BIOGRAPHY
Oswaldo Díaz Medina
Born in Lima, Peru.
At the age of 12 Oswaldo took part in a Peruvian dance group, where he trained for several years.
Between 1998 and 1999 he performed as an actor for theater productions.
Both art forms brought Oswaldo to directing.
In 2005 Oswaldo graduated at the University of Lima as Bachelor in Communications.
In 2006 he finished his Master in Audiovisual Production at the Autónoma University of Barcelona.
Since 2009 Oswaldo lives in Berlin, where he finished his studies in film direction at the German Film and Television Academy - dffb.
In 2016 he releases YOUKALI, a world for foreigners, his first fiction feature film, which took part in six festivals around the world.
Since 2018 he is developing SELFIE, his first experimental
documentary film project, this time in Odisha, India.
FILMOGRAPHY
DROPS
2001 - Peru
A girl stays home alone just with her puppy. But meanwhile she sleeps, someone else will prepare an unexpected end.
Cast: Melania Urbina
Cinematography: Alvaro de los Ríos
Shortfilm / Horror / 5' / 16 mm
The Last Dinner
2002 - Peru
Alejandra will be inducted by ghosts into the house where she was originally born. There she will find out how her family was slaughtered by terrorists as she was a baby.
Cast: Karen Spano, Rosa Wunder, Elí Miñano
Cinematography: Alvaro de los Ríos
Shortfilm / Horror / 16' / 35 mm
Half an hour
2011 - Germany
Adam tries to help Gio after this one got fired. Slowly, both colleagues will deeply fall into a dark journey of violence and manipulation.
Cast: Bozidar Kocevski / Thomas Kolasa
Cinematography: Richard Marx
Medium-length film / Suspense / 45' / HD
©dffb
Behind the door
2012 - Germany
Alex visits a darkroom, where he finds out by himself, the reasons why he would never find the love he expects.
Cast: Bozidar Kocevski / Janet Rothe / Hans Hendrik Trost / Agnes Krasznahorkai
Cinematography: Richard Marx
Medium-length film / Experimental drama
44' / HD / ©dffb
YOUKALI, a world for foreigners
2016 - Germany
Kenny (31) from Sri Lanka tries to further his career as a musician in Berlin.
He rents a spare room from Rola (80) who lives alone in a big house on the outskirts of Berlin.
In living together these two completely different individuals experience, besides all prejudgements, an unexpected magical connection.
Cast: Kenebert Stanley / Rola Radsey / Tatjana Novikova / Ulices Flores / Komet Bernhard / Jean-Denis Römer
Cinematography: Paul Rohlfs
Producer: Tara Biere
Feature film / Drama / 73' / HD
©dffb
