Sardinia (film)

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Sardinia
Directed by Paul Kowalski
Written byPaul Kowalski
Produced byPaul Kowalski
Patton Oswalt
Stephanie Furtun
Daniel Leighton
Starring Philip Ettinger
Martha Plimpton
Olek Krupa
Breeda Wool
Production
company
PKino Films
Release date
  • July 26, 2024 (2024-07-26)
Running time
19 minutes
CountriesUnited States, Poland
LanguagesEnglish, Polish

Sardinia is a 2024 satirical drama short film written and directed by Paul Kowalski, about a serious man who tries to avoid catching a deadly laughing plague in a growingly polarized and dystopian society. [1]

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The film is Executive Produced by Emmy-winner Patton Oswalt, and stars Philip Ettinger, Martha Plimpton, Olek Krupa and Breeda Wool. [2]

Sardinia won Grand Prize Best Director at the 42nd Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival, after world premiering at the 2024 Indy Shorts film festival. [3] [4] In November 2024, Deadline named the film an Oscar contender for 2025 Best Live Action Short. [5] [6]

Patton Oswalt described the film "an effortlessly original piece of work" and "beyond timely”. [7] Omeleto called Sardinia “beautifully crafted, intellectually irreverent and thought-provoking…a brilliant inversion of traditional dystopian tropes", likening it to "a modern Kafka fable for our times”. [8]

Plot

After an exotic bird arrives from Sardinia to a US port, a serious Polish-American man called Ryszard Przybyszewski notices his work colleagues stricken with uncontrollable laughter – despite finding himself immune. With news arising that a contagion disrupting nerve signaling and causing fatal laughter is spreading around the globe, Ryszard tries his best to protect his unruly Polish immigrant father and jovial wife, all the while trying to survive in an increasingly dystopian and glum society.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Indy Shorts 2024 Lineup". MovieMaker. 26 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Filmmaker Interview with Paul Kowalski". The Oscar Project Podcast.
  3. ↑ "Paul Kowalski • Director of Sardinia". Cineuropa. 29 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "42nd Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival Winners" (PDF). Flickers Rhode Island.
  5. ↑ "EP Patton Oswalt Boards Oscar Contender Short 'Sardinia', Starring Martha Plimpton, Philip Ettinger". Deadline.
  6. ↑ "Paul Kowalski • Director of Sardinia". Cineuropa.
  7. ↑ "Patton Oswalt Instagram Post". Instagram.
  8. ↑ "SARDINIA on Omeleto". Omeleto YouTube Channel.
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