Night Shift

Salote, an airport cleaner starts another long night shift. She keeps her head down, does her job and gleans her survival from what others leave behind. No one would usually spare her a second glance.
New Zealand Production
Short 2012 Drama 15.00 minutes
Night Shift Still 2
Amidst the arrivals and departures, an airport cleaner faces the longest journey.
2012: Cannes Short Film Competition
Sydney Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
New York Film Festival
Vladivostok International Film Festival
Valladolid International Film Festival
Show Me Shorts Film Festival
New Zealand International Film Festival
2013: Aspen Shortsfest
RiverRun International Film Festival
FIFO
Flickerfest
Sundance
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Cinequest
Hong Kong International Film Festival
SouthSide Film Festival
Palm Springs
Heart of Gold International Film Festival
Rome International Film Festival
Hawaii International Film Festival

Directors

Zia Mandviwalla

Producers

Matt Noonan
Chelsea Winstanley

Screenplay Writers

Zia Mandviwalla

Executive Producers

Maile Daugherty
Michael Bennett

Cast

Anapela Polataivao
Saote
Leon Dobrinski
Yury
Bree Peters
Supervisor

Crew

Ari Wegner | Director of Photography
Dave Coulson | Editor

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