How to Shoot a Ghost (2025)

A Monarch Kaleidoscope Production

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.

Format

Narrative Short Film

Production Companies

An Unmade, Soft Focus Films, and Monarch Kaleidoscope production, co-produced with Green Olive Films, in association with Nightjar Films and Liaison Pictures, with the support of Onassis Stegi, and the participation of the Athens Film Office and the Municipality of Athens

Credits

DIRECTOR: Charlie Kaufman WRITER: Eva H.D.
PRODUCERS: Isabelle Deluce & Emily McCann Lesser
EXEC PRODUCERS: Halsey, Anthony Li, Avan Jogia, Nathan Mardis, Matt Hartly, Afroditi Panagiotakou, Jason Tyrrell, Franklin Laviola, Nicholas Laviola, Elli Papadiamanti, John Henry Hinkel, Andrew Ostapchenko, Fil Ieropoulos, Foivos Dousos, Kyle Mann, & Simos Manganis. DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Michał Dymek
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Kim Jennings
COMPOSERS: Ella van der Woude
EDITOR: Rob Frazen & Jon Daniel CASTING DIRECTORS: Kleopatra Ampatzoglou
SOUND DESIGNER: Lew Goldstein COLORIST: Joseph Bicknell

Status

Set to world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival 2025

Cast

Jessie Buckley & Joseph Akiki