Palm Springs International Film Society
shortfest 2025

  • DUTY FREE

    Directed by Hilke Rönnfeldt
    Germany/Sweden/Denmark | 17 minutes | U.S. Premiere | ON THE JOB

ShortFest 2025

The shop manager of a floating bordershop container in the Baltic Sea casts off the chains to shore to save the universe of love she and her employees have created inside.

film details

Director: Hilke Rönnfeldt
Producers: Sebastian Weyland, Virginia Martin, Hilke Rönnfeldt, Caroline Drab, Giulia Triolo
Screenwriter: Hilke Rönnfeldt
Cinematographers: Maria Goya Barquet
Editor: Matilda Henningsson
Music: Daniel Herskedal, Sigurlaug Thorarensen, Julius Pollux Rothlaender
Cast: Clara Dessau, David Bredin, Malin Levanon, Yandeh Sallah, Arash Marandi
Country: Germany/Sweden/Denmark
Language: in German, Swedish, and Danish with English subtitles
Year: 2024
Running Time: 17 minutes
Premiere Status: U.S. Premiere
Primary Company: Heimathafen Film

Screening in:

ON THE JOB

From the confines of the office to the high seas and everywhere in between, punch in and enjoy these funny and fraught portraits of working life.

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ShortFest 2025