Official Selection - Out of Competition · 44th Edition
War Pony
Director
Riley Keough, Gina Gammell
Country
United States
Runtime
1 h 54 min
Language
English
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
The interlocking stories of two Lakota boys growing up on Pine Ridge Reservation. Bound by their shared search for belonging, each of the boys grapple with a world built against them during their unique paths to manhood.
Cast
Jojo Bapteise Whiting, Ladainian Crazy Thunder, Jesse Schmockel, Wilma Colhoff, Iona Red Bear
Screenplay
Franklin Sioux Bob, Bill Reddy, Gina Gammell, Riley Keough
Producers
Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche, Ryan Zacarias, Willi White, Gina Gammell, Riley Keough
About the Director
In 2017, Gammell produced her first feature film. In 2018, she founded Felix Culpa with Riley Keough, and in 2019 the two of them co-wrote and co-directed their first feature film, WAR PONY which won the Golden Camera at Cannes Film Festival. Riley Keough is best known for her roles in MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, AMERICAN HONEY, THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT and THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.
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