FRIENDS AND STRANGERS | FEATURE FILM

PREMIERES:

International Film Festival Rotterdam (In competition, IFFR Tiger Award)

New Directors/New Films, MoMa & Film at Lincoln Center, New York

Jeonju International Film Festival (Winner, Special Jury Prize)

Melbourne International Film Festival (In competition)

Sydney International Film Festival (Runner Up, Audience Award)

Beijing International Film Festival, Beijing China 2021

Black Canvas, Mexico City Mexico 2021

Viennale, Vienna Austria 2021

Chicago Film Festival, Chicago USA 2021

Wisconsin Film Festival, Wisconsin USA 2021

Cinemajove, Valencia Spain 2021

New Holland Island Film Festival, St Petersburg Russia 2021

Echo Film Festival, St Petersburg Russia 2021

Cinemancia, Colombia 2021

Festifreak, La Plata Argentina 2021

Lima Alterna Film Festival, Lima Peru 2021

Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq 2021

Asian Film Festival, Barcelona Spain 2021

Cormeran Film Festival, Acuna Spain 2021

Brisbane International Film Festival, Brisbane Australia 2021

Gold Coast Film Festival, Gold Coast Australia 2021

Screen Wave Film Festival, Coffs Harbour Australia 2021

Zsigmond Vilmos Film Festival, Hungary 2022 (Winner, Jury Award for Cinematography)

SYNOPSIS

Part absurdist comedy, part satire of colonial accidie, the film follows directionless twenty-somethings Ray and Alice as they navigate a series of prosaic but increasingly agonising situations. Afraid to think deeply about the past and unable to look forward with confidence, the film presents a culture snared by its own affluence and moral cowardice in a meaningless and interminable present.

Format: S35, Cooke Speed Panchros

Runtime: 84 minutes

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Writer/Director: James Vaughan

Producers: Lucy Rennick and Rebecca Lamond

Executive Producer: Amiel Courtin-Wilson

Director of Photography: Dimitri Zaunders

Starring: Emma Diaz, Fergus Wilson, Victoria Maxwell

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