Freight

by Max Carlo Kohal. 2024, Switzerland, 80 min.
August 21, 2025
at
4:00 pm
Arverne Cinema Inside

Adrift on the Rhine river, teenagers operate a massive container ship carrying cargo along Europe's industrial ports and terminals. Working late nights and long hours, they dream about their futures and decide whether they want to stay onboard to pursue careers as captains or leave life on the sea behind. Shot over the course of four years by rising Swiss talent Max Carlo Kohal, Freight is a striking and intimate glimpse at the young sailors growing up in the vast, unseen world of transnational transport. 

North American premiere.

Preceded by

YOU CAN'T AUTOMATE ME by Katarina Jazbec. 2021, Netherlands/Slovenia, 21 min. East Coast premiere.

Special thanks to Stephen Cappel.

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Part of

Rockaway Film Festival 8
August 20–24, 2025
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Rockaway Film Festival would like to thank VBX™~Vernam Basin Terminal for generously hosting us at the Arverne and Annex Cinemas in addition to BBX™~Barbadoes Basin Terminal for contributing to such.
We are proud to be sponsored by Blundstone®, Istic Illic Pictures, and NYC Ferry. Rockaway Film Festival made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Rockaway Film Festival is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Art. We receive additional support from Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.
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