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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Daniel Mann

Daniel MANN (Israel) is a London-based filmmaker, researcher and writer. He is known for (co-)directing short and feature-length documentaries, several of which have explored ecological phenomena in relation to human history. His work has been screened in many art centres and international film festivals such as the Berlinale, IFFR, IDFA and Cinéma du Réel. Mann is currently a fellow at the Centre of Humanities and Social Sciences at Queen Mary University of London. He holds a PhD from the Department of Media and the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths College.

Filmography

Complex (2008, short doc, co-dir), Future Diaries (2010, short), The Birdman (2014, doc), Low Tide (2016), Motza el Hayam (2017), Salarium (2018, short doc, co-dir), Rn (2019, instal, co-dir), The Magic Mountain (2020, doc, co-dir), Under a Blue Sea (2024, doc)

Daniel Mann at IFFR

  • Under a Blue Sun

    Gung-ho 1980s action movie Rambo III is reinterpreted through the prism of its real location: the Israeli desert.

    • Tiger Competition
  • The Magic Mountain

    A geological exploration intertwined with the history of our relation to the Earth’s subsoil: the underground worlds of quarries, tunnels and caves.

    • Festival 2020
  • The Teahouse of the August Moon

    Marlon Brando plays a Japanese guide in a Hollywood film shot entirely on Okinawa. Americans try to teach the islanders civilisation and democracy. Ma

    • the bridge in the rain
  • The Magic Mountain

    A geological exploration intertwined with the history of our relation to the Earth’s subsoil: the underground worlds of quarries, tunnels and caves.

    • Bright Future Main Programme
  • Complex

    Seven former members of an army unit re-unite on a lonely parking lot one night: to re-enact their drill for entering a building complex. Screened bef

    • Signals - After Victory