Kris Niklison

International Women’s Festival (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

In 2015, she made a trip to India, where she wrote the script of her planned third feature El Barquero. The film is currently in the fundraising stage.

When Bela was left bedridden by a stroke in 2012, Kris stopped her work for two years to focus on caring for her, but her mother then died on June 14, 2014.

Her second feature, Vergel, won the Incaa-Ancine competition (earning US $250,000 in support for the production of the film) in 2012 and was filmed in Buenos Aires from January to February 2016. The film was produced by Basata Films (Argentina) and Casadasartesfilms (Brazil), starring Camila Morgado, and Maricel Alvarez. Arrigo Barbabe composed the score, Karen Harley edited, Felix Monti gave photographic advice, and Jusid Margarita gave artistic advice. It was released in 2017.

2011 - Tamaña Soledad (Brasil) Auteurist production with sponsorship of Iberescena

Later, Diletante was presented at a wide variety of international festivals. After it won the award for Best Documentary at the 50th Cartagena Film Festival, Diletante was declared of Cultural Interest by the Senate of the Nation in 2011.

2010/2011 - Laboratorio de Teatro Físico (Argentina) Ciudad Cultural Konex (production/direction/interpretation).

In 2007, she went to spend time at her family's home at Sauce Viejo, Santa Fe, Argentina, and recorded with her camera the eccentricities of her mother, Bela Jordan, in old age. After collecting this material for more than a year, she published it in the film Diletante, in the competition of Argentine films in the 23rd Mar del Plata Festival. It won that competition, so she extended the film to 35 mm. Ms. Lita Stantic then joined the project, becoming the film's producer. The film was premiered at the Malba on May 4, 2010, and remained in theaters in Buenos Aires until November of the same year (in the Malba, Arteplex, Gaumont cinemas, and in the dressing room of the Muses) and was popular with the Argentine press.

2010 - Best Documentary at the 50th Cartagena de Indias Film Festival, Colombia (Diletante).

2009 - Menu (Brasil) Theatrical Intervention (direction).

2008 - Best Argentine Feature Film at the 23rd Mar del Plata Film Festival (Diletante).

2007 - Circo Intimo (Brasil) Multidisciplinary show (direction).

2006 - Dilemma (Argentina) Multidisciplinary show (production, direction, choreography, interpretation).

2006 - The Neverlands (Argentina) Multidisciplinary show (production, direction, choreography, interpretation).

2006 - Estrella de Mar (Best Choreography for Dilemma).

2006 - Premio José María Vilches (Best Spectacle for Dilemma).

2005 - Se dice de mi (Egypt - Russia - The Netherlands) Multidisciplinary show (production, direction, choreography, interpretation).

2005 - Ibero-American Theater Festival of Mar del Plata (Special mention for Dilemma).

2004 - Cairo International Film Festival (Nomination for Se dice de mí).

2001- Red Roses Red (Hong Kong). Auteurist (production, interpretation).

2001 - Raamwerk Holanda- (Best Spectacle for Dilemma).

In 2000, she began working in Embu das Artes, Brazil, where she founded the cultural space Casadasartes. In 2006, she returned to Buenos Aires, and began her film career by creating film producer Basata Films (named after the Arabic word for simplicity). Her first production, Diletante, portrays her mother Bela's extraordinary lucidity and anarchic spirit in her old age. It was met with positive reception, garnering praise and rewards.

Kris Niklison pioneered the combination of physical theater, aerial techniques, dance and script in the theaters of the Netherlands; her works became a benchmark of multidisciplinary art during the latter half of the 90s and the first half of 2000s.

2000 - Red Roses Red (Jordania - Lebanon - Bolivia - The Netherlands).

2000 - M/F (Tunes) Auteurist (production, interpretation).

1999 - M/F (The Netherlands - Jordania - Lebanon - Palestine - Germany).

1999 - Mrs Mc Niklison a particular widow (Brasil) Auteurist (production, direction, interpretation)

In 1998, she returned to Amsterdam where she founded the physical theater company Kris Niklison & Company, and achieved international success with their shows M / F, Red Roses Red, Dilemma, The Neverlands and is said to Me. The works were presented in theaters and international festivals across more than 20 countries on 4 continents, garnering praise from the international press.

1998 - M/F (The Netherlands - Egypt - USA - Ukraine).

1998 - Pomp Duck and Circumstances (Germany) Theatrical spectacle of the Cirque du Soleil (interpretation)

1998 - Cairo International Film Festival (Best Actress by international jury, M/F).

1998 - Cairo International Film Festival (Best Actress by the Egyptian press, M/F).

In 1997, she starred in Pomp Duck and Cirque du Soleil Circumstances in Hamburg, Germany, with its creator, the legendary Ginger Kennedy.

1995 - L’italiana en Algeri (The Netherlands) Opera directed by Dario Fo (interpretation).

1994 - Rosa a Horse Drama (The Netherlands) Opera directed by Peter Greenway (interpretation).

1994 - Survival (The Netherlands - Spain - Italy) Physical spectacle of Lady Komedie Theatregroup (interpretation).

1993 - Survival (The Netherlands - Belgium - France - Germany).

1993 - Mrs Mc Niklison a particular widow (The Netherlands).

1992 - Waterzucht (England - Belgium - France - Germany - Italy) Physical spectacle of Lady Komedie Theatergroup (interpretation).

1992 - Pastunette (Scotland) Physical spectacle of Lady Komedie Theatergroup (interpretation).

1991 - Rock & Circo (Argentina) Music and circus show (direction).

1990 - Who’s gonna pay for Juliette’s funeral? (The Netherlands) Auteurist (production, direction, interpretation)

1989 - Who’s gonna pay for Juliette’s funeral? (Belgium).

1988 - Babilonia (Argentina) Play by Armando Discepolo directed by Ruben Szchumacher (interpreter).

Kris Niklison (Maria Cristina Niklison, November 12, 1966) is an Argentina-born performance artist.