Distance between us and the sky, The
La distance entre le ciel et nous · dir. Vasilis Kekatos
Greece, France 2019, 9’ · Polish premiere
23 October, 15:00 · Kino Centrum
Night, national road. Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking the 22.50€ he needs to get home; he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.
| Director: | Vasilis Kekatos |
| Screenplay: | Vasilis Kekatos |
| Music: | The Boy |
| Cinematography: | Giorgos Valsamis |
| Editing: | Stamos Dimitropoulos |
| Cast: | Ioko Ioannis Kotidis, Nikos Zeginoglou |
| Producer: | Eleni Kossyfidou |
| Production: | Authorwave, BlackBird Productions, Tripode Productions |
| Awards: | FF w Cannes / Cannes FF – Złota Palma: Najlepszy Film Krótkometrażowy, Palma Queer / Palme d’Or: Best Short Film, Queer Palm (2019) |
Vasilis Kekatos was born in Kefalonia, Greece in 1991. He is a graduate student of the film department of Brunel University’s School of Arts in London. In 2016, he won Sundance Ignite “What’s Next?” Short Film Challenge and received a mentorship from Sundance Institute, with his short Zero Star Hotel.
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