MEET THE TEAM
LIOR SHAMRIZ (Director/Writer)
Born in Ashkelon on the East Meditarrenean to an Iraqi-Jewish mother and an Iranian-Jewish Father, Shamriz creates films, installations, music, and writes. They’re currently based in Oakland, California. They won awards at Oberhausen Kurzfilimtage (2013,4,5) and presented films at the Berlinale (2010,13,15), Locarno IFF, Sarajevo IFF, MoMA’s New Directors/New Films, BAFICI, Frameline, and Outfest, and exhibited at KW Berlin, and MMCA.
MATT POLZIN (Writer)
Fiction writer whose work has appeared in Chicago Quarterly Review, Indiana Review, and Third Coast Magazine, among other places. He previously collaborated with Lior on Estuaries (2022).
OHAL GRIETZER (Composer)
Composer, performer, and mixed-media artist, who presented at Berlinale, MoMA PS1 and Fridman Gallery. They previously collaborated with Lior on Cancelled Faces (2015).
MAHSHID MODARES
(Co-producer)
Writer, documentary filmmaker, and educator, based in San Jose.
AZAD AZAZYAN
(Co-Producer)
Kurdish-American documentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles.