition at PXL-MAD Gallery, Hasselt, Belgium – A Film Jar
09.2023 Screening at Photography at the Margins Symposium, Brussels, Cinematek – Bile
05.2023 Fellow at Oberhausen Experimental Film Seminar, Oberhausen, Germany
01.2023 Curator of the educational program on artistic research INTERDISCIPLINARY BODY at RITCS, School of Arts, Brussels, Belgium
05.2022 Publication at FORUM+ for research and arts 'I want to speak your body language, or against being'
04.2022 Presentation at BODIES OF EVIDENCE Symposium, Hasselt, Belgium - Interdisciplinary Body research
12.2021 Masterclass and screenings at RITCS, Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound, Brussels, Belgium
04.2021 Group exhibition at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz, Austria – The Ruins of Europe
11.2020 Official Selection at RIDM Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal, Canada, thematic section “Contemplating Dystopia", International Competition – Bile
10.2020 Official Selection at Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, Science New Wave International Competition – Bile
05.2020 Official Selection at Hot Docs, Toronto, Canada, Section Markers, International Competition – Bile
07.2020 Screening at ARGOS Centre for Audiovisual Arts – The Ruins of Europe
05.2020 Official selection at Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, section Film Forward – Bile
09.2020 Official selection at Docville International Documentary Film Festival, section Outside the Dox – Bile
08.2020 Interview for TV-Kino-Radio, Moscow, Russia
06.2020 Interview for Museum of the Moving Image: Sloan Science & Film, New York, USA
09.2020 Interview for FERN TV, Toronto, Canada
09.2020 Review at Exclaim! Canada
06.2020 Review at Tetarto, Greece
11.2019 Official Selection at IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, International Competition – Bile
12.2019 Official Selection at ArtDocFest, Moscow, Russia, Special Screenings – Bile
12.2019 Interview for PlusOne – Moscow, Russia
09.2019 Exhibition at Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands – video installation ONRUST in co-creation
05.2019 Presentation at Arts & Philosophy PhD Day, VUB, Brussels
03.2019 Screening at Salaam Cinema Baku, Azerbaijan – The Ruins of Europe
10.2018 Exhibition Legaat Hulstaert, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium – video installation Alice in Wonderland
09.2018 Lecture 'What is montage' WARP, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
09.2018 Exhibition Verknipt at WARP, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium – Exclusive
03.2018 Publication at Rekto:Verso '86 minutes of dying'
10.2018 Performance at Maschinenfest, Oberhausen, Germany – Die Zukunft Findet Nicht Mehr Statt audiovisual performance in co-creation with hypnoskull
04.2017 Official Selection at Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland, International Competition – The Ruins of Europe
12.2017 Screening and discussion at Deutsches Theater organized by International Heiner Müller Foundation – The Ruins of Europe
11.2017 Official Selection at UNDOX Innovative Documentary Film Festival, Vienna, Austria – The Ruins of Europe
11.2017 Screening at ARGOS Centre for Audiovisual Arts, Brussels, Belgium – The Ruins of Europe
11.2017 Exhibition COM NU TIES at ISELP, Brussels, Belgium – The Ruins of Europe
09.2017 Official Selection at DokumentART, International Competition – The Ruins of Europe
08.2017 Screening at TAZ Theater aan Zee, Ostend, Belgium – The Ruins of Europe
07.2017 Nomination and award at Legaat Hulstaert, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium – paintings
05.2017 Distributors screening ARGOS at Oberhausen Film Festival – The Ruins of Europe
03.2017 Interview for The Word Magazine, Brussels, Belgium
12.2016 Award for the best documentary film – VAF WildCard (Flanders Audiovisual Fund), Belgium – The Ruins of Europe
10.2016 Performance Hypnoskull at Maschinenfest, Oberhausen, Germany – co-creation and live VJ set.
09.2016 Group exhibition at KrAAn, Hulst, The Netherlands - paintings
06.2016 Exhibition at BLEEK, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
05.2016 Screening at BEAM Festival, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium – Rise and Shine
03.2016 Performance Die Angst findet nicht mehr Statt at Hall of Fame, Tilburg, The Netherlands – video installation in co-creation
02.2016 Audiovisual performance Die Zerstörung findet nicht mehr Statt – video installation, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
03.2015 Screening at NCCA National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia – audiovisual performance 2253.65
06.2015 Group exhibition Nacht van de Musea at STEM, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium – installation Gremyachi Klyuch
04.2014 Screening at Phenomena of Belgian Cinema, NCCA National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia – Das Alles Passiert Jetzt Ohne Mich
01.2014 Group exhibition in situ at Cité Modèle, Brussels, Belgium – video installation LIFT
04.2014 Publication at Cinemagie, Belgium
02.2014 broadcast VRANCKX Belgian National television Canvas – reportage From Moscow with Love
11.2014 Group exhibition Heart Outside Body at Vierkante Zaal, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium – paintings
2011 – 2016 Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound RITCS, Brussels: MA
2017 – 2022 Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound RITCS and VUB: PhD in Arts
SCREENINGS, EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC LECTURES, PUBLICATIONS
11.2024 Screening at ARGOS Centre for Audiovisual Arts - Regarding Faustine
10.2024 Official selection at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, International Competition – Regarding Faustine
11.2023 Group exhibition DARK Weekends at GUM (Gent University Museum), Gent, Belgium – Limbo. The earth is hard
11.2023 Lecture performance at AGENTS OF CONCERN: Images and Empathy Conference, University of Hasselt, PXL-MAD, Belgium
11.2023 Group exhibition at PXL-MAD Gallery, Hasselt, Belgium – A Film Jar
09.2023 Screening at Photography at the Margins Symposium, Brussels, Cinematek – Bile
05.2023 Fellow at Oberhausen Experimental Film Seminar, Oberhausen, Germany
01.2023 Curator of the educational program on artistic research INTERDISCIPLINARY BODY at RITCS, School of Arts, Brussels, Belgium
05.2022 Publication at FORUM+ for research and arts 'I want to speak your body language, or against being'
04.2022 Presentation at BODIES OF EVIDENCE Symposium, Hasselt, Belgium - Interdisciplinary Body research
12.2021 Masterclass and screenings at RITCS, Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound, Brussels, Belgium
04.2021 Group exhibition at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz, Austria – The Ruins of Europe
11.2020 Official Selection at RIDM Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal, Canada, thematic section “Contemplating Dystopia", International Competition – Bile
10.2020 Official Selection at Imagine Science Film Festival, New York, Science New Wave International Competition – Bile
05.2020 Official Selection at Hot Docs, Toronto, Canada, Section Markers, International Competition – Bile
07.2020 Screening at ARGOS Centre for Audiovisual Arts – The Ruins of Europe
05.2020 Official selection at Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, section Film Forward – Bile
09.2020 Official selection at Docville International Documentary Film Festival, section Outside the Dox – Bile
08.2020 Interview for TV-Kino-Radio, Moscow, Russia
06.2020 Interview for Museum of the Moving Image: Sloan Science & Film, New York, USA
09.2020 Interview for FERN TV, Toronto, Canada
09.2020 Review at Exclaim! Canada
06.2020 Review at Tetarto, Greece
11.2019 Official Selection at IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, International Competition – Bile
12.2019 Official Selection at ArtDocFest, Moscow, Russia, Special Screenings – Bile
12.2019 Interview for PlusOne – Moscow, Russia
09.2019 Exhibition at Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands – video installation ONRUST in co-creation
05.2019 Presentation at Arts & Philosophy PhD Day, VUB, Brussels
03.2019 Screening at Salaam Cinema Baku, Azerbaijan – The Ruins of Europe
10.2018 Exhibition Legaat Hulstaert, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium – video installation Alice in Wonderland
09.2018 Lecture 'What is montage' WARP, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
09.2018 Exhibition Verknipt at WARP, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium – Exclusive
03.2018 Publication at Rekto:Verso '86 minutes of dying'
10.2018 Performance at Maschinenfest, Oberhausen, Germany – Die Zukunft Findet Nicht Mehr Statt audiovisual performance in co-creation with hypnoskull
04.2017 Official Selection at Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland, International Competition – The Ruins of Europe
12.2017 Screening and discussion at Deutsches Theater organized by International Heiner Müller Foundation – The Ruins of Europe
11.2017 Official Selection at UNDOX Innovative Documentary Film Festival, Vienna, Austria – The Ruins of Europe
11.2017 Screening at ARGOS Centre for Audiovisual Arts, Brussels, Belgium – The Ruins of Europe
11.2017 Exhibition COM NU TIES at ISELP, Brussels, Belgium – The Ruins of Europe
09.2017 Official Selection at DokumentART, International Competition – The Ruins of Europe
08.2017 Screening at TAZ Theater aan Zee, Ostend, Belgium – The Ruins of Europe
07.2017 Nomination and award at Legaat Hulstaert, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium – paintings
05.2017 Distributors screening ARGOS at Oberhausen Film Festival – The Ruins of Europe
03.2017 Interview for The Word Magazine, Brussels, Belgium
12.2016 Award for the best documentary film – VAF WildCard (Flanders Audiovisual Fund), Belgium – The Ruins of Europe
10.2016 Performance Hypnoskull at Maschinenfest, Oberhausen, Germany – co-creation and live VJ set.
09.2016 Group exhibition at KrAAn, Hulst, The Netherlands - paintings
06.2016 Exhibition at BLEEK, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
05.2016 Screening at BEAM Festival, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium – Rise and Shine
03.2016 Performance Die Angst findet nicht mehr Statt at Hall of Fame, Tilburg, The Netherlands – video installation in co-creation
02.2016 Audiovisual performance Die Zerstörung findet nicht mehr Statt – video installation, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
03.2015 Screening at NCCA National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia – audiovisual performance 2253.65
06.2015 Group exhibition Nacht van de Musea at STEM, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium – installation Gremyachi Klyuch
04.2014 Screening at Phenomena of Belgian Cinema, NCCA National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia – Das Alles Passiert Jetzt Ohne Mich
01.2014 Group exhibition in situ at Cité Modèle, Brussels, Belgium – video installation LIFT
04.2014 Publication at Cinemagie, Belgium
02.2014 broadcast VRANCKX Belgian National television Canvas – reportage From Moscow with Love
11.2014 Group exhibition Heart Outside Body at Vierkante Zaal, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium – paintings
ABOUT
Ira A. Goryainova is a film director, audiovisual artist, and researcher based in Brussels. The relationship between body, camera, screen, and spectator is her main area of interest, which she explores in essay- and montage films, video installations, and performances. Thematically her focus is on the body under extreme conditions— such as illness, death, and suffering—and how they can be read as political metaphors while still conveying explicit bodily, non-narrative meanings. Goryainova’s work has been shown at IDFA, Hot Docs, Visions du Réel, Thessaloniki Film Festival, Artdocfest, Argos, Halle für Kunst Steiermark, ISELP, RIDM, Imagine Science Film Festival, Deutsches Theater Berlin, among others. Currently she is a postdoctoral researcher, as well as a hybrid and documentary film teacher at the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS), Brussels.
