Amir Ovadia Steklov
Biography
Israeli director and animator, live and works in Berlin Germany.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An interview-based collage probing the situation of Israeli exiles who have chosen Berlin as their new home. Stylish, postmodern and provocative in its intertwining of politics and sex, it offers a wild ride.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A short documentary that explores the complexities of being a political Jewish immigrant in Berlin Germany nowadays. Through interviews, phone calls, and chatting on dating websites, the movie portraits the conflicts young Jewish people have in Berlin.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Are Jewish people in Germany allowed to take a critical view of the war in Gaza? Or do they feel obliged to show solidarity with Israel? Amir wonders how he is perceived here as a peace-loving Jew. Infrared images offer the aesthetics of reversal. The invisible becomes visible, the visible alien. Noise-cancelling headphones momentarily silence the outside in favour of the inside.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A short, funny, and intimate animated film about Amir’s life-journey as a bisexual cis man. The film portrays Amir’s story from early childhood until today, his struggle to fit in a binary culture, and why he feels invisible in the LGBTQ+ community.