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International Short Films Programme 2: Narrow Margins
Teenagers float down a river playing dead for social media. One of them drifts away unnoticed, past delivery workers, holidaymakers and families too absorbed to see the tragedy passing by.
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 jaded delivery workers, restless holidaymakers and distracted families, each too caught up in their own absurd microcosms to see the quiet tragedy passing by. Shot on film in textured natural light, Daniel Soares builds a kaleidoscopic drifting narrative that questions what short attention spans have stopped noticing.

Credits

Director
Daniel Soares
Screenwriter
Daniel Soares
Producer
Mouloud Ouyahia, Thaddeus Christandl, Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar, Daniel Soares, Romina Orsini
Cinematographer
Marta Simões
Editor
Sandro Aguilar, Daniel Soares
Music
Meara O’Reilly
Cast
Teresa Madruga, João Vicente, Clara Namora, Rui Pedro Silva, Cárin Silva

About the Director

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 has 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 curren