ABOUT

SYNOPSIS

Anna lives on the outskirts of Prague with her son Sasha in a dismal housing project. When her neighbor can’t watch Sasha for the day, Anna must bring him along. Getting to work proves to be challenging. The bus she takes is not running. Anna hurries to another stop and catches a bus just in time. She arrives late to work, an audio dubbing session for an American film with Thomas, an ornery director, and Ed, his sheepish producer. What follows is something unforeseen, and gives us a unique glimpse into the depths of Anna’s inner world.

DIRECTORS STATEMENT

For me the significance of this film was simply to make a film. I was writing a feature at the time and was feeling frustrated. I rarely have an idea for a short film so when this project came up I immediately wanted to do it.

Short films are unique in structure and narrative behavior so it was a challenge to make it all work. The ending in particular went through several iterations before we found the right one.

I am always amazed at how film finds a new language beyond its maker’s intentions. This film was no exception. The footage surprised me in ways that I was unprepared for. That was its inherent beauty: revealing its true self not only to the audience but to its maker. Needless to say I learned a lot.

BIOS

EDWARD FELDMAN is a director living in San Francisco. He has worked with director Caveh Zahedi, most recently on “I am a Sex Addict” released last year with IFC Films. He is currently in pre-production on a short film entitled “Light from Below”. In addition, he is writing a feature film scheduled to start production in the spring 0f 2009. “A Day’s Work” is his first narrative film.

ALEKSANDAR MANIC is an award-winning director, writer and producer living in Prague. His most recent film, “Shutka Book of Records,” won several prizes including the Amnesty International Film Award in 2005 and the Audience Award at the Madrid International Documentary Film Festival. His other films include “Shooting Days - Emir Kusturica’s Directs Underground “The Walls of Kosovo - a province at war”, “The Orphans of Enver Hoxha” and “Doger - the Serbian Revolution.”

San Francisco filmmaker THOMAS LOGORECI recently produced and co-edited Caveh Zahedi's IFC Films critically-acclaimed feature, 'I Am A Sex Addict'. He also shot and edited Zahedi's 'The World is a Classroom' and contributed his own short '9/10' to the 'Underground Zero' anthology both of which aired on the Sundance Channel. In 2007 Logoreci co-wrote the upcoming feature 'Time of the Comet' with Albanian director Fatmir Koci based on the novel by the International Booker winning author, Ismail Kadare. He recently shot the upcoming short documentary ‘Beginning Filmmaking' for experimental filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt which premiered at the IDFA in Amsterdam and screened at the Tribeca Film Festival.