Daniel Zander

An Avantgarde Portrait Of Classical Musician Puschan Mousavi Malvani.

“The Way We Dream” is the third Anthology Film of the “Letterboxd Independent Filmmakers” Discord Server, for which eleven cinematic artists from around the globe came together to create Short Film Works centered upon the primary notion of “Dreams”.

After I had already begun to conduct my first cinematographic experiments in 2015, I shot between 2016 and 2019 (during my time as a student in Rostock) exclusively for this "No Budget Feature-Length Experimental Film", now titled "Transfragmentation", which was originally conceived to last three hours, based on Werner Fritsch's "Faust Sonnengesang" (2011), but now has a running time of approximately two hours. In 2015, I also began my correspondence with the Brussels-based Sound-Artist Unenthüllte, who eventually composed four twenty-minute pieces for this work and has to be regarded as my sole artistic collaborator in this sense. My cinematographic concept was clearly outlined from the beginning: The duration of each shot is exactly 1 minute. Only two elements diverge from this primary premise: The Seventeen Minute Prelude, Created In Post-Production (2020-2022), And The Slow Motion Sequences Involving My Voice-Over, Which Linger In The Heart And At The End Of The Work.

Shaving, Deterioration, Sonic Turmoil...

A »No Budget Middle-Length Flicker Film« Created During The Course Of 2022. Shot Primarily In The "Zarnewanzer Ur-Strom-Tal" & Beyond, Baden-Württembergs "Kleiner Odenwald" & Berlin.

5 short films, from 5 directors and 4 different countries on the theme of the Alter-Ego. The "Alter Ego Film Project" is inspired by the spirit of Maya Deren and her way of making films. Between double personality, secret identity, doppelgänger and impossible love we have discovered several unconventional stories halfway between narrative and experimental.

An “Extreme (Experimental) Cinema”-Rendition Of The “Apocalypse Of John”, Created For »White Gardenia's King James Bible«-Anthology Film.

A Silent Mixed Media Short Film Poem Shot Primarily In The “Zarnewanzer Ur-Strom-Tal”, Baden-Württembergs “Kleiner Odenwald”, Rostock, Berlin & Paris. Shot With Bolex H16 Reflex REX-3, Samsung My Cam Pal K70, Mobile Phone & Mini F9 DVR Video Cam. A Genuine Cinematographic Dream, Starring The Great Parisian Actress Marilena Mannevy("Romy et les choses de ma vie"; "Love Songs for Scumbags", "Flesh City").