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Ether

Ether

Synopsis

When a young couple spends a day in the countryside, suppressed tensions bubble to the surface, as they struggle to communicate on questions of power and responsibility.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Cinefondation - World premiere

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 min 9 sec
Format
16mm
Director
Vida Skerk
Producer
Dora Galosi
Editor
Maria Luiza Munhoz
Screenwriter
Niky Pasolini
Director of Photography
Adenike Oke
Production Designer
Violet Goens
Sound
Vicente Molder
Composer
Aizhana Nurkenova
Principal cast
Laura Kaliger, Billy Bolt

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

NFTS (The National Film and Television School)

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

Sales Company

NFTS (The National Film and Television School)

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

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