On the first day of the Corona lockdown, the director's father is picked up by an ambulance. He dies shortly thereafter. Mother and daughter mourn in the parental apartment, isolated on 49 square meters — and connected to the outside world only by telephone. With painful intimacy, these phone calls exemplify the loneliness of the mourners in pandemic times. 27 STEPS thus leaves room for interpretation and deals with a universal question: How does isolation affect us when we are dependent on solace and help?
Visions du Réel, Nyon (World Premiere) International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (German Premiere) San Francisco Short Film Festival - Best Documentary Reykjavik Film Festival - Best Documentary Short Budapest Independent Film Festival - Best Documentary Short Jakarta International Independent Film Festival - Best International Short Documentary Flensburger Kurzfilmtage - Jury Award in the category „Venture" Hollywood Golden Age Film Festival - Best Covid19 Short Film Concorto Film Festival, Piacenza Achtung Berlin Film Festival Dresden Film Festival KFFK Kurzfilmfestival Köln Dublin World Film Paris woman Festival Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift New York Nil Gallery
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