Kino Kosova, 20.–24.9.2023

The Distance Between Us and the Sky

Director	Vasilis Kekatos
Duration	9 min
Language	OV Greek, English
Genre	Short
Cast	Nikos Zeginoglou, Ιοko Ioannis Kotidis
Country	Greece, France
Year	2019
Distributor	Shortcuts Distribution

Synopsis

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.

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Biography

Vasilis Kekatos (1991) is a writer, director and graduate student of Brunel University’s School of Arts, in London. In 2016, he won Sundance Ignite “What’s Next?” Short Film Challenge for young filmmakers and received a mentorship from Sundance Institute, with his short Zero Star Hotel. With his films The Silence of the Dying Fish (2018) and The Distance Between Us and the Sky (2019) he has participated and awarded in many prestigious film festivals, such as Locarno, Sundance, Sarajevo, Tallinn Black Nights, Palm Springs, Clermont-Ferrand and Telluride, while he recently won the Palme d’or and the Queer Palm for best short film in the 72nd edition of Cannes Film Festival.