Matan Rochlitz
filmmaker / communications specialist
I Have a Message for You
Dir. Matan Rochlitz
Prod. The New York Times Op-Docs
On April 4th 1943, a young woman finds herself on a train.
A decision she makes that day saves her life, but leaves a huge burden on her conscience.
Until, 20 years later, she meets a stranger, with a message for her.
Emmy Award Nominee 2018
Peabody Award Nominee 2018
World Press Photo - 2nd Prize Long Form 2018
The Runners
Dir: Matan Rochlitz & Ivo Gormley
Prod: Banyak Films
Pounding the tarmac through the seasons, a band of runners are brazenly challenged with intimate questions as they pace their routes. Liberated from responsibilities, their guards drop dramatically, releasing funny and brutally frank confessions, and weaving a powerful narrative behind the anonymous masses.
**OFFICIAL SELECTION - SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST 2013**
** HONOURABLE MENTION - LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2014**
**OFFICIAL SELECTION - OPEN CITY DOCS, LONDON 2013**
**OFFICIAL SELECTION - NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL 2013**
**OFFICIAL SELECTION - KAOHSIUNG FILM FESTIVAL, TAIWAN 2013**
Peace for Paris
Dir: Matan Rochlitz
Prod: The Guardian Media
Artist Jean Jullien designed the Peace for Paris symbol after the terror attacks last year. The image, combining the Eiffel Tower with the traditional peace symbol, quickly spread across social media as a way of showing solidarity with France. Three months after the terrorist attacks in the French capital, Jullien designs a new image of hope out of the tears of the past.
Mozzarella Inc.
Dir: Matan Rochlitz
Prod: Banyak Films
A former drum & bass DJ and an ex club promoter from Italy are providing London's restaurants with the freshest Buffalo mozzarella on the market; They won't stop at anything to be the best. Even if it costs them their friendship.
WINNER: Best Short, 2012 Chicago Food Film Festival