Born in 1978 in Ashkelon on the East Mediterranean where they started making films and music. Shamriz creates essayistic narrations that utilise cinema as performance and the cinematic languages as a process of reflexive documentation. Based in Los Angeles.
Presented work at numerous international film festivals, inc. Berlinale (2010, 2013, 2015), Locarno, Torino, Frameline, Sarajevo, BAFICI and venues such as MoMA in New York, KW- Berlin, Centre George Pompidou Paris and the Ludwig Museum Köln, awarded prizes at the Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage (2013,2014,2015), Achtung Berlin New Berlin Award (2010) and more; They were nominated to the Max Ophüls Prize for a Feature Film, shortlisted for the Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Filmkunst in Germany and had retrospectives at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Israel Film Festival Berlin and Ars Independent Katowice. Also makes music.
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RETROSPECTIVES, FILMMAKER IN FOCUS

2015 * REZ Festival Belgrade – Focus Berlin (5 films)
2013 * Retrospective – Ars Independent Katowice
2012 * Filmmaker in Focus (10 films) - 53rd Thessaloniki Intl Film Festival
2012 * Filmmaker in Focus (3 films) – Israel Film Festival Berlin

FESTIVALS

2016 * Solothurner Filmtage Switzerland
* Queer Film Festival Munich
* Queer Film Festival Houston
2015 * Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) - Forum Expanded
* Oberhausen Festival on Tour
Screened in 30 cities around the world – including:
Walker Art Center Minneapolis,
National Gallery Washington DC, 
Goethe Institut New York
Ankara Intl Film Festival Turkey
* Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage – Competition (2 films that year)
* Imagining Euroasia, Gwangju Exhibition
* Berlin Art Film Festival – opening film
* Israel Film Festival Berlin – 3 short films
* Mix NYC Experimental Queer Film Festival
* Tallin Black Nights Film Festival
* Queer Lisboa FF (2 films)
* Queer Porto FF (Portugal)
* Queer Film Festival Jakarta Indonesia
* Romania Queer & Lesbian Film Festival
* Space One Art Space Seoul (exhibition)
* Stuttgarter Filmwinter (Germany)
* Pink Screens Brussels
* TLVfest
* XPosed Queer Film Festival
* Berlin Festival (for music) - special film program
2014 * Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage – Intl Competition
* Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad
* Berlin Art Film Festival
* Sao Paolo Short Film Festival
* Midnight Sun Film Festival Finland
2013 * Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) - Forum Expanded
* Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage – Intl Competition (3 films that year)
* I See Film Festival China – touring Chongqing, Chengdu, Beijing
* Queer City Festival Toronto
* Cluj Film Festival – competition (3 films this year)
2012 * Achtung Berlin Film Festival
2011 * Insko Film Festival Poland
* Köln Kunstfilmbiennale – German Competition
* Torino Film Festival – “Onde” Opening Film
2010 * Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) - Forum Expanded
* Mix Brasil Sao Paolo on Tour (screened in 6 cities in Brazil)
* Kashish Film Festivl Mumbai
* Achtung Berlin Film Festival
* Las Palmas Film Festival – Intl Competition
* TLVFest Tel Aviv
* Northern Lights Film Festival New Castle UK
* FrikFestival Skopje
* Salon des Refuses Film Festival UK
2009 * Köln Kunstfilmbiennale – German Competition
* Torino Film Festival – “Onde” Opening Film
* TLVFest Tel Aviv
* Cork Intl Film Festival Ireland
2008 * Las Palmas Film Festival – Intl Competition
* TLVFest Tel Aviv
* Sarajevo Film Festival – Panorama
* Frameline Film Festival San Francisco
* Mix NYC
* NewFest NYC
* Toronto Inside Out Film Festival
* Amsterdam IFF
* Reeling Chicago
* Milwaukee GLBT FF
* Paris LGBT FF
* IDEM Cordoba Spain
* Festival of Diversity Cordoba Argentina
* Mix Mexico
* Mexico City Week of Intl Cinema – “Best Feature”
* Mix NYC USA
* Gaze Dublin FF
* Fenice Nine Arts Festival Italy
* Identities – Queer Festival Vienna Austria
* New Orleans Middle East FF
* Uruguay Llamale Film Festival
* Mar-del-Plata Libercine Film Festival
* BFI London Gay & Lesbian Film Festival – Intl Competition
* Buenos Aires BAFICI – Filmmakers of the Future Competition
* MoMA / Lincoln Center – New Directors / New Films
2007 * 60 Locarno Film Festival – Filmmakers of the Present Competition
* Nouveau Cinema Montreal – Intl Competition
* Genderbender Bologna
* Queer Lisboa
* Renctonres Internationales Paris Berlin Madrid
* Stuttgarter Filmwinter (Germany)
* Kunstfilmbiennale Cologne – International Competition
* Reykjavik Film Festival – International Competition
2006 * Renctonres Internationales Paris Berlin Madrid
* London Short Film Festival (ICA London)
* OhneKohle Vienna Short Film Festival
* Belo Horizonte Short Film Festival Brazil
* DiBa Film Festival Barcelona

PRIZES

2015 Won: Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage – MuVi 2nd Prize
2014 Won: Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage – Honorable Mention
2013 Won: Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage – 3sat Förderpreis
2013 Won: Cluj Film Festival – Best Film
2010 Won: Achtung Berlin Film Festival – “Best Feature Film”
2008 Won: Mexico City Week of Intl Cinema – “Best Feature”

NOMINATIONS (selection)

2015 Teddy Award – Berlin Film Festival
2015 Forum Expanded Award – Berlin Film Festival
2014 Grimstad Short Film Festival - Norway
2013 Shortlist: Preis der Nationalgalerie (Germany) für junge Filmkunst
2013 Teddy Award – Berlin Film Festival
2010 Teddy Award – Berlin Film Festival
2010 Las Palmas Film Festival – International Competition
2010 Max Ophüls Preis for a Feature Film
2009 Kunstfilmbiennale Cologne – International Competition
2008 Las Palmas Film Festival – International Competition
2008 BAFICI Buenos Aires – Filmmakers of the Future competition
2007 Kunstfilmbiennale Cologne – International Competition
2007 Reykjavik Film Festival – International Competition
2007 Nouveau Cinema Montreal – International Competition
2007 Locarno Film Festival – Filmmakers of the Present competition

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selection)

2016 Imagining New Euroasia – Gwanju Korea
2016 Video Installation - Dynasty Center L.A
2013 Zaquisha Zed – Seoul Geumcheon PS4 – with Naama Yuria
2012 “Ambiguous Being” - Group Exhibition
at Tamtam Berlin, KAV16 Tel Aviv, Hong Gah Museum Taipei
2007 KW Berlin – Kunstfilmbiennale Highlights
2005 The Presence of Unknowing – Bet Ha’Omanim Tel Aviv
2003 The Best Years of Our Lives – Rosenfeld Gallery Tel Aviv

PERFORMANCES
2017 Above The Clothing Line – Filming as Performance - Arts District Los Angeles
2015 WOLF Berlin – Open film/performance during the month of October
2014 PAM Los Angeles – The Gentrification and Killing of Lucinda -
Open performances during the month of June
2013 California Institute of Arts – Power House – 5 days of filming as performance

SCHOLARSHIPS, RESIDENCIES (Selection)

2017 Shiro Oni – Gunma Japan Residency (JA)
2017 IfA Germany, Goethe Institut Korea – Project Support (DE)
2017 SeMA – Seoul Museum of Art Residency (KO)
2015 Taipei Art Village residency (TW)
2015 Geumcheon Art Residency Seoul (KO)
2013-14 DAAD Fellowship - Visiting Scholar / Lecturer - CalArts, California
2014 PAM – Los Angeles Performance Space Residency (USA)
2013 Geumcheon Art Residency Seoul (KO)
2012 Berlin Medienboard – Project Grant (DE)
2010 Bambi Foundation Grant (FR)
2010 Berlin Medienboard – Project Grant (DE)
2007-9 Sharett Scholarship of the “America Israel Foundation”
1999 Scholarship - Goethe Institut Tel Aviv / Rothenburg o.d. Tauber

EDUCATION / TEACHING

2017 Teacher - 8 Weeks Workshop – Film / Performance – PAM Los Angeles
2016 Teacher - 4 Weeks Workshop – Film / Performance – PAM Los Angeles
2013-14 Visiting Scholar / Visiting Lecturer - CalArts, California
2012,3 Teacher – Hangzhou China Art Academy, New Media department
M.F.A Program of the University of Arts Berlin, CdK
2013 Guest teacher – Seoul Art Space Geumcheon
2011,2 Guest teacher – Berlin University of Arts, Sauen Workshops
2011-3 Guest teacher – Filmarche School for Cinema, Berlin
2006-9 Studied at the Berlin University of Art (UdK)

Experimental Media Design, Graduating with Honors (Cum Laude)
2002-04 Studied at the “Sam Spiegel” Film School Jerusalem
1995 Studied at the Open University Tel Aviv during high school

MASTER CLASSES, PANELS, JURY

2013 * Panel – Berlin Film Festival
* Panel – Oberhausen FF
* Jury Member – Ars Independent FF Katowice (PL)
* Master Class Ars Independent FF Katowice (PL)
2009 * Guest Speaker - University of Toronto–“Queer Here Queer Now” (CA)
2008 * Guest Expert, Panel & Masterclass – Sarajevo Film Festival

COMMISSIONS

2015 Music Videos for the German band Kreidler / SPEX Magazine
2013 Video Commissioned by the Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage Festival
2013 Video Installations – Toronto Griffin Poetry Prize
2012 Experimental Film commissioned by the CdK – Berlin / Hangzhou
2011 Documentary commissioned by the Griffin Poetry Prize Toronto

CURATIONS

2016 Curator: L.A Domestic Summer Screenings (with Jesse Hoffmann)
2015 Curator: Space One Seoul - Magic is merely domestic

MISCELLANEOUS

2016 * Theater Project – Directing Brian Getnick for Moonchops
– Live Arts Exchange at Automata L.A (together with Asher Hartman)
2012 * Text for MoMA NYC Reader publication – Dirty Looks on Location
2009 * Film editor–“Season Sorrow” - Latvian Pavilion, Venice Biennale
2005 * Film editor (“Mother” by Michal Levin, “World Top” by Maya Kenig)
2000-4 * Designer, News & Content Editor - Haaretz Newspaper Online (IL)
1996 * School teacher – Nof Yam School Ashkelon, ca. 8 months (IL)

LANGUAGES
Hebrew (Mother tongue), English (Fluent), German (Very Good)
French (Intermediate), Arabic (Basic), Japanese (Basic)

LINK TO SELECTED PRESS REVIEWS
in 12 languages
https://dropbox.com/sh/3o60jajg3k5vc0v/AABFOZB1ITdLM-0aRQ5vNwGka

LINK TO PORTFOLIO
https://vimeo.com/187436749 password: lior2017



FILMOGRAPHY (Selection)

2017 * “The Cage”, 70 minutes
2016 * “Fallen Blossoms”, 65 minutes
2015 * “The Night”, 7 minutes
2015 * “Cancelled Faces”, 80 mins
2014 * “L’amour sauvage”,25 mins
2013 * “The Way of the Shaman”, 50 mins
(Video Installation) – co-directed with Naama Yuria
2013 * “The Present of Cinema”,7 mins
2013 * “The Runaway Troupe of the Cartesian Theater”,18 mins
2012 * “Beyond Love And Companionship”, 18 mins
* “A Low Life Mythology”, 80 mins
2010 * “Mirrors for Princes”, 63 mins
* “Titan”, 40 mins
* “Ritenuto”, 55 mins
* “Return Return”, 26 mins
2009 * “Saturn Returns”, 93 mins
2008 * “The Magic Desk”, 10 mins
* “Vacuum Cleaner”, 7 mins
2007 * “The Whitman Project”, 50 minutes – co-directed with Heinz Emigholz
* “Before the Flowers of Friendship Faded Friendship Faded”,7m
* “Japan Japan”, 65 mins
2006 * “Ho! Terrible Exteriors”, 28 mins
2005 * “Return to the Savanna” – 6 short films, 75 mins in total
2002 * “Albania”, 7 mins