Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace

59th TIFF: Greek Premiere

A war veteran who has withdrawn from society and has settled in the depths of a national park in Oregon with his teenage daughter as his sole companion, will be detected by state forces and thus obliged to return to the so-called “civilization” and part from his child. A filmmaker with a strong background in observational documentary returns to her preferred subject matter – the notion of the outcast in our times – to deliver, in her own words, a modern version of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest based on a true story. At the same time, she places a great talent on the map (Thomasin McKenzie in her first appearance on film), as she did in the past with Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Debra Granik
Script: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini, Peter Rock (based on his novel)
Cinematography: Michael McDonough
Editing: Jane Rizzo
Sound: Damian Volpe, Filipe Messeder, Christian Dolan
Music: Dickon Hinchliffe
Actors: Ben Foster, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Jeff Kober, Dale Dickey, Michael Draper, Peter Simpson, Dana Millican, Spencer S. Hanley,
Production: Bron Creative, Topic Studios, Harrison Productions, Reisman Productions, Still Rolling Productions
Producers: Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, Anne Rosellini
Co-producers: Chris Stinson
Art Direction: Chad Keith
Costumes: Erin Orr
Executive producer: Aaron L. Gilbert, Jason Cloth, Andy Pollack, Michael Bloom, Adam Pincus
Camera: Jerry Turner, Sam Naiman, Noah Dille, Hollie Metrick, Kenny Brown
Make Up: Anne Sellery
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: USA
Production Year: 2018
Duration: 108'
Distribution in Greece: Feelgood Entertainment, info@feelgoodentertainment.gr
Contact: Sony, susan.i.senk@gmail.com
Awards/Distinctions: Grand Jury Prize – Independent FF of Boston 2018 Truly Moving Picture Award – Heartland Film 2018 Taormina Arte Award – Taormina IFF 2018

Debra Granik

Debra Granik is the director and co-writer of Winter’s Bone, which was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture, and featured Jennifer Lawrence and John Hawkes. Granik and co-writer Anne Rosellini were also Oscar nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Her first film, Down to the Bone, won Granik the Best Director prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and starred Vera Farmiga. In 2015, Granik completed Stray Dog, a feature documentary, which aired on Independent Lens and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.

Filmography

1997 Snake Feed (short)
2004 Down to the Bone
2010 Winter's Bone
2014 Stray Dog (doc)
2018 Leave No Trace