A group of teenagers floats down the river, pretending to be dead for social media. One of them drifts away unnoticed. As the body floats downstream, it passes overworked delivery workers, restless holidaymakers, and distracted families, each too caught up in their own absurd microcosms to see the quiet tragedy passing by.
Filmmaker details: Daniel Soares
Daniel Soares is a Portuguese writer and director born in Germany. His short films have premiered at major international festivals including Cannes, Telluride, Locarno, Clermont- Ferrand, and Hong Kong. His work received several awards, including a Special Mention for the Short Film Palme d’Or at Cannes, the Grand Prix at Premiers Plans d’Angers, and Best Short Film at IndieLisboa. He is currently developing his debut feature film 900 TONS which has been selected for the Ikusmira Berriak Residency in San Sebastián, the Torino Film Lab, and the LIM programme at Le Groupe Ouest. His latest short film, A FEW THINGS HAPPENING BY A RIVER, was developed at the Berlinale Talents Short Form Station. He is a member of the European Film Academy. Alongside his filmmaking, his photography has been exhibited at the International Center of Photography in New York.