“ONE OF THE VERY BEST FILMS EVER MADE IN NEW ZEALAND”
The Dominion Post
“AN INDELIBY BEAUTIFUL, HUMAN AND NEAR-PERFECT FILM”
The Dominion Post
“THE BEST FILM TO COME OUT OF NEW ZEALAND THIS YEAR”
The New Zealand Herald
“A MODERN CLASSIC”
The New Zealand Herald
“COMPELLING AND HAUNTING”
The New Zealand Herald
“A POWERFUL PORTRAIT OF ISOLATION AND REDEMPTION”
The New Zealand Herald
“FORTIFIES HOPE IN THE BREADTH AND AMBITION OF NEW ZEALAND FILM”
Flicks
“AN EXQUISITE ARTHOUSE DRAMA… POETIC AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING”
Flick Feast
“A PERCEPTIVE DRAMA ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION… A COMPELLING WATCH”
World Movie Reviews
“MESMERISING PERFORMANCES AND INTIMATE DIRECTION”
Elements of Madness
“STRIKINGLY POIGNANT… QUIETLY POWERFUL”
Cultured Vultures
“A MESMERISING SLOW BURN”
Cinema76
“INTIMATE AND HUMAN”
The Hollywood Reporter
“ONE OF THOSE FILMS THAT JUST GETS UNDER YOUR SKIN… AN ENTHRALLING FILM”
Rialto Channel
“ASTONISHING PERFORMANCES… A MINIMALIST TOUR-DE-FORCE”
Stuff
“A REVELATION… A WONDERFUL FILM… A FINE ADDITION TO OUR NATIONAL CINEMA”
Radio New Zealand
“REMARKABLY SHOT, QUIETLY POWERFUL AND TOTALLY UNCOMPROMISING”
TimeOut, The New Zealand Herald
“A POWERFUL AND CONTROLLED DRAMA… CAPTIVATING”
4:3 Film Journal
“A FEROCIOUS DEBUT”
At Darren's World of Entertainment
“A STUNNING DEBUT”
Your Weekend, The Dominion Post
“AN EXQUISITE DEBUT”
Flicks
“POETIC AND HYPNOTIC”
Beatrice Magazine
“BEAUTIFUL AND RIGOROUS”
New Zealand International Film Festival
ABOUT THE FILM
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
