War Pony

Gina Gammell, Riley Keough

USA

- 2022

At 23, Bill just wants to make something of himself. Whether it’s siphoning gas, delivering goods or breeding Poodles, he is determined to hustle his way to the ‘American Dream’. Meanwhile, 12-year-old Matho can’t wait to become a man. Desperate for approval from his young father, a series of impulsive decisions turns Matho’s life upside down and he finds himself unequipped to deal with the harsh realities of the adult world.

Gina Gammell, Riley Keough

Riley Keough is best known for her roles in films like ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ (George Miller, 2015), TV series ‘The Girlfriend Experience’ (2016), which garnered her a Golden Globe nomination), ‘American Honey’ (Andrea Arnold, 2016), for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, ‘Logan Lucky’ (Steven Soderbergh, 2017), and ‘The House That Jack Built’ (Lars von Trier, 2018). Gina Gammell started out producing and directing short-format music videos and commercials. In 2017 she produced her first feature film. In 2018 she founded Felix Culpa with Riley Keough, and in 2022 the two of them co-wrote and co-directed their first feature film, ‘War Pony’, which scooped the Golden Camera at the Cannes Film Festival.

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DIRECTOR

Gina Gammell, Riley Keough

SCREENPLAY

Franklin Sioux Bob, Bill Reddy, Gina Gammell, Riley Keough

CINEMATOGRAPHY

David Gallego

EDITOR

Affonso Gonçalves, Eduardo Serrano

SOUND

Jeremy Emery, D. Chris Smith

MUSIC

Christopher Stracey, Mato Wayuhi

PRODUCTION

Val Abel, Sacha Ben Harroche, Bear Damen, Salim El Arja, Gina Gammell, Bert Hamelinck, Riley Keough, Michael Manasseri, Sergey Shtern, Elaine Thomas, Willi White, Ryan Zacarias, Eleonore Hendricks

PRODUCTION COMPANY

Caviar TV, Fat City, Felix Culpa, Centauri, Kaleidoscope Entertainment, Protagonist Pictures, Quickfire Films, Ward Four

CAST

Jojo Bapteise Whiting, LaDainian Crazy Thunder, Iona Red Bear, Ta-Yamni Long Black Cat, Wilma Colhof, Jeremy Corbin Cottier, Woodrow Lone Elk, Sprague Hollander

RUNNING TIME

115 min.

TYPE

Largometraje

FORMAT

Color

YEAR OF PRODUCTION

2022

COUNTRY

USA

CONTACT

Protagonist Pictures