the stranger's case

EDITOR | DRAMA | 2018 | 7 MINS

The Stranger's Case, 2018

SYNOPSIS

In 1517 anti-immigrant riots broke out in London. Thomas More, then a deputy Sheriff of the city, intervened. Decades later William Shakespeare wrote a speech for the play 'Sir Thomas More', in which More defended asylum seekers - 'the strangers'.

DIRECTOR | Peter Trifunovic
PRODUCER | Tony Howard, Peter Trifunovic

IMDB | WATCH

NOMINATIONS / AWARDS
BAFTA | BRITISH SHORT FILM | lonG-list | 2020
LEEds INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | YORKSHIRE SHORT WINNER | 2019

OFFICIAL SELECTION
LEEds INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | YORKSHIRE SHORT FILM | 2019
LIFT OFF GLOBAL NETWORK | SESSIONS | 2019
SHAKESPEARE SHORTS | FINALIST | 2019
THE PEOPLE’S FILM FESTIVAL | 2019

The Stranger's Case 2018
The Stranger's Case 2018
The Stranger's Case, 2018
The Stranger's Case, 2018
The Stranger's Case, 2018
““Marvellous, timely and moving.””
— Professor David Morley, FRSL, National Teaching Fellow, Warwick Writing Programme
““I loved this...It’s a glorious piece of film...speaks across centuries. It’s Shakespeare meets Shameless.””
— Lawrence Till, Director/Producer, Shameless, Channel 4
““Powerful and full of ugly beauty.””
— Joseph Mydell, Actor, RSC
““Powerful and important stuff in a fairly alarming week for refugees rights.””
— Suba Das, Theatre director, Curve Leicester
““I love it””
— Russell Brand