Synopsis
Makis is a fish farm worker. On his way to work one morning, he is informed that he has died the day before. After failed attempts to prove that he is alive, he accepts his fate with indifference and he spends his last day trying to secure shelter and caretakers for his beloved canaries, up until the time of his funeral.
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Actors (4)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Tripode Productions
- Foreign production company : Blackbird Production
- Film exports/foreign sales : Shortcuts
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriter : Vasilis Kekatos
- Director of Photography : Yiorgos Valsamis
- Music Composer : Kostas Tournas
- Editor : Smaro Papaevangelou
- Sound Recordist : Yannis Antypas
- Foreign producer : Eleni Kossyfidou
- Co-producers : Guillaume Dreyfus, Delphine Schmit
- Production manager : Eleni Kossyfidou
- Sound editor : Valia Tserou
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Black comedy
- Themes : Death, Politics, Society
- Production language : Greek
- Coproducer countries : Greece, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Greece, France)
- Production year : 2018
- Runtime : 19 min 35 seconds
- Visa number : 150.322
- Visa issue date : 14/06/2019
- Production formats : HD 2K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
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Awards (1)
International Short Film Festival in Drama
Greece, 2018
Award for Best Film from Southern and Eastern Europe
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