Private Project

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.

  • Jill Daniels
    Director
    Journey 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);
  • Jill Daniels
    Writer
  • Jill Daniels
    Producer
  • John McMullin
    Post Production
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 7 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 1, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • East End Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    April 22, 2018
    World premiere
    Official Selection
  • Manifesto Film Festival
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    May 26, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Small Axe @Tolpuddle Film Festival
    Tolpuddle
    United Kingdom
    July 20, 2018
    Jury Award Best Documentary
  • Northern Wave Film Festival
    Rif
    Iceland
    October 27, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Bideodromo International Film Festival, Bilbao
    Bilbao
    Spain
    September 19, 2018
    Official Selection Award Semi-Finalist
  • Darkroom Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    September 29, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Bristol Radical Film Festival
    Bristol
    United Kingdom
    October 13, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Athens Film & Video Festival
    Athens, Ohio
    United States
  • Big Muddy Documentary Film Festival

    United States
    Official Selection
  • Senior Movie Film Festival

    Poland
    Official Selection
  • Women's Film Festival
    Valencia
    Spain
    Official Selection
  • Zczecin Film Festival POP SEFF / TELEFON ART / MUSIC SEFF
    Zczecin
    Poland
    June 16, 2019
    Official Selection
  • 51Zero Arts Festival
    Canterbury
    United Kingdom
    November 8, 2019
Director Biography - Jill Daniels

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.

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