Private Project

Dania

A futuristic dark tale in a dystopic Berlin.
The last child on earth and his Imaginary friend, fight over the future of the planet
Is it faith enough to keep earth alive?
A comment on the future of the planet, human responsibility and oppression.

  • Marsia Tzivara
    Director
    Burning from the inside
  • Marsia Tzivara
    Writer
    Burning from the inside
  • Marsia Tzivara
    Producer
  • Daniil Popov
    Key Cast
    "Dania"
  • Jenny Francis Kussatz
    Key Cast
  • Manos Gasteratos
    Key Cast
  • Demian Von Prittwitz
    Director of photography
  • Lefteris Kastrinakis
    Visual effects and Pr. design
  • Konstantinos Bachlitzanakis
    Sound design
  • Stamatis Dounis
    Editing
  • Daniis Karaisaidis
    Editing
  • Nekrobot
    Music
  • Stelios K.
    Music
  • Syni Pappa
    Executive Producer
  • Anjela Rebaux
    Set dresser
  • Teiko Ito
    Assistant diriector
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 10, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany, Spain
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    4K
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 24th INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL IN DRAMA
    Drama
    Greece
    September 19, 2018
    World premiere
    Official selection
  • BRIDGES» INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    Korinth, Athens, Nafplio
    Greece
    October 6, 2018
    Official selection, Winner? 'Nostimo imar award'
Distribution Information
  • Kleine Filmfabrik Berlin
    Country: Germany
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Marsia Tzivara

I was born in Greece, i studied in England and i live in Germany.
I have more than 15 years experience in the film and TV industry and i have been involved in numerous national and international productions, mostly as 1st A.D and casting director.
When i moved to Berlin a few years ago, i founded a small independent company, and started producing my on projects.
My debut feature documentary received two international awards and a special mention, while was distributed worldwide.
At the moment, i am on a festival circle with my new short fiction 'Dania', which was premiered a few days ago, and on development with a Palestinian documentary which is also supported by the Arab ministry of culture.
In April 2018, i was one of the ten nominated German producers, who were invited by the R. Bosch Stifftung to the Amman project market in Jordan.
As a result from this experience, i collaborated with the Egyptian director A. Salfyedin and we are now on pre-production with the film '30 years apart'.
At the same time, i am on the writing process with my up coming feature, 'The cat'.

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Director Statement

'Dania' is the outcome of an audio-visual experiment, which took place in the canaries and Berlin. We wanted to challenge the 'norms' of narrative storytelling and create a film which was made upside down: we first shot the images and then created the story. Ι would call it a 'visual collage', which will be premiered in Drama, my country's oldest short film festival.