The Silence of the Dying Fish | 2018 | Greece & France | 19 mn

Locarno IFF 2018 (World Premiere)

Sundance FF 2019 (U.S. Premiere)

Makis is a fish farm worker. On his way to work one morning, he is informed that he has died the day before. After failed attempts to prove that he is alive, he accepts his fate with indifference and he spends his last day trying to secure shelter and caretakers for his beloved canaries, up until the time of his funeral.



CAST Andreas Konstantinou | Alexandra K* | Angelos Skasilas | Alexandros Papaioannou

WRITER | DIRECTOR Vasilis Kekatos

PRODUCER Eleni Kossyfidou

CO-PRODUCERS Delphine Schmit | Guillaume Dreyfus

CINEMATOGRAPHY Giorgos Valsamis

EDITOR Smaro Papaevangelou

PRODUCTION DESIGNER | COSTUMES Eva Goulakou

SOUND Yannis Antypas

SOUND DESIGNER Valia Tserou

SOUND MIXER Kostas Varybobiotis

MAKE-UP ARTIST Ioanna Lygizou

1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Faidra Tsolina

2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Konstantinos Skourletis

PRODUCTION MANAGER Dimitris Nakos

PRODUCTION MANAGER ASSISTANT Eva Kekatou

PRODUCTION DESIGNER ASSISTANT Mary Marmarinou

1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA Kostas Babis

2ND ASSISTANT CAMERA Marios Delias

GAFFER Sakis Kostis

ELECTRICIAN Emilios Tadros

GRIP Konstantinos Charatzoglou

BOOM OPERATOR Vasilis Katsakos

BACKSTAGE PHOTOGRAPHER Maria Tzortzatou

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Nikos Magdalinos

COLOUR GRADING Alexandros Kapidakis | Authorwave

TITLE DESIGNER Nikos Pastras

STORYBOARD Maria X Demas

SCRIPT CONSULTANT Ilektra Ellinikioti

Blackbird Production | Tripode Productions | ERT | μFILM | Greek Film Center | Short/Cuts