“This brilliantly conceived, slow-to-reveal-itself drama pulls the rug out from under any audience’s comfort zone by asking them questions about adult-teen sexual relationships they’d never even want to consider.”
— John Waters (Artforum Magazine), Best of 2017
82 minutes
STAY GOLD FEATURES presents
an ADASTRA FILMS & RELIC PICTURES production
in association with
ARCHER GRAY, GAMECHANGER FILMS, & STORYBOARD ENTERTAINMENT
Directed by Lauren Wolkstein & Christopher Radcliff
Produced by Sébastien Aubert, Michael Prall, Eric Schultz, Shani Geva, Daniela Taplin Lundberg
Executive Produced by Anne Carey
Starring Alex Pettyfer, James Freedson-Jackson, Emily Althaus, & Gene Jones
Mysterious events surround two travelers as they make their way across a remote American landscape. On the surface all seems normal, but what appears to be a simple vacation soon gives way to a dark and complex web of secrets.
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS & AWARDS
2017 SXSW Film Festival (World Premiere)
- Special Jury Recognition for Best Breakthrough Performance
2017 Montclair Film Festival
2017 Maryland Film Festival
2017 Greenwich International Film Festival
- Best Narrative Feature
2017 BAMcinemaFest (New York Premiere)
2017 Outfest LGBT Film Festival (LA Premiere)
81 minutes
Written & Directed by Lily Baldwin, Nuotama Bodomo, Daniel Patrick Carbone, Josephine Decker, and Lauren Wolkstein
Executive Produced by Jane Schoenbrun
A man and his grandmother hide out from an ominous broadcast. A suicidal Grim Reaper hosts a children's TV show. The formerly incarcerated remember and reinterpret their first days of freedom. A suburban mom's life is upturned by the beast growing inside of her. And a high school gym teacher runs drills from inside a dormant volcano.
Welcome to the collective:unconscious, a new collaborative feature in which five of independent film's most adventurous and acclaimed filmmakers join forces to adapt each other's dreams for the screen.
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
2016 SXSW Film Festival (Narrative Feature Competition)
2016 Maryland Film Festival
2016 BAMcinemaFest
