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Daniel Ziv

Director
Daniel Ziv is a filmmaker known for his work in documentaries. He has directed and produced films such as "Jalanan" and "Marked," which have received critical acclaim. Ziv's films often focus on social issues and human stories, showcasing his talent for storytelling. While there is no public information available regarding specific awards Ziv has won, his work has been praised for its impact and emotional depth.

Films

Jalanan

Jalanan

By Daniel Ziv

2014 | 107 min | Independent

The captivating story of three gifted street musicians in Jakarta over a tumultuous 5-year period in their own lives and that of Indonesia.

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2002 | 91 min | Drama

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2021 | 53 min | Documentary

Urbanization, concrete, stone, disappearing green. Next to the most central point of Berlin - Alexanderplatz - we find the building complex Haus der Statistik, which slowly withered into ruin over the past 12 years. But now the building with the red lettering STOP WARS, in which the official statistics were made in the GDR, is slowly awakening from its slumber. City administration, urban planners, artists and civil society come together to create space for art, culture and social affairs. Can this ...

Souls of a River

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2022 | 83 min | Documentary

SOULS OF A RIVER follows a traveller back through the landscape of memory along the Evros River, where water, reeds and empty roads become a terrain of return. Moving as a stranger in his own country, he searches for the self that once left this border region behind. The search brings him to a forensic doctor who works in the river itself, recovering the traces of people who died while trying to cross. From a brown envelope come a cross, a ring and a wristwatch; elsewhere, unidentified bodies remain ...

Dear Beautiful Beloved

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2024 | 95 min | Documentary

DEAR BEAUTIFUL BELOVED looks at wartime Ukraine through the people left with the hardest tasks: the weak who cannot flee, the volunteers who move the dead, and the families waiting for news. Juri Rechinsky follows ordinary journeys made extraordinary by fear, distance and loss, keeping the film close to daily survival. A driver and a student carry fallen soldiers back to their families, while a young mother tries to reach Budapest with her two children and elderly women take shelter for a few days ...

Urban Guerillas

Urban Guerillas

2003 | 82 min | Drama

2004, Kreuzberg at a time before hipsters, beer bikes and pub crawls: Neco Celik the "German Spike Lee" drew an authentic portrayal of inner-city youth culture. "Neco Çelik's URBAN GUERILLAS stages the Berlin sprayer and graffiti scene like an MTV clip from the Bronx … URBAN GUERILLAS... has what most German films are missing and for which there are no German terms: "attitude" and “street credibility”. (Die Welt) "Neco Celik's URBAN GUERILLAS is like a message in a bottle from a parallel universe... ...

Raju

Raju

2010 | 23 min | Drama

In this Oscar nominated short, a German couple, played by Wotan Wilke Möhring and Julia Richter, adopts an Indian orphan in Kolkata. On their way to the hotel, the boy disappears. The German officials have recommended a local Indian orphanage to them. There the four-year-old boy Raju, who comes from a slum, is introduced to them and handed over. When the boy suddenly disappears and the Indian police cannot get any further with their investigations, Jan himself starts an intensive search.

Berlinized

Berlinized

2012 | 83 min | Documentary

Why do people from around the world gravitate to the German capital? BERLINIZED by Lucian Busse is a tour of 1990s’ Berlin-Mitte, capturing the unique vibe of the club culture and art scene at a very special time in history. After the Berlin Wall fell, a lively and motley scene of young people used the vacant buildings and apartments in Berlin-Mitte as a stage for parties, music performances and art happenings. Long-term success was not an important goal – people lived their lives from one event ...

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Re-Destruction

2021 | 45 min | Documentary

Intertwining aerial photos from pre-war times, 1990s documentary footage, and current-day shots with narrations from unseen Beirut residents, this film uncovers the ignored plight of port-side neighborhoods, revealing a history marred by corruption and relentless construction. Acclaimed Lebanese director Simon El Habre's documentary delves into Beirut’s harsh reconstruction policies, spanning over four decades. It portrays the consequences of corrupt governance and arbitrary rebuilding, which have ...

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Lucky Devils

2013 | 95 min | Music, Dance, Theater

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