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How to Shoot a Ghost

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Two newly dead young people meet in the streets of Athens, amid the pulsing cityscape and the ghosts of history. One a translator, the other a photographer, they were outsiders in life; in death they struggle with the residue of their longings and mistakes. They wander the city together, finding consolation in the difficult beauty of existence and its aftermath.

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Carson Timar ButteredPopcorn Oct 25
The style and substance of How to Shoot a Ghost both deliver, creating a final product that is both outwardly engaging and internally touching. Go to Full Review Rua Fay Cinemasters Oct 13
It's fitting that a film about mortality and the afterlife has multiple interpretations, considering that everyone has different a idea about what happens after death. Go to Full Review Sarah Manvel Movies We Texted About Sep 5
It is horrendous to think that we have to die into order to find out the truth of our lives, and it is disturbing that so many artists have decided to lean into this idea. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Charlie Kaufman

Director

Jessie Buckley

Actor

Josef Akiki

Actor

Eva H.D.

Narrator

Eva H.D.

Screenwriter

Isabelle Deluce

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Synopsis Two newly dead young people meet in the streets of Athens, amid the pulsing cityscape and the ghosts of history. One a translator, the other a photographer, they were outsiders in life; in death they struggle with the residue of their longings and mistakes. They wander the city together, finding consolation in the difficult beauty of existence and its aftermath.
Director
Charlie Kaufman
Producer
Isabelle Deluce, Emily McCann Lesser
Screenwriter
Eva H.D.
Genre
Short
Original Language
English
Runtime
27m