WE STRANGERS
Film - CineVision Competition

WE STRANGERS

Directed by Anu Valia

Info

Director: Anu Valia
Section: CineVision Competition
Country: USA
Year: 2023
Language: English
Version: Original version
Cast: Kirby, Tina Lifford, Sarah Goldberg, Maria Dizzia, Kara Young
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

A farce about cleaning buckets, privilege, and clever lies.

Who’s going to say no to extra money? Not Rayelle. Dr. Patel hires her to clean his house, then asks if she could clean that of his mistress as well. Over time, Ray gets to know what kind of people they are as she observes their quirks and foibles. These include a certain credulity when they assume that, as a black woman, she can talk to the dead. 

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Calendar

  • After the film: Q&A with Joy Jorgensen

    Amerikahaus Theatersaal
  • After the film: Q&A with Joy Jorgensen

    Filmmuseum

Meet the director

WE STRANGERS

Anu Valia

Anu Valia is a director and writer whose roots lie in India and Indiana. She has worked on series such as SHE-HULK (2022), THE AFTERPARTY (2022), and AND JUST LIKE THAT... (2021). Her short film LUCIA, BEFORE AND AFTER (2017) earned an award at Sundance. WE STRANGERS, her first solo feature-length film, premiered at the South by Southwest festival in 2024.

Credits

Screenplay: Anu Valia
Director of Photography: Charlotte Hornsby
Film Editor: James Codoyannis
Composer: Jay Wadley
Production Designer: Amelia Steely
Costume Design: Jamie Rush
Sound: Dana Mroczek
Sound design: Patrick Burgess
Casting director: Erika Hart
Producer: Olivia Wingate, Joy Jorgensen, Alex Bach, Zach Spicer, Miranda Kahn
Production Company: Wingate Media, Pigasus Pictures
Executive producer: Caroline Kaplan, Tina Moran, Emily Ruhl, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Sarah Goldberg
Co-Production Company: Killjoy Films, Mirmade
World Sales: Submarine