STRAY - Feature Film - 2018
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.
Starring Kieran Charnock (The Rehearsal) and Arta Dobroshi (Lorna's Silence)
Written and Directed by Dustin Feneley
Produced by Desray Armstrong and Dustin Feneley
Supported by the Directors Lab of the Binger Filmlab
Presented at the CineMart of the International Film Festival Rotterdam
Stray holds the record for the largest amount ever raised via crowdfunding for a New Zealand film
AWARDS
Silver Saint George Award - Best Actor - Moscow International Film Festival 2018
Grand Prix - Best Cinematography - Golden Eye Festival 2018
Best Feature Film - Rivne International Film Festival 2018
Best Production Design - Rivne International Film Festival 2018
Best Actress - Festival des Antipodes 2018
Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget under 1M) - Australian Directors Guild Awards 2019
Best New Director - Brooklyn Film Festival 2019
Best Feature Film - Portoviejo Film Festival 2019
Best Actor - Balneario Camboriu International Film Festival 2019
Best Cinematography - Balneario Camboriu International Film Festival 2019
NOMINATIONS
Golden Saint George Award - Best Film - Moscow International Film Festival 2018
Emeric Pressburger Prize - Best Film - Miskolc International Film Festival 2018
Golden Shika Award - Best Film - Nara International Film Festival 2018
Best International Feature Film - Oaxaca Film Festival 2018
Best Feature Film - Festival des Antipodes 2018
Best Debut Film - Tirana International Film Festival 2018
Spirit of Freedom Narrative Award - Best Film - Bahamas International Film Festival 2018
Welcome Regard Feature - Best Debut Film - Jaipur International Film Festival 2019
Best International Feature Film - Manchester Film Festival 2019
Best International Feature Film - Oxford International Film Festival 2019
Best Narrative Feature - Brooklyn Film Festival 2019
Best Debut Film - Jaffna International Film Festival 2019
Best International Feature Film - Birmingham Film Festival 2019
Best International Feature Film - Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival 2019
Best Screenplay - Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival 2019
Best Actor - Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival 2019
Best Film - Derby Film Festival 2019
Best International Feature Film - Balneario Camboriu International Film Festival 2019
FESTIVALS
Moscow International Film Festival 2018
New Zealand International Film Festival 2018
Miskolc International Film Festival 2018
Nara International Film Festival 2018
Haifa International Film Festival 2018
Rivne International Film Festival 2018
Oaxaca Film Festival 2018
Cape Town International Film Festival 2018
Festival des Antipodes 2018
Brisbane International Film Festival 2018
Hanoi International Film Festival 2018
Windsor International Film Festival 2018
Tirana International Film Festival 2018
Bahamas International Film Festival 2018
Jaipur International Film Festival 2019
Manchester Film Festival 2019
Arohanui Film Festival 2019
Oxford International Film Festival 2019
Cinema des Antipodes Cannes Cinephiles 2019
Brooklyn Film Festival 2019
Portoviejo Film Festival 2019
Chichester International Film Festival 2019
Jaffna International Film Festival 2019
Down Under Berlin Film Festival 2019
Birmingham Film Festival 2019
Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival 2019
Derby Film Festival 2019
Balneario Camboriu International Film Festival 2019
Chennai International Film Festival 2019