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Matan Tal.

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Matan Tal filmmaker Berlin cigar portrait — director of essay films like The Invention of Chris Marker

I’m Matan Tal

filmmaker and film essayist based in Berlin.

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I make films and write to clarify

the modern essay film:

cinema that drifts between essay and fiction,

memory and metadata. Always a labyrinth.

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My films have screened internationally,

including festivals and museums.

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I led a mutiny in film school.

Kayaked solo from Vienna to Budapest in 8 days.

Listed among Berlin's top filmmakers to watch.

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This site brings together my films and my writing on film.

Matan Tal is a Berlin-based filmmaker working in essay film, documentary, and experimental cinema.

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