Short film

Scaffold

2017 · 15 min

A quiet, observational slice of immigrant working life, watching the world from a precarious height with low-key melancholy and dry humour.

Directed by: Kazik Radwanski
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jasmin Geljo, Igor Drljača

Overview: Recent immigrants to Canada, working on scaffolding break the routine of their job by observing the people in the the neighbourhood from a unique, precarious and ephemeral vantage point.

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Directed by: Kazik Radwanski
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jasmin Geljo, Igor Drljača

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
work
immigration
identity
class
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Kazik Radwanski
Written by: Kazik Radwanski
Starring: Jasmin Geljo, Igor Drljača
Cinematography: Nikolay Michaylov
Runtime: 15 min
Country: Canada
Languages: Bosnian, English

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