“THE BEST FILM TO COME OUT OF NEW ZEALAND THIS YEAR”
The New Zealand Herald
“FORTIFIES HOPE IN THE BREADTH AND AMBITION OF NEW ZEALAND FILM”
Flicks
“AN INDELIBY BEAUTIFUL, HUMAN AND NEAR-PERFECT FILM”
The Dominion Post
“ONE OF THE VERY BEST FILMS EVER MADE IN NEW ZEALAND”
The Dominion Post
“ASTONISHING LEAD PERFORMANCES… SOME OF THE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY NEW ZEALAND HAS EVER SEEN… 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 IN ITS VISION”
TimeOut, The New Zealand Herald
“A HAUNTINGLY SPARSE MODERN CLASSIC… A FASCINATINGLY AUSTERE, POWERFUL PORTRAIT OF ISOLATION AND REDEMPTION”
The New Zealand Herald
“A POWERFUL AND CONTROLLED DRAMA… CAPTIVATING”
4:3 Film Journal
“A FEROCIOUS DEBUT”
At Darren's World of Entertainment
“STARKLY BEAUTIFUL… A STUNNING DEBUT”
Your Weekend, The Dominion Post
“POETIC AND HYPNOTIC”
Beatrice Magazine
“INTIMATE AND HUMAN”
The Hollywood Reporter
“BEAUTIFUL AND RIGOROUS… DEMANDS TO BE SEEN ON THE BIG SCREEN”
New Zealand International Film Festival
AWARDS
Winner - Silver Saint George Award - Best Actor - Moscow International Film Festival 2018
Winner - Grand Prix - Best Cinematography - Golden Eye Festival 2018
Winner - Best Feature Film - Rivne International Film Festival 2018
Winner - Best Production Design - Rivne International Film Festival 2018
Winner - Best Actress - Festival des Antipodes 2018
Winner - Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget under 1M) - Australian Directors Guild Awards 2019
Winner - Best New Director - Brooklyn Film Festival 2019
Winner - Best Feature Film - Portoviejo Film Festival 2019
FESTIVALS
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 2018
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
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 highest amount ever raised via crowdfunding for a New Zealand film
