International Shorts

Still from Nothing Holier than a Dolphin

7:00 PM, Friday, 10/6, Zeitgeist Zinema 2
*A Dead Mariage Director Michał Toczek in attendance

Warsha - Directed by Dania Bdeir
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom.
15:00 France

Nest, Directed by Hlynur Pálmason
A story of siblings building a tree house together over the course of a year. We experience the beauty and brutality of the seasons, as we follow them through their struggles and moments of joy.
16:00 Denmark

Nothing Holier Than A Dolphin - Directed by Isabella Margara
In a small Mediterranean village, an ancient myth unexpectedly comes to life. Two fishermen find a dolphin accidentally caught in their nets. The dolphin, on its turn, finds a fisherman drowning in the water and tries to save him.
17:00, Greece

Ecce - Directed by Margherita Premuroso
Ecce is an Escherian journey through the ordinary day of a woman who lives every day the same task from which she cannot extricate herself. Soon we will realize that this is not the story of a single woman but that of many people forced to live in the same claustrophobic circle of Dante.
07:00, Italy

A Dead Marriage - Directed by Michał Toczek (in attendance)
Filip works as a professional movie extra and he always plays roles of dead bodies. On the set of a historical film, he meets Lucy, who happens to be also an extra, playing the role of a dead woman. When laying on top of each other during long film-making hours a bittersweet relationship develops between them in the unusual circumstances.
18:35, Poland