National Nursing Week: Late Shift
- Tue, May 12
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Petra Biondina Volpe Run Time: 92 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: German
Starring: Alireza Bayram, Jasmin Mattei, Jürg Plüss, Lale Yavaş, Leonie Benesch
Join us for a one-time screening of Petra Volpe’s Late Shift followed by a Q&A with special guests in honour of National Nursing Week.
Dedicated nurse Floria navigates the relentless pace of her hospital’s understaffed surgical ward with humanity and warmth. As her overnight shift intensifies, she is pushed to the brink in a race against time.
Told from the perspective of Floria (Leonie Benesch), a nurse on the ward, Late Shiftdraws the audience into tender moments of care and the tension created by the relentless pace that pushes her to the brink. Late Shiftis a thriller. A typical short-staffed shift becomes a race against time, testing the limits of Floria and taking the audience along with her for the rollercoaster ride of her shift. For anyone who has wondered what exactly it means to talk about a health care system in crisis,Late Shiftanswers this clearly.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A to explore the realities raised in the film in our city’s context with Federal Chief Nursing Officer, Dr. Leigh Chapman, and frontline nurses Casey Kurtin and Christianna Facey-Crowther (At the Bedside podcast).
Doors Open 30 Minutes Before Showtime.