Iris Zaki
Dr. Iris Zaki is a Grierson award-winning filmmaker with a signature cinematic style. Her films were shown at numerous festivals and universities around the world (incl. IDFA, CPH:DOX, AFI Docs, Karlovy Vary, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs and Hamptons) winning many international prestigious awards, they were featured on TV and were commissioned by The New York Times' OpDocs. She did her PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London, where she explored her innovative interviewing technique - the Abandoned Camera. While working on her current project, Iris continues teaching BA and MA students, while also giving masterclasses in Europe and the US.
Films
UNSETTLING
70', 2018
WOMEN IN SINK
35', 2015
MY KOSHER SHIFTS
20', 2011
SHAMPOO SUMMIT
New York Times, Op-Doc
8', 2016
NATURAL BORN SETTLERS
New York Times, Op-Doc
18', 2019
Awards
Best student film - Grierson Award, UK, 2016
Most Innovative - Visions du Reel, Switzerland, 2015
Special Mention - Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, 2015
Best Short Documentary – Haifa Film Fest, 2016
First Prize – Open City London UK, 2011
Best Student Film - Astra, Romania 2012
Best Ethnographic Film - Intimate Lens, 2012
Special Mention – GIEFF Germany 2012
Special Mention – Contro Squardi, Italy 2012
Special Mention - Serbian Ethnological Film Fest 2012
Special Jury Mention ZagrebDox, Croaia, 2016
Best Short Foreign – Films de Femmes, France, 2016
Best European Doc - ÉCU, France, 2016
Best Short Film – Jewish Motifs, Poland, 2016
Best Short Film – Filmes do Homem, Portugal, 2016
First Prize – Foci Magazine Competition, UK, 2016
Best Short – Society for Visual Anthropology, USA 2016
Special Mention – Corsica.Doc, France 2016
Special Mention - Intimate Lens Italy, 2016
Special Mention - Popoli e Religioni, Italy, 2016
Innovation Award, AHRC Films Awards, UK 2017
Special Mention - SIMA Awards, US, 2019
Bob Simon award for Best Film – Other Israel, US, 2018
Shortlisted for One World Media, UK, 2019
Audience Award – Terni Film Festival, Italy, 2019