FISH LIKE US
written & directed by Raphaela Schmid
2020 I AT I 17’ I fiction short
As part of an unusual farewell ritual, two siblings end up at a Chinese restaurant. Both feel guilty after the recent death of their mother and find it difficult to broach the subject. At another table a father improves his daughter's homework, at the next a date goes wrong, and somewhere in between, the server's collar bursts. Though the tables are close together, the siblings hardly notice the little dramas taking place.
FESTIVALS (selection):
Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Moscow International Film Festival (Russia), Filmfestival Max Ophüls (Germany), VIENNALE (Austria), Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film (Austria), Vienna Shorts (Austria), NEXXT Fest New Directors (Portugal), Concorto Film Festival (Italy), Filmfest Gent (Belgium), Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival (Greece), Vilnius International Film Festival (Lithuania), Shorts Mexico (Mexico), Reykjavík International Film Festival (Iceland), Bolton Film Festival (UK)
Distribution: Lemonade Films