The Strange Ones

The Strange Ones

A slow-paced thriller featuring a boy who roams across the desolate and remote American landscape, in the company of his brother (whom we see as his protector). The small skinny boy appears to be a gentle, fragile and caring soul, while his brother is the polar opposite: robust and rough around the edges. The untold and brutal truth gradually emerges, as the two siblings’ roles in a horrific chain of events are revealed to us. An elegiac drama, in which the more we discover the more entangled we become.
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Direction: Lauren Wolkstein & Christopher Radcliff
Script: Christopher Radcliff
Cinematography: Todd Banhazl
Editing: Lauren Wolkstein, Christopher Radcliff
Music: Brian McOmber
Actors: Alex Pettyfer, James Freedson-Jackson, Emily Althaus, Gene Jones
Producers: Sebastien Aubert, Michael Prall, Eric Schultz, Shani Geva, Daniela Taplin Lundberg
Costumes: Anna Tringali
Executive producer: Anne Carey, Paul Finkel, Ozo Jaculewicz, Mynette Louie, Jason Potash
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: USA
Production Year: 2017
Duration: 81΄
Contact: The Festival Agency, info@thefestivalagency.com
Awards/Distinctions: Wouter Barendrecht Award – Rotterdam IFF 2016, Special Jury Award – SXSW FF 2017, Prix du jury – Champs-Élysées FF 2017

Lauren Wolkstein

Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein are NYC-based filmmakers best known for their award-winning short films, including The Strange Ones, Jonathan’s Chest, Social Butterfly, and Cigarette Candy, which have screened at hundreds of film festivals worldwide including Sundance, SXSW, Rotterdam, Clermont-Ferrand, AFI Fest, and more. Their first feature film, The Strange Ones (an adaptation of their short film of the same name), premiered at SXSW 2017.

Filmography

2005 Coney Island Catch (short)
2009 Cigarette Candy (short)
2011 The Strange Ones (short)
2013 Social Butterfly (short)
2017 The Strange Ones

Christopher Radcliff

Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein are NYC-based filmmakers best known for their award-winning short films, including The Strange Ones, Jonathan’s Chest, Social Butterfly, and Cigarette Candy, which have screened at hundreds of film festivals worldwide including Sundance, SXSW, Rotterdam, Clermont-Ferrand, AFI Fest, and more. Their first feature film, The Strange Ones (an adaptation of their short film of the same name), premiered at SXSW 2017.

Filmography

2004 Mailman (doc)
2004 Something Else (short)
2011 The Strange Ones (short)
2014 Jonathan's Chest (short)
2017 The Strange Ones