Who are We?

All Around Artsy was founded in 2009 by Kira Bursky, a vagabonding storyteller with an insatiable hunger for magic. Kira is an award-winning filmmaker based in Asheville, NC. 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. She is currently writing the script for her first feature film.

"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

What do we do?

 All Around Artsy is an award-winning video production company specializing in short narratives, documentaries, commercials and music videos from pre-production through post-production. 50+ productions, hundreds of screenings worldwide, 34,000+ subscribers and 16 million+ views on YouTube. Clients have included Massada Eyewear (Poland), Champagne Armand de Brignac (NYC), Better World Ed (San Francisco, CA) and SumOfUs (NYC).

Here is a reel showcasing clips from many of our narrative and music video productions:

Films

Short Films
"Period." - 2018
"Fake Emma" (co-dir.: Robert Gowan) - 2017
"Demon Pills" - 2017
"Closet Made of Sheets" - 2017
"Close to the Window" - 2016
"To and From" - 2016
"Wild Flowers" - 2016
"Dark Circus" - 2016
"Really Looking" - 2016
"Footplant" (co-dir.: Wayne Culpepper) - 2016
"Hattie" - 2015
"Tree Hugger" - 2015
"Togetherness" (co-dir.: Abbey Sacks) - 2015
"Adulthood" (co-dir.: Abbey Sacks) - 2015
"Demons in Disguise" - 2014
"We're Okay" - 2014
"Hello From Malaysia" - 2014
"Girly" - 2013

Music Videos
"You Help Me Fall Asleep" by Ian Ridenhour - 2017
"AVL Funk" by Ryan RnB Barber - 2017
"We Are The People" by VIA - 2017
"Baby I Want You" by Typhoid Rosie - 2016
"Dancing Children" by Ian Ridenhour - 2016
"Monsters" by Ian Ridenhour - 2016
"Warm Rush" by Miss Whimsy - 2014

Recent Award Highlights

Audience Choice Award / Planet Why
APRIL 2018, BEIJING, CHINA
1.4 million+ views with film “Close to the Window” in 2 weeks on various Chinese video platforms.

Best Music Video / Music Video Asheville
APRIL 2017, ASHEVILLE, NC

Best Scripted Film / 100 Words Film Festival
NOVEMBER 2017, CHARLOTTE, NC

Best College Doc / AAHSFF
OCTOBER 2017, NEW YORK, NY

Power Girl / Seventeen Magazine
APRIL 2016, NEW YORK, NY
Worldwide print of feature article. Digital copy available upon request.

Emerging Artist to Watch Grant / Le Couvent
SEPTEMBER 2016, FRANCE

Best Emerging Female Filmmaker / NFFTY
APRIL 2015, SEATTLE, WA

Screening Highlights

From hundreds of screenings worldwide.

Cucalorus Film Festival
NOVEMBER 2014-2017, WILMINGTON, NC

Qabila Film Festival
OCTOBER 2015, CAIRO, EGYPT

Los Angeles Film Festival
JUNE 2015, LOS ANGELES, CA

Cannes Short Film Corner
MAY 2015, CANNES, FRANCE

Guam International Film Festival
SEPTEMBER 2014, HAGATNA, GUAM

White House Student Film Festival
FEBRUARY 2014, WASHINGTON D.C.