I tell stories about dance using images and sound. Some of the stories are very short, some are long. Sometimes the images move and sometimes they don't. but the story is always moving.
I tell stories about dance using images and sound. Some of the stories are very short, some are long. Sometimes the images move and sometimes they don't. but the story is always moving.
Moving Stories
Filmography
Awards
2024 - Best Cinematography // ADA - My Mother the Architect // Jerusalem International Film Festival || Joint Award
2019 - Best Cinematography of a Documentary Series // The Jewish Undeground // Israel
2018 - Best Cinematography // The Museum // Israel Documentary Forum
2013 - Best Cinematography // Garden of Eden //Israel Documentary Forum
2011 - Best Cinematography // Under the Rug // DocAviv
2009 - Best Cinematography // Long Distance // DocAviv
Documentary
2024 - ADA - My Mother the Architect // 83min
2023 - Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine // 64min // Netflix
2021 - Finding Abraham // 30min
2021 - Blue Box // 82min // HotDocs
2021 - The Eternal Flame // 96min // DocAviv
2017 - Shockwaves // 70min // YESdocu
2017 - The Jewish Underground // 91min // IDFA
2017 - The Museum // 74min // Jerusalem IFF
2017 - Elish's Notebooks // 74min // DocAviv
2016 - Made Like A Gun // 54min // Channel 10
2016 - Ain't No Mountain // 60min // Channel 1
2015 - A magical Substance Flows Into Me // 68min // Berlinale Forum
2015 - All That Remains // 59min // YESdocu
2014 - Route 90 // 5*55min // Channel 8
2013 - Sound of Torture // 58min // IDFA
2013 - Not Your Life // 67min // YESdocu
2013 - Dancing in Jaffa // 90min // Tribeca
2012 - Garden Of Eden // 75 min // HotDocs
2011 - Under The Rug // 52min // DocAviv
2011 - Life in Stills // 60min // DocAviv
2009 - Israel LTD. // 90min // IDFA
2009 - Long Distance // 62min // DocAviv
2008 - Voices of El-Sayed // 75min // Jerusalem IFF
Scripted
2024 - Shababnikim S3 // 10*35 // HOT
2024 - The Best Worst Thing // 8*52min // Keshet
2022 - Memory Forest // 4*35min // Kan Kids
2019 - Dina Malul Fights back // 22min
2018 - Pamta // 13*40min // KAN 11
2018 - Ghost Regime // 49*30min // HOT 3
2018 - The House of Battalions // 12min
2017 - High School Festigal // 52min
2016 - The 90min war // 90min // Haifa IFF
2016 - Galis/Connect // 90min // Theatrical
2015 - A Good Family // 12*35min // Channel 1
2014 - Invisibles // 92min // Haifa IFF
2014 - The Red Hood Setup // 90min // Theatrical
2014 - 10% My Child // 84min // Jerusalem IFF
2013 - Dina & Noel // 10min // Berlinale Generation
2011 - Melting Away // 86min // TLVfest
2010 - Nika // 90min // Haifa IFF
About
Perhaps it was fate. With a director for a father and a dancer for a mother, perhaps there was no choice but to end up making dance films. I did, however, choose to marry a rehearsal director. That one's on me...
It is always an inspiring process to transform ideas made for the stage to a screen medium. With over 20 years of experience as a cinematographer, in recent years I found myself working increasingly with dance – and loving it. I direct, shoot, edit, and produce dance-based films. These include longer format dance films, documentary projects, stage-projections and marketing materials. Sometimes I work alone and sometimes in collaboration, depending on the needs of the project, but I try and learn something new from each experience.
During this period, I was blessed to work alongside some incredible choreographers and companies. These include the Gothenburg Opera Dance Company, Sharon Eyal, Alexander Ekman, Damien Jalet, Christine Gouzelis & Paul Blackman and Wang & Ramirez, to name a few.
My experience as a cinematographer taught me to tell stories of many kinds. Working in a wide range of projects - scripted, documentary, music videos and commercials, has allowed me to develop my sense of observation as well as a sensitivity to multiple perspectives and working in diverse conditions with a variety of collaborators. It has introduced me to the world and keeps me wanting to learn more and generate more stories.
To see some of my cinematography work, you are welcome to DanielKedem.com