Sunstrokes
Los Angeles County, 2023 - 2025, feature film, 75’ - currently in postproductionDreaming, trying to cry, breaking up, doubting yourself, having a crush, driving the car, doing to much.
In a loose chain of situations in different parks, flats and cars the film observes the behaviour of Kevin, Lili, Rachel, Jiselle, Theo, Charly, Tobi, Jake and Ronnie.
While discussing gender, skin colour or social class, they often change their minds and try to depict the others. In their adolescence, they remain playful and blend serious topics such as self-harming behaviour or future anxiety with flirting or joking.
Sunstrokes combines improvisation tecniques, documentary observations and fictinal characters to a unique vagueness of autheniticity.
Close collaboration between the director and the actors between 2023 - 2024 with a total of 32 shooting days in Los Angeles County.
Rahdeera
Lilly
Ava Hase
Kevin
Jonathan Maguire
Theo
Marco Martinez
Jiselle
Aria Patterson
Sanam
Anushka Shah
Sylvie
Olivia Idera
Tristan
Martin Duenes
Logan Fenner
Blair
Kennedy Franz
Sam
Simone Liu
Tobi
Oscar Madrid
Jake
Gabe Noah
Ronnie
Elvina Roberts
additional Camera
Danni Ma
Unit Production Manager
Xiangwu Xie
Lene Talgø & Johannes Warnke
posptroduction
PLANEMO
color grading
Abdul Twebti
sound mixing
Jochen Jezussek
supported by
Student Union, CalArts
produced by
Berlin University of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
camera, sound, directed by Julian Rabus