STRAY
FEATURE FILM
GENRE: DRAMA
RELEASE: 2018
DURATION: 1h 44m
In a cold and remote landscape, two strangers struggle to repair their broken pasts.
A young man is on parole after serving time for attempting to murder the man who killed his girlfriend in a hit and run. A woman is released from a psychiatric facility far from her homeland. These two damaged strangers cross paths in the mountains in winter and fall into a complex intimate relationship, putting to the test their capacity to trust and heal.
KEY PERSONNEL:
Director: Dustin Feneley
Writer: Dustin Feneley
Producer: Desray Armstrong, Dustin Feneley
Associate Producer: Sez Niederer, Alix Whittaker
DOP: Ari Wegner
Production Design: Sophie Durham
Editor: Dione Chard
Sound Design: Dick Reade
Colourist: Claire Burlinson
Cast: Arta Dobroshi, Kieran Charnock
Prod. Company: Long Road Films Ltd
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
2019 Australian Directors Guild Awards - Best Direction in a Feature Film (budget under $1 million): Dustin Feneley
2019 Portoviejo Film Festival - Best Feature Film
2019 Brooklyn Film Festival - Best New Director
2018 Festival des Antipodes - Best Actress
2018 Rivne International Film Festival - Best Production Design
2018 Rivne International Film Festival - Best Feature Film
2018 Golden Eye Festival - Grand Prix Best Cinematography
2018 Moscow International Film Festival - Silver Saint George Award Best Actor
2018 World Premiere - Main Competition - Moscow International Film Festival
2018 Official Selection - New Zealand International Film Festival
2018 Official Selection - International Competition - Miskolc International Film Festival
2018 Official Selection - International Competition - Nara International Film Festival
2018 Official Selection - Haifa International Film Festival
2018 Official Selection - International Competition - Rivne International Film Festival
2018 Official Selection - International Competition - Oaxaca Film Festival
2018 Official Selection - Cape Town International Film Festival
2018 Official Selection - International Competition - Festival des Antipodes
2018 Official Selection - Brisbane International Film Festival
2018 Official Selection - Hanoi International Film Festival
2018 Official Selection - Windsor International Film Festival
2018 Official Selection - International Competition - Tirana International Film Festival
2018 Official Selection - International Competition - Bahamas International Film Festival
2019 Official Selection - International Competition - Jaipur International Film Festival
2019 Official Selection - International Competition - Manchester International Film Festival
2019 Official Selection - Arohanui Film Festival
2019 Official Selection - International Competition - Oxford International Film Festival
2019 Official Selection - Cinema des Antipodes - Cannes Cinephiles
2019 Official Selection - International Competition - Brooklyn Film Festival
2019 Official Selection - International Competition - Portoviejo Film Festival
2019 Official Selection - Chichester International Film Festival
2019 Official Selection - International Competition - Jaffna International Film Festival
2019 Official Selection - Opening Night Film - Down Under Berlin Film Festival
2019 Official Selection - International Competition - Birmingham Film Festival
2019 Official Selection - International Competition - Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival
2019 Official Selection - International Competition - Derby Film Festival
2019 Official Selection - International Competition - Balneario Camboriu International Film Festival