The passenger | official trailer (2020)

THE PASSENGER

Two friends are faced with a life or death crisis at a deserted rest stop in the middle of the night. The decisions they make will change their relationship - and their lives - forever.

Based on the short story by Stephen King ('Rest Stop'), The Passenger is a psychological thriller about two very different friends who make a fateful late-night stop at a rest area on a deserted stretch of desert highway, while in the middle of an argument. An already tense situation threatens to explode when the two men overhear a woman being beaten in the adjoining restroom. The decisions they make in that moment will change their relationship forever, sealing the fate of one, violently defining the other. As the story rushes headlong to its shocking conclusion, we realize that nothing is as it seems.

Director: Alexander Bruckner

Producer: Tizian Gruner, Alexander Bruckner

Executive Producer: Annegret Weitkämper-Krueg

Writer: Tab Murphy

Story: Stephen King

Director of Photography: Grant MacAllister

Production Designer: Bernadett Skoda

Edited by: Lea Vrabulova

Visuel Effects: Raffael Dickreuter

Music by: Lars Deutsch

Song by: The Soundflowers (Paris Jackson & Gabriel Glenn)

Cast: Ben Dahlhaus, Andrew Garrett, Gaelle Gillis, Randy Hernandez

Production Company: GRUNERFILMS & Live Free Live Film Productions

Awards:

Our short film had an outstanding festival run and received over 80 awards globally.

Awards

1. Hodu International film festival - (Best Thriller)

2. Hodu International film festival - (Best Thriller)

3. Hodu International film festival - (Best Director)

4. The Gladiator Film Festival - (Best Thriller)

5. The Gladiator Film Festival - (Best Cinematography)

6. Indo Malaysia Film Festival - (Best Thriller)

7. Indo Malaysia Film Festival - (Best Director)

8. Indo Malaysia Film Festival - (Best Writer)

9. TEKKA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - (Best Thriller)

10. TEKKA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - (Best Director)

11. Top Indie Film Awards - (Best Cinematography)

12. Top Indie Film Awards - (Best Actor)

13. Top Indie Film Awards - (Best Director)

14. Top Indie Film Awards - (Best Short)

15. Top Indie Film Awards - (Best Music)

16. Top Indie Film Awards - (Best Sound)

17. Andromeda Film Festival - (Best Short)

18. Andromeda Film Festival - (Best Director)

19. Malaikandan Independent Film Festival - (Best Thriller)

20. 1st GIFF | Genesis International Film Festival - (Best Cinematography)

21. GIMFA - Gralha International Film Awards - (Best Short)

22. GIMFA - Gralha International Film Awards - (Best Screenplay)

23. GIMFA - Gralha International Film Awards - (Best Sound Design)

24. GIMFA - Gralha International Film Awards - (Best Cinematography)

25. SASEE FILM AWARDS - (Best Thriller)

26. SASEE FILM AWARDS - (Best Director)

27. SASEE FILM AWARDS - (Best Actor)

28. Best Istanbul Film Festival - (Best Thriller)

29. URUVATTI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - (Best Director)

30. URUVATTI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - (Best Actor)

31. Hallucinea Film Festival - (Best Thriller)

32. Boden International Film Festival - (Best Director)

33. Boden International Film Festival - (Best Actor)

34. Best Indie Film Award - (Best Thriller)

35. The Digital Filmfest - (Best Short)

36. Sweden Film Awards - (Best Director)

37. Sweden Film Awards - (Best Cinematography)

38. Europe Film Festival - (Best Cinematography)

39. Genre Celebration Festival - (Best Noir)

40. BIMIFF - (Best Production Design)

41. Cult Movies International Film Festival - (Best Cinematography)

42. Cult Movies International Film Festival - (Best Short)

43. Cult Movies International Film Festival - (Best Director)

44. Cosmo Genetics Film Festival Saint Petersburg - (Best Director)

45. Europe Film Festival - (Best Director)

46. New Cinema - Lisbon Monthly Film Festival - (Best Director)

47. Prestige Film Festival - (Best Director)

48. Prestige Film Festival - (Best Short)

49. Imaginary Mind Film Contest - (Best Thriller)

50. Tagore International Film Festival - (Best Short)

51. Vesuvius International Film Fest - (Best Short)

52. Cut & Clap - Indie Short Fest - (Best Short)

53. FLICKFAIR Film Festival - (Best Short)

54. Southeast Regional Film Festival - (Best Thriller)

55. Vegas Movie Awards - (Best Thriller)

56. Varese International Film Festival - (Best Director)

57. Varese International Film Festival - (Best Duo on Screen)

58. Creation International Film Festival - (Best Short)

59. Los Angeles Film Awards - (Best Thriller)

60. Los Angeles Film Awards - (Best Supporting Actress)

61. Screen Power Film Festival - (Best Production Design)

62. Screen Power Film Festival - (Best Short)

63. Screen Power Film Festival - (Best Director)

64. BBR Short Film Festival - (Best Sound)

65. BBR Short Film Festival - (Best Writer)

66. BBR Short Film Festival - (Best Editing)

67. BBR Short Film Festival - (Best Supporting)

68. BBR Short Film Festival - (Best Casting)

69. BBR Short Film Festival - (Best Lead)

70. BBR Short Film Festival - (Best Director)

71. BBR Short Film Festival - (Best Short)

72. Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival - (Best Actor)

73. Medusa Film Festival - (Best Short)

74. Lit Scares International Horror Festival (Best Director)

75. Lit Scares International Horror Festival (Best Producer)

76. Grass Root International Film Festival (Best Thriller)

77. Festival Internacional de las Artes Cinematográficas de San Cristóbal (Best Short)

78. Shiny Sparkle Independent Online Film Festival (Thriller)

79. Shiny Sparkle Independent Online Film Festival (Best Director)

80. Hollywood Gold Awards (Best Thriller)

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

1. Sanctuary International Film Festival - (Best Short)

2. Athens International Art Film Festival - (Best Director)

3. London International Film Festival - (Best Director)

4. Gravedigger Dave's Anthology Festival - (Best Short)