Lior Shamriz (born September 13, 1978) is a writer, producer, and film director. They reside in
Santa Cruz, California.
Career
Born to an Iraqi-Iranian Jewish family in
Ashkelon
Ashkelon or Ashqelon (; Hebrew: , , ; Philistine: ), also known as Ascalon (; Ancient Greek: , ; Arabic: , ), is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with ...
, a city in southern Israel, they skipped the army at 18 and moved to Tel Aviv where they began working on collective art publications and computer generated music. They attended the
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School
The Sam Spiegel Film and Television School is a film and television school in Israel that was founded in 1989. It was renamed in honor of Sam Spiegel in 1996, with the support of the Sam Spiegel Estate.
The school has been the subject of some 19 ...
until being expelled in 2004. Critical of
Zionism
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and Israeli
nationalism
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in press interviews and in their film work, Shamriz immigrated to Berlin in 2006, pursuing graduate studies at the ''Institute for Time Based Media'' of the
Berlin University of the Arts
The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universiti ...
.
Dimitri Eipides from the Thessaloniki International Film Festival noted that Shamriz "develops his own écriture, experimenting with form, deconstructing narratives and reconstructing their pieces into something unique, which bears his own personal trademark".
Their first long film, ''
Japan Japan'' (2006-2007), a micro-budget independent production, was presented at about fifty international film festivals, among them the
Locarno International Film Festival
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, the
Sarajevo Film Festival
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,
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI, es, Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) is an international festival of independent films organized each year in the month of April, in the city of ...
and
MoMA's New Directors/New Films Festival
The New Directors/New Films Festival is an annual film festival held in New York City, and organized jointly by the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center
Film at Lincoln Center, previously known as the Film Society o ...
where chief film curator Rajendra Roy had noted it as one of the top ten film of the year. A controversial and polarizing film, it tells a kaleidoscopic story of a young queer pacifist drop-out who is unable to leave Israel, juxtaposing saturated pop music, pixelated virtual travelogues with poetry by
Constantine P. Cavafy
Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Πέτρου Καβάφης ; April 29 (April 17, OS), 1863 – April 29, 1933), known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy (), was a Gree ...
and
Charles Olson
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, together with dramatic scenes and pornographic imagery.
''
Saturn Returns'' (2009), their next long film, premiered opening
Torino Film Festival's ''Onde'', was nominated for the
Max Ophüls Preis at the film festival in
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...
, Germany and co-won the ''New Berlin Award'' at ''Achtung Berlin'' film festival. ''Return Return'' (2010), a
non-narrative video based on clips from ''Saturn Returns'', premiered at the 60th
Berlin Film Festival
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’s Forum Expanded, where later ''The Runaway Troupe of the Cartesian Theater'' (2013) and ''Cancelled Faces'' (2015) would have their world premiere as well. In addition to long films they created many short films, winning awards at the
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
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in 2013, 2014 and 2015
In 2021, Shamriz was one of the participants in
John Greyson
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's experimental short documentary film ''
International Dawn Chorus Day
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''.
[Sarah Jae Leiber]
"International Dawn Chorus Day Premieres April 29"
''Broadway World
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Broadway may refer to:
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'', March 29, 2021.
Filmography
*(2005) ''Return to the Savanna'' (6 Short Movies, approx. 75 min)
*(2006) ''Ho! Terrible Exteriors'' (28 min)
*(2007) ''The Farewell (Film), The Farewell'' (45 min)
*(2007) ''Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded'' (7 min)
*(2007) ''
Japan Japan'' (65 min)
*(2008) ''The vacuum cleaner'' (8 min)
*(2008) ''The Magic Desk'' (10 min)
*(2009) ''
Saturn Returns'' (90 min)
*(2010) ''Ritenuto'' (63 min) – ''Saturn Returns - Satellite Film''
*(2010) ''Titan'' (50 min) – ''Saturn Returns - Satellite Film''
*(2010) ''Return Return'' (26 min) – ''Saturn Returns - Satellite Film''
*(2011) ''Mirrors For Princes'' (60 min)
*(2012) ''
A Low Life Mythology
''A Low Life Mythology'' is a 2012 film directed by Lior Shamriz and starring Nina Fog and Johannes Hendrik Langer. It was written by the director with some improvisations by the cast and includes guest appearances by artists Hito Steyerl, Wolfga ...
'' (80 min)
*(2012) ''Beyond Love and Friendship'' (18 min)
*(2013) ''The Present of Cinema'' (7 min) (commissioned by ''International Short Film Festival Oberhausen'')
*(2013) ''The way of the Shaman'' (multiscreen video installation with
Naama Yuria Naama may refer to:
* NAAMA, the National Arab American Medical Association
* Naâma, municipality in Algeria, capital of Naâma Province
* Naâma Province in Algeria
*Naama Bay, resort town in Egypt, just north of Sharm El Sheikh
* Nāma, Pali and ...
)
*(2013) ''The Runaway Troupe of the Cartesian Theater'' (18 min)
*(2014) ''L'amour sauvage'' (25 min)
*(2014-2015) 6 music videos for
Kreidler
Kreidler was a German manufacturer of bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles.
Kreidler was originally based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. It was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" (Kreidlers metal and wire f ...
(6 videos, approx. 35 min)
*(2015) ''The night'' (7 min)
*(2015) ''Cancelled Faces'' (80 min)
*(2016) ''Fallen Blossoms'' (70 min)
*(2017) ''
The Cage
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Sports
* West Fourth Street Courts, also known as "The Cage", as of 1978, a public venue for amateur basketball in New York City
* Al-Shorta Stadium, 1990-2014, former football stadium of Al-Shorta SC, nicknamed "The Cage ...
'' (65 min)
References
External links
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Israeli film directors
Film people from Berlin
1978 births
Living people
People from Ashkelon
Israeli people of Iraqi-Jewish descent
Israeli people of Iranian-Jewish descent