Breathing Still
Part agit-prop, part essay film, Breathing Still creates a compelling portrait of Berlin as the right-wing nationalist party the AfD wins members in Parliament for the first time. Weaving together voice-over, stills, archive and found footage, Daniels’ flaneuse, a follower of the Polish revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg, who was assassinated by fascists nearly a century ago, explores Berlin’s streets, and memorials to Luxemburg and the Jews who once lived there.
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Jill DanielsDirectorJourney to the South 2017; My Private Life II 2015 (25 mins); My Private Life 2014 (63 mins); The Border Crossing 2011 (47 mins); Next Year in Lerin 2010 (40 mins); Not Reconciled (Irreconciliados) 2009 (41 mins); Small Town Girl 2007 (93 mins); Lost in Gainesville 2005 (60 mins); Fool’s Gold 2002 (50 mins);
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Jill DanielsWriter
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Jill DanielsProducer
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John McMullinPost Production
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Project Type:Documentary, Experimental, Short
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Runtime:8 minutes 7 seconds
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Completion Date:February 1, 2018
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Production Budget:1,000 GBP
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:Germany
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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East End Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
April 22, 2018
World premiere
Official Selection -
Manifesto Film FestivalAmsterdam
Netherlands
May 26, 2018
Official Selection -
Small Axe @Tolpuddle Film FestivalTolpuddle
United Kingdom
July 20, 2018
Jury Award Best Documentary -
Northern Wave Film FestivalRif
Iceland
October 27, 2018
Official Selection -
Bideodromo International Film Festival, BilbaoBilbao
Spain
September 19, 2018
Official Selection Award Semi-Finalist -
Darkroom Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
September 29, 2018
Official Selection -
Bristol Radical Film FestivalBristol
United Kingdom
October 13, 2018
Official Selection -
Athens Film & Video FestivalAthens, Ohio
United States -
Big Muddy Documentary Film Festival
United States
Official Selection -
Senior Movie Film Festival
Poland
Official Selection -
Women's Film FestivalValencia
Spain
Official Selection -
Zczecin Film Festival POP SEFF / TELEFON ART / MUSIC SEFFZczecin
Poland
June 16, 2019
Official Selection -
51Zero Arts FestivalCanterbury
United Kingdom
November 8, 2019
Born in Manchester, UK, Jill Daniels has been making experimental fiction and documentary films since 1989. Her films explore memory, place and autobiography. She has won awards at many international film festivals, including Huesca Short Film Festival, Athens Film Festival, Ohio, Filmdirecting4women, UK. She studied Fine Art at Wimbledon Art School in London and Filmmaking at the Royal College of Art, London, and teaches Film at the University of East London. She has shown her work on broadcast TV, cinemas, film festivals, galleries and academic conferences. She is currently working on a series of films about Rosa Luxemburg. Breathing Still is the prologue to the series.
Recent Awards & Nominations:
2018 Best Documentary Small Axe FF Tolpuddle
2017 My Private Life II Jury Award Best Experimental Film, Ann Arbor Experimental Film Festival, USA
2016 My Private Life II Nominated for the Arts & Research Council Innovation Film Award, UK.
2015 My Private Life, Honorable Mention, Athens International Film Festival, Ohio, USA
2012 The Border Crossing, Athens International Film Festival Ohio, USA
2010. Not Reconciled – Best Direction. Bruxelles Fiction and Documentary Film Festival, Belgium; Special Mention, Festival de Cine de Granada, Spain.
2010. Small Town Girl – Best Documentary Feature – filmdirecting4women Film Festival, London. 2009. UK Best UK Documentary, British Film Festival, Los Angeles; nominated Best UK Documentary, Swansea Bay Film Festival.