Daphne Matziaraki
Directing
Biography
Daphne Matziaraki is a Greek director, writer and producer, graduated from University of California, Berkeley. Her thesis-film 4.1 Miles (with Kyriakos Papadopoulos) received critical appraisal and recognition earning her a Gold Medal at 43rd Annual Student Academy Awards, The film went onto receive a nomination for Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 89th Academy Awards. Her first feature-length documentary The Battle for Laikipia premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and went on to win multiple awards and accolades allover the world.
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2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary
The stakes escalate in a longstanding conflict between Indigenous pastoralists and white landowners in Laikipia, Kenya, as unresolved historical injustices and the impact of climate change come to the forefront.
The Battle for Laikipia
A coast guard captain on a small Greek island is suddenly charged with saving thousands of refugees from drowning at sea.
4.1 Miles
The agony and anxiety of living in a migrant camp.
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Driven by the problem of marine plastic pollution, two designers collect nets from the bottom of the sea and, with 3D-printing, transform them into symbols of marine beauty.