Lior Shamriz

Directing

Lior Shamriz

Born

1978-09-13 (48)

Place of birth

Ashkelon, Israel

Known for

Directing

Credits

48 titles

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

Behind the camera

Estuaries poster
1.0

After the death of his partner, Eli turns to the recently deceased’s artist friends for a hand with his immigration, but some of them have ulterior motives.

Estuaries

2022

Estuaries poster
1.0

After the death of his partner, Eli turns to the recently deceased’s artist friends for a hand with his immigration, but some of them have ulterior motives.

Estuaries

2022

Estuaries poster
1.0

After the death of his partner, Eli turns to the recently deceased’s artist friends for a hand with his immigration, but some of them have ulterior motives.

Estuaries

2022

The Cage poster
3.8

After being framed in a murder, Nick returns to his troubled hometown Exalon, where he begins an affair with a young man working at a family restaurant.

The Cage

2018

The Cage poster
3.8

After being framed in a murder, Nick returns to his troubled hometown Exalon, where he begins an affair with a young man working at a family restaurant.

The Cage

2018

The Cage poster
3.8

After being framed in a murder, Nick returns to his troubled hometown Exalon, where he begins an affair with a young man working at a family restaurant.

The Cage

2018

The Night poster
2.0

The cheap white sport socks of the man in front of me on the cue to Aldi’s cashier, reminded me of you. Edited from recycled materials that were originally filmed for music-videos for the band Kreidler, this short film premiered at the Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage 2015.

The Night

2015

The Night poster
2.0

The cheap white sport socks of the man in front of me on the cue to Aldi’s cashier, reminded me of you. Edited from recycled materials that were originally filmed for music-videos for the band Kreidler, this short film premiered at the Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage 2015.

The Night

2015

The Night poster
2.0

The cheap white sport socks of the man in front of me on the cue to Aldi’s cashier, reminded me of you. Edited from recycled materials that were originally filmed for music-videos for the band Kreidler, this short film premiered at the Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage 2015.

The Night

2015

L'amour sauvage poster
2.0

Lost love, lost artistic collaboration, the two are meeting for one night as she briefly visits the city where he still lives.

L'amour sauvage

2014

L'amour sauvage poster
2.0

Lost love, lost artistic collaboration, the two are meeting for one night as she briefly visits the city where he still lives.

L'amour sauvage

2014

L'amour sauvage poster
2.0

Lost love, lost artistic collaboration, the two are meeting for one night as she briefly visits the city where he still lives.

L'amour sauvage

2014

Even a Dog in Babylon Is Free poster
NR

Inspired by a letter written in the 7th century BC by the Babylonians to the Assyrian king Esarhaddon, in which they demand equal rights to the foreigners in their city, a radical staging of debates, doubts and solidarity arises.

Even a Dog in Babylon Is Free

2024

Fetish Puppies Break Free! poster
2.0

In 1934 Berlin, a Black Jew who is married to a White German is visited by a friend who urges him to flee the country. A screening of a German expressionistic film about a horny Golem resurrected by Mark Zuckerberg is disrupted by a visit of a man from the future.

Fetish Puppies Break Free!

2019

Fetish Puppies Break Free! poster
2.0

In 1934 Berlin, a Black Jew who is married to a White German is visited by a friend who urges him to flee the country. A screening of a German expressionistic film about a horny Golem resurrected by Mark Zuckerberg is disrupted by a visit of a man from the future.

Fetish Puppies Break Free!

2019

Fetish Puppies Break Free! poster
2.0

In 1934 Berlin, a Black Jew who is married to a White German is visited by a friend who urges him to flee the country. A screening of a German expressionistic film about a horny Golem resurrected by Mark Zuckerberg is disrupted by a visit of a man from the future.

Fetish Puppies Break Free!

2019

A Low Life Mythology poster
3.7

A contemporary love story taking place in the heart of Europe, of two passionate young persons, whose sense of reality is too frequently mediated by a failure to 'live in the moment' and by computer screens.

A Low Life Mythology

2012

A Low Life Mythology poster
3.7

A contemporary love story taking place in the heart of Europe, of two passionate young persons, whose sense of reality is too frequently mediated by a failure to 'live in the moment' and by computer screens.

A Low Life Mythology

2012

A Low Life Mythology poster
3.7

A contemporary love story taking place in the heart of Europe, of two passionate young persons, whose sense of reality is too frequently mediated by a failure to 'live in the moment' and by computer screens.

A Low Life Mythology

2012

Cancelled Faces poster
5.0

Korea, the now: A young man makes a fateful encounter with a stranger he passionately falls in love with. When Unk rides his scooter through the night he fails to notice a drunk pedestrian, a man called Boaz, and hits him. The accident has unforeseen repercussions since shortly afterwards Unk and Boaz start an intense relationship that leads into a gradually worsening dependency.

Cancelled Faces

2015

Japan Japan poster
4.2

The film tells the story of Imri, who at 19 goes to live in Tel Aviv, but dreams of moving to Japan. Through his relationships and encounters and in diverse cinematic tools, we are introduced to the young person’s life. An exploration of living in the exotic city of Tel Aviv is presented through a hero who are themselves in the midst of exploring his own choice of an exotic place. A unique correlation is formed between the hero’s misconception of Japan and ours of them. The movie was constructed by both improvised and pre-scripted scenes, as required by the nature of each scene. (Taken from the Filmmaker's Website:

Japan Japan

2007

Japan Japan poster
4.2

The film tells the story of Imri, who at 19 goes to live in Tel Aviv, but dreams of moving to Japan. Through his relationships and encounters and in diverse cinematic tools, we are introduced to the young person’s life. An exploration of living in the exotic city of Tel Aviv is presented through a hero who are themselves in the midst of exploring his own choice of an exotic place. A unique correlation is formed between the hero’s misconception of Japan and ours of them. The movie was constructed by both improvised and pre-scripted scenes, as required by the nature of each scene. (Taken from the Filmmaker's Website:

Japan Japan

2007

No artwork available
NR

One of three experimental "Satellite Films" published with the feature film "Saturn Returns". Imri Kahn reads two chapters from Kurt Vonnegut's “The Sirens of Titan”. Accompanying his reading are internet-available images from the satellite and its planet Saturn.

Titan

2010

Albania poster
NR

A short movie about three girls.

Albania

2002

Beyond Love and Companionship poster
NR

Eleanor, an Israeli experimental musician living in Berlin, discovers what ruins her life. “I think that Germany is responsible for 9/11″

Beyond Love and Companionship

2012

Port Saïd, Santa Cruz, Sarmad Kashani poster
NR

A triptych about projections on bodies, made by projecting on my body.

Port Saïd, Santa Cruz, Sarmad Kashani

2022

Port Saïd, Santa Cruz, Sarmad Kashani poster
NR

A triptych about projections on bodies, made by projecting on my body.

Port Saïd, Santa Cruz, Sarmad Kashani

2022

Port Saïd, Santa Cruz, Sarmad Kashani poster
NR

A triptych about projections on bodies, made by projecting on my body.

Port Saïd, Santa Cruz, Sarmad Kashani

2022

Ho! Terrible Exteriors poster
3.3

An attempt to combine two different types of movies. One is the poetic and erotic journey of an urban couple trying to reconnect with nature. The other is a shallow comedy about a love triangle in Tel Aviv.

Ho! Terrible Exteriors

2006

Ho! Terrible Exteriors poster
3.3

An attempt to combine two different types of movies. One is the poetic and erotic journey of an urban couple trying to reconnect with nature. The other is a shallow comedy about a love triangle in Tel Aviv.

Ho! Terrible Exteriors

2006

Ho! Terrible Exteriors poster
3.3

An attempt to combine two different types of movies. One is the poetic and erotic journey of an urban couple trying to reconnect with nature. The other is a shallow comedy about a love triangle in Tel Aviv.

Ho! Terrible Exteriors

2006

Mirrors for Princes poster
2.3

A psychedelic life story of an immigrant from a village to the city and his son - an art student making videos.

Mirrors for Princes

2011

Mirrors for Princes poster
2.3

A psychedelic life story of an immigrant from a village to the city and his son - an art student making videos.

Mirrors for Princes

2011

Mirrors for Princes poster
2.3

A psychedelic life story of an immigrant from a village to the city and his son - an art student making videos.

Mirrors for Princes

2011

Saturn Returns poster
5.5

Lucy, a privileged North American in contemporary Berlin, living a life of post Punk hedonism, roams the streets with her best friend, Derek. Together they use the city like a playground, a stage, and a never ending party. Into their lives enters Galia, a young Israeli woman carrying the promise of a better, cleaner way of living. A tribute to Punk underground films turns into a melodrama in "Saturn Returns", mirroring Lucy and Galia's modulating states of mind. Our and their look into each other's life and culture, becomes an investigation of empty facades. The film was constructed by both improvised and pre-scripted scenes, as required by the nature of each scene.

Saturn Returns

2009

Saturn Returns poster
5.5

Lucy, a privileged North American in contemporary Berlin, living a life of post Punk hedonism, roams the streets with her best friend, Derek. Together they use the city like a playground, a stage, and a never ending party. Into their lives enters Galia, a young Israeli woman carrying the promise of a better, cleaner way of living. A tribute to Punk underground films turns into a melodrama in "Saturn Returns", mirroring Lucy and Galia's modulating states of mind. Our and their look into each other's life and culture, becomes an investigation of empty facades. The film was constructed by both improvised and pre-scripted scenes, as required by the nature of each scene.

Saturn Returns

2009

Saturn Returns poster
5.5

Lucy, a privileged North American in contemporary Berlin, living a life of post Punk hedonism, roams the streets with her best friend, Derek. Together they use the city like a playground, a stage, and a never ending party. Into their lives enters Galia, a young Israeli woman carrying the promise of a better, cleaner way of living. A tribute to Punk underground films turns into a melodrama in "Saturn Returns", mirroring Lucy and Galia's modulating states of mind. Our and their look into each other's life and culture, becomes an investigation of empty facades. The film was constructed by both improvised and pre-scripted scenes, as required by the nature of each scene.

Saturn Returns

2009

No artwork available
NR

Commissioned by the Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage

The Present of Cinema

2013

The Runaway Troupe of the Cartesian Theater poster
NR

A person of undefined gender and ethnicity is sent by a German cultural institution to a city in China, where s/he experiences a cruel conspiracy against her/his loved one.

The Runaway Troupe of the Cartesian Theater

2013

The Runaway Troupe of the Cartesian Theater poster
NR

A person of undefined gender and ethnicity is sent by a German cultural institution to a city in China, where s/he experiences a cruel conspiracy against her/his loved one.

The Runaway Troupe of the Cartesian Theater

2013