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 op IFFR
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The Magic Mountain
Eitan Efrat, Daniel Mann | 68' | Belgium | -
A geological exploration intertwined with the history of our relation to the Earth’s subsoil: the underground worlds of quarries, tunnels and caves. -
Under a Blue Sun
Daniel Mann | 80' | France | World premiere
Gung-ho 1980s action movie Rambo III is reinterpreted through the prism of its real location: the Israeli desert. -
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Daniel Mann | 115' | USA | -
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 Magic Mountain
Eitan Efrat, Daniel Mann | 68' | Belgium | World premiere
A geological exploration intertwined with the history of our relation to the Earth’s subsoil: the underground worlds of quarries, tunnels and caves. -
Complex
Eitan Efrat, Sirah Foighel Brutmann, Daniel Mann | 9' | Israel | None
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… -