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 faith enough to keep Earth alive?
A comment on the future of the planet, human responsibility, and oppression.

  • Marsia Tzivara
    Director
  • Marsia Tzivara
    Writer
  • Marsia Tzivara
    Producer
  • Daniil Popov
    Key Cast
    "Dania"
    debut
  • Jenny Francis Kuzatz
    Key Cast
    "Androide"
  • Lefteris Kastrinakis
    Production design
  • Danis Karaisaidis
    Editing
  • Kostantinos Bachlitzanakis
    Sound Design
  • Demian Von Pritwitz
    Cinematography
  • Pavlos Mavrikidis
    Color Correction
  • Toise (Berlin)
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany, Spain
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital - DCP
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Drama international shorts film festival
    Drama
    Greece
    August 1, 2018
    Greek premiere
    official selection
  • Bridges international film festival
    Korinthos
    Greece
    'Nostimon Imar award' - Best Greek director who lives abroad.http://piff.cineartfestival.eu/en/festival/awards/
  • Berlin Revolution Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    European premiere
    Official selection
  • Women International film festival (WIFF)

    Pakistan
  • Lift off Filmmakers session 2024

    United Kingdom
Distribution Information
  • Marsia Tzivara
Director Biography - Marsia Tzivara

I am a filmmaker from Greece, living in Berlin for the past eleven years.
I shoot both fiction and documentary films worldwide, and my work has received international awards and mentions.
Mostly interested in social themes and marginalized perspectives, I like to use the power of storytelling to challenge social norms and introduce new ideas and alternatives.
My stories are often inspired by radical social movements and underground urban culture, and I am attracted to unordinary characters that stand against the mainstream.
Since the pandemic breakout, I started experimenting with digital creative media, focusing on the production of short visual forms, that can communicate big messages to alternative audiences.
At the moment, I am in late production with my film ‘Lockdown#leave your myth in Greece, and I teach Film and storytelling in higher and advanced education.

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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 that was made upside down: we first shot the images and then created the story.
Ι would call it a 'visual collage', which in a way broadened my perspectives on storytelling.