Overview

• The 27-minute short will debut out of competition at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, according to the festival program.
• Jessie Buckley and Josef Akiki star as two newly dead outsiders who meet in Athens, one a translator and the other a photographer.
• The screenplay is by poet Eva H. D., and Kaufman celebrated returning to Venice, which he credited with helping launch his career.
• Executive producers include Halsey, with Pitchfork reporting that her company Unmade is among the producing partners.
• Pitchfork also reports a Rufus and Martha Wainwright cover of Lou Reed’s Perfect Day, and one outlet says the film was shot in Athens.