The Cannes parallel section focusing on new talent has selected Everything Will Be Okay by Patrick Vollrath for its short film program. The film, produced at the Vienna Filmakademie where Vollrath studies
film directing with Michael Haneke, narrates the story of a weekend father and his desperate attempts to stay close
to his 8-year-old daughter.
EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY
directed by Patrick Vollrath
supported by: Wien Kultur, Filmakademie, Gebhardt Film, Freunde der Filmakademie
A weekend-father picks up his eight-year-old daughter Lea.It pretty much seems like every second weekend. But after a while
Lea cant help but feeling that something is just not right. So begins a fatal journey, leading to an inevitable catastrophe.
with: Simon Schwarz, Julia Pointner
Patrick Vollrath: «I tried to remove everything that could create suspense artificially. My aim was to make an honest little
film that showed how this incident would happen in real life.»