Film Workshop in Juárez, Mexico

ESTUARIES screens at UC Santa Cruz

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 7pm https://film.ucsc.edu/news

SATURN RETURNS + RETURN RETURN in Seoul

“SATURN RETURNS Returns With RETURN RETURN” – at Steak Cinema 311. August 5 from 7pm, with director in-person Q&A

OUTFEST LA 2022: The Consequences of Belonging, and Not Belonging, In ‘Estuaries’ / Jason Flatt

Estuaries – Artsy Teaser Trailer

L.A. Premiere for ESTUARIES at OUTFEST

Screening Sunday, July 17 at the Redcat in DTLA https://outfestla2022.eventive.org/films/estuaries-62a3b498ba31c900d1275a59

Poetry Videos for the Griffin Foundation

Watch the Griffin Poetry Prize Winner Announcement Film – with 7 poetry videos by Lior Shamriz, for readings by Ed Roberson, Douglas Kearney, Liz Howard, Gemma Gorga, Tolu Oloruntoba, David Bradford and Natalka Bilotserkivets:

ESTUARIES at FRAMELINE SAN FRANCISCO

ESTUARIES will premiere at FRAMELINE 46 on Saturday evening, June 25 at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco. https://www.frameline.org/films/frameline46/estuaries

The Cage on GagaOOLala

The Cage (2017) is now available via GagaOOLala, a Taiwan-based distribution company with one of the world’s largest LGBTQ+ streaming libraries. https://www.gagaoolala.com/en/videos/2691/the-cage-2017

New Short Film Premieres in Oberhausen

“Port Saïd, Santa Cruz, Sarmad Kashani”, a new short film by Lior Shamriz, will premiere in May 2022 in situ at the Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage in Germany. The film is 14 minutes long. “A triptych about projections on bodies, made by projecting on my body.” kurzfilmtage.de

Interdisciplinary Art Project Kobe

“A Short Film About Sarmad” by Lior Shamriz takes part in the exhibition at the Interdisciplinary Art Project Kobe, Japan, at the Katsuhiro atelier on Awaji island, together with works by Norio IMAI, Ryota KUMAKI, Hiromi DEMURA, Shuhei NISHIYAMA, Sung Nam HAN and Katsuhiro YAMAGUCHI. The festival runs March 10-27, 2022. More information on the […]

Loud Voices – Queer Jewish Artists and Scholar on the Weaponization of Antisemitism

Queer Jewish artists and scholars Judith Butler, Lior Shamriz, BH Yael and Marc Siegel discuss their films/work in relation to solidarity with Palestine, and speak back against the increasing weaponization of anti-Semitism, which is used as a method to silence artists and activists.

ON DEMAND November 18 at 2:00pm EST until November 20, 2021

Interview with the Griffin Poetry Prize

In the following interview with the creators of the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners Announcement Film, Chloé Griffin and Lior Shamriz, we discuss the relationship between poems and visual imagery, how resonances across media can expand the significance of the poem beyond simple illustration, and the long-time collaboration between our two interviewees!

Showcase of films by Steak Films Seoul

From June 26 – July 26, Steak Film with Ajo ByAjo and spektakulativ present The Cage, Saturn Returns, L’amour Savuage, The Magic Desk and more. Every weekend in Seoul. https://steakfilm.com/

Film for the Griffin Poetry Prize Premieres June 23

A twenty-minutes film for the Griffin Poetry prize by Lior Shamriz and Chloé Griffin, with poetry reading by Victoria Chang, Yusef Komunyaaka, Srikanth Reddy, Tracy K. Smith, Joseph Dandurand, Canisia Lubrin, Yusuf Saadi and Vlzhyna Mort premiered June 23. http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com Watch it here:

Fetish Puppies at the Tom of Finland house

Long overdue L.A premiere for Fetish Puppies Break Free! at the Tom of Finland House in mid December 2020.

Shop for Prints & Posters

Prints & Posters are available through the following link. Proceeds from prints sales are shared with the performers who appear in the images. https://shop.spektakulativ.com/

Personal Ritual

Project Space Festival Juárez 2020 [SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH] Nos complace presentar el presente evento virtual titulado Personal Ritual (Ritual Personal). Nueve artistas de diferentes partes del mundo crearon un perfomance para ser activado por cualquier persona interesada. Es nuestro deseo mantener esta actividad lo mas privada posible. Que sea como un secreto mutuo. Por […]

Read Untitled by Lior Shamriz

Read “Untitled” – a short story by Lior Shamriz, which was commissioned by MoMA Dirty Looks on Location’s reader in 2013. Under the title “Mining the Collection”, MoMA was inviting filmmakers to respond to films in the MoMA archive, and Shamriz was invited to respond to Lothar Lambart’s 1 Berlin-Harlem. In this short story, Shamriz […]

The Cage and more on Amazon Prime, VimeoVOD

Watch The Cage, A Low Life Mythology, Saturn Returns & Mirrors For Princes on Amazon Prime in the U.K, Japan & U.S. The films are also available via Vimeo VOD, FilmDoo and more. https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08DX5GSWP

Edgar Schmitt in Quarantine – Music on Bandcamp

Edgar Schmitt in Quarantine (WIP) by spektakulativ

FETISH PUPPIES BREAK FREE! & L’AMOUR SAUVAGE at EPFC Los Angeles

Two Short Films By Lior ShamrizSunday March 15 2020Echo Park Film Center,  1200 N Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90026Doors Open 7.30 PM, Screening begins 8.00 PM 1. FETISH PUPPIES BREAK FREE! (2020) 15 minutes. In 1934 Berlin, Jakob is visited by a friend who urges him to leave the country. Following the visit, to clear his […]

Patricia’s Message at IAFT Tokyo

Please join us March 20 – 29 at the MIDORI.so2 Gallery in Tokyo, where Lior Shamriz’s work Patricia’s Message will be installed as part of the Interdisciplinary Art Festival Tokyo. http://i-a-f-t.net/iaft1920_in_tokyo/

Film Screening at the Drawing Center New York

Join us on Thursday, November 21 at 6:30pm for a video screening in conjunction with Wasteland: Open Sessions 16, which will feature videos selected by filmmaker Lior Shamriz, and Open Sessions artist Young Joo Lee. The screening will feature short films focused on shifts in national and individual identities, the displacement and alienation of persons by […]

Patricia’s Message at IAFT Osaka

Beginning November 22.

L’amour Sauvage at Atenum Museum Helsinki

At Urbanapa Atenum Museum, October 2019.

Project Space Juarez – Purge

5 days film/video event programmed by Lior Shamriz in Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. Program Notes This film program presents works expanding from the tension between Labour <> Border <> Body <> A.I.We’re presenting about 40 films from different times and places, screened on both side of the border in Juarez and El Paso. From a […]

Spring in the Park – Excerpt

‘The Cage’ at the Sinheung market in Seoul

‘The Cage’ will screen October 12 at the Sinheung market in Seoul as part of Space One’s Gender Hierarchy.

The Cage (Hebrew Version)

In this iteration of The Cage, the film is told with one narrator, in Hebrew (recorded by the director, Lior Shamriz). In addition to some changes in editing, the soundtrack is comprised only of narration and music, that was written especially for this version.

New short film at the Tom of Finland House in Los Angeles

A new short film by Lior Shamriz set in Berlin in 1934 and filmed at the Tom of Finland house in Echo Park, Los Angeles.

2019 Griffin Poetry Prize Awards Film

Film by Lior Shamriz & Chloe Griffin commissioned for the awards ceremony on June 6 2019.

Fallen Blossoms (2016) – excerpt

Allen is annoyed by Kyle who is flirting and making out with their friend in front of him. At the same time, in a different realm, Kyle is telling a mysterious story about a young girl and the maid who raised her.

Infantile (2005)

Desperately looking for some freedom on the freeways of Israel in this little oldie from 2005.

Echo Park Film Center Screening

Two Works by Lior Shamriz. March 8, 8pm at the Echo Park Film Center in Los Angeles.

Glendale Techno

The Farewell

“The Farewell” is a 40 minutes long film filmed in 2005 by Lior Shamriz in collaboration with the Zaza theater company. A group of misfits must deal with the death of a parental figure, Rosetta. In the absence of Rosetta, the group falls into repetitive behavior interrupted by occasional bursts of violence. In an attempt to escape its despair, the group decides to try and […]

Film program in Juarez

THE BODY IS A CAGE, THE BODY IS CAGED This program in 3 parts is best viewed as a whole — as one long essay with 10 films, broken by two pauses. I curated this program from a personal vantage point, juxtaposing works by different visual artists and filmmakers, including my own work, to explore […]

Interview of Lior Shamriz with Yale University Radio WYBCX

Praxis is the collaborative name for the work of artists Delia and Brainard Carey. The Museum of Non-Visible Art is a project by Praxis, hosted by Yale University Radio

THE CAGE on demand

Call for Actors (Los Angeles)

I’m sharing an initial call for actors for an upcoming project. I’m looking to cast a few different roles for a scripted long-form episodical / art film. * All genders, accents, ethnicities. Mainly 25-40 but not only * Los Angeles area * Paid * Please add a personal introduction, headshot, resume, reel & send it […]

LACDA Los Angeles Exhibition

THE PRESENT – a 4 weeks workshop in Los Angeles

Film director and artist Lior Shamriz leads a 4-week intensive workshop expanding the realm of performance for the camera. This workshop will be using the live process of recording as means to create a framework for extended representation. THE PRESENT – will focus on the construction, representation and manipulation of what we call “the present” […]

THE NIGHT in Frankfurt

DIE PUPILLE – Kino in der Uni 09.07.18 http://www.pupille.org/termin.php?tnr=345

The Cage in Tokyo

FALLEN BLOSSOMS on VIMEO VOD

SpaceOne Seoul Screening

View this post on Instagram 4.5 2018 다음주 목요일 핑크노이즈팝업의 클로징과 함께 리오 샴리즈의 더 케이지 상영회가 있습니다! 4.5 next Thursday, last day to see the exhibition pink noise pop up and a special guest screening Lior Shamriz "The Cage" #artinseoul #artspaceone #spaceone #신흥시장 #스페이스원 #해방촌 A post shared by Space One (@artspaceone) on Mar […]

IAFT 2018 Interview

Artist Talk in Provincetown MA

December 3 2017 Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown 24 Pearl St, Provincetown, Massachusetts 02657 https://www.facebook.com/events/850126721823666/

Installation in Hollywood

Installation at Visual Artists Group, 5239 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles. Corduene Meditation Site and Mirrors for Princes. November 24-26 2017 ” Visual Artist Group is happy to present a new iteration for Lior Shamriz’ Corduene Meditation Space, made especially for the space in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Side by side to the meditation space we will […]