Stray (2020)

Synopsis

A spirit metes out vengeance when a young girl ignores her mother's warning about the Pied Piper myth.

Festivals

Cannes Series, France, World Premiere
Dead in Decatur presents: the Art of Fear, Decatur, IL USA
HEX After Dark Film Festival, Calgary, AB Canada
SIN Film Festival, Fort Lauderdale, FL USA
Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis TN USA
Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC USA
Hollyshort Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA USA
Barrymore Film Center Short Film Festival, Fort Lee, NJ USA
Dam Short Film Festival, Boulder City, N USA
FIXION Fest, Fantastic & Horror Film Festival, Santiago Chile
Green Mountain International Film Festival, Burlington, VT USA
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat International Film Festival (L'HIFF) Barcelona Spain
Papaya Rocks Film Festival, London UK
Catalyst International Film Festival, Limerick Ireland
Kalakari film fest, Dewas, India
Anatolia International Film Festival, Istanbul Turkey
Volterra Fantasy Film Festival, Toscana Italy
The Roxbury International Film Festival, Boston MA USA
The Durban International Film Festival, Durban South Africa
Trí Rivers Film Festival, Tyrone UK
Muestra Internacional Itinerante de Cine Alternativo en México Film Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
Thrills, Chills, and Kills Summer Film Fest, Nashville, TN USA
Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival, USA
Fortean Film Festival, Gloucester UK
Idlewild International Film Festival, Detroit, MI USA
Z-Shorts International Film Festival, Santa Barbara, CA USA
Horsetooth Intl. Film Festival CO USA
L'HIFF - Barcelona International Film Festival, Barcelona Spain
The Raleigh Film & Art Festival, Raleigh, NC USA
Poe Film Festival, Richmond VA USA
Eastern Europe International Movie Awards

Credits

Directed by Wanjiru M. Njendu
Written by Peres Owino
Produced by Diana Ward

Aneesa Trinity Moriah Jones
Mother Peres Owino
Driver Robert Mcgowan

producers Diana Ward, Wanjiru M. Njendu, Peres Owino
director of photography Bongani Mlambo
original music by Dara Taylor
edited by John Cantú
production design by Brittany Ingram
special makeup effects artist Sarah Brill
unit production manager Shannon Kummer
first assistant director Whitney Shumaker
script supervisor Sia Aleskovskaya
first assistant camera Kylie Hazzard
second assistant camera Juan Chavez
gaffer Victoria Chenoweth
electrician Harper Thomas
electrician Dominic Butts
key grip Bevis Tran
grip Kyle Thor
grip Giulia Governo
gimbal operator Scott Hilburn
stills photographer Michelle Felix
set decoration by Shannon Hardison
set dresser Vanessa Wilson
lead person Daniel Deal
sound recordist Dillon Kane
studio teacher Nicolas Delgado
production assistant Kady Le, Cameron Raser
sound designer John Cantú
re-recording mixer Robert Selvaggio
post-production supervisor Monique McNeil
colorist Andre Rivas
assistant editor Darren Roark
production legal Ghen Laraya
studio production assistant Tani Paige Shukla
special thanks Cheryl Bedford, Priya Desai, Benjamin A. Onyango

Awards

Best U.S Short Film Green Mountain International Film Festival
Winner Jury Award Papaya Rocks Film Festival
Winner-Jury Special Mention Catalyst International Film Festival
Silver Award – Best Horror film Fortean Film Festival
Winner: Best Micro Short Film Idlewild International Film Festival
Winner - SILVER AWARD- Best Horror short and Best Makeup Eastern Europe International Movie Awards

Watch

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