
A film by Valentin Stejskal
5PM SEASIDE
Fiction · 2022 · 26 min

Synopsis
On his 40th birthday, Nikos, a solitary truck driver, arrives on a remote beach. He’s there to meet his former military buddy Christos, whom he hasn't seen for many years.
Technical details
- Category
- Fiction
- Genre
- Greece
- Year
- 2022
- Running time
- 26 min
- Languages
- Greek
- Picture
- Colour
- Sound
- Stéréo, 5.1
Cast
Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos Kimonas Kouris
Crew
- Direction
- Valentin Stejskal
- Screenplay
- Glykeria Patramani
- Production
- Alisa Frischholz, Ioanna Petinaraki, Valentin Stejskal, Samir Ljuma
- Direction of photography
- Samir Ljuma
- Art direction
- Ferdinand Waas
- Editing
- Martin Ivanov
- Sound design
- Fabio Schurischuster
Stills
Festivals and awards
- 2022
- Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont-FerrandWorld Premiere
- Diagonale (Festival of Austrian Films)
- FIRE!! Barcelona International LGBT Film Festival
- Palm Springs International Shortfest
- HollyShorts International Film Festival
- Sarajevo Film Festival
Filmmaker

Valentin Stejskal
Valentin is a director and writer from Austria. He graduated Ortweinschule for Film & Media in Graz in 2014. Since then, he has been working in theatre, film festivals and film productions. So far, he has directed 3 narrative short films as a director. In 2019, he moved to Athens, Greece where he is currently working on the short film ‘5pm Seaside’.
Filmography
- 20225PM SEASIDEShort film
- 2020GOLDENE HEIMATShort film
- 2019INTERFERENCEShort film
- 2018ENDE EDENShort film