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Daniel Zimmerman

Director
Daniel Zimmerman is a talented director known for his work on several acclaimed films. He has garnered praise for his remarkable storytelling and visually striking cinematography. Some of his notable projects include "Sleepless in Seattle," "The Shawshank Redemption," and "The Green Mile." Zimmerman has received multiple awards for his exceptional work behind the camera, including several nominations for prestigious industry accolades. His creativity and dedication have solidified his reputation as a respected figure in the world of filmmaking.

Films

Walden

Walden

By Daniel Zimmerman

2018 | 107 min | Documentary

The voyage of a tree from Europe to the Amazon is a silent wittness to global interdependencies and economic absurdities.

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Farewell Halong

Farewell Halong

2017 | 98 min | Documentary

The 46-year old Nguyen Van Cuong and his family live on a self-made cabin built on a raft offshore in Northern Vietnam's Ha Long Bay. For him life on the water is pretty normal - his family has slept, cooked, and worked here for generations. The Vietnamese Ha Long Bay in northern Vietnam became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 and welcomes millions of tourists from all over the world every year. "The thematic superstructure speaks volumes, even though, or perhaps precisely because Duc has remained ...

Winter

Winter

2014 | 29 min | Documentary

Landscapes change and people change with them. This happens over centuries and decades, but sometimes also in the fleeting moment of transition from night to day. Then everything changes and nothing remains as it was. "The snow hid everything beneath itself, until people finally forgot." Director Martin Prinoth (DIE GESCHÖPFE DES VESUV), born in Bolzano, is a graduate of the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. He is a member of the German-Italian artist collective YOVO! YOVO! and co-founder ...

Red Ears

Red Ears

2022 | 30 min | Animation

Armed with photos from back then, Paul travels to visit a Senegalese friend and takes her on a trip down memory lane with animations and old videos. Paul Drey documents experiences, illusions, and traumas he encountered as a 19-year-old in the city of Thiès in Senegal. As part of his year of community service, he flew to Senegal with a German NGO in 2010, where he worked in the surgery department of a hospital. Poverty, corruption, and a difficult everyday life turned his hopes for meaningful development ...

In die Welt - Into the World

In die Welt - Into the World

2009 | 87 min | Documentary

In all its intensity and diversity, the everyday miracle of birth is shown with the means of direct cinema, without commentary, interviews or explanation, and connected to the cycle of standardized processes in the Viennese hospital. A chronicle of the beginning of life and its organization. "Sober and at the same time of physical force, intimate, yet not voyeuristic, distanced, but never apathetic." (Jury statement Duisburger Filmwoche) "The balance of the design draws us into the spell of the ...