International Competition

THE RIDER

• Director: Chloé Zhao
• USA / 2017 / DCP / Colour / 104´ / English; Turkish s.t.

• Screenplay: Chloé Zhao
• Director of Photography: Joshua James Richardson
• Editing: Alex O’Flinn
• Music: Nathan Halpern
• Cast: Brady Jandreau, Lane Scott, Cat Clifford, Lilly Jandreau, Tim Jandreau
• Producer: Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche, Mollye Asher, Chloé Zhao
• Production Co.: Caviar Films, Highwayman Films
• World Sales: Protagonist Pictures
• Turkish Rights: Fabula Films

- 2018 ISTANBUL FIPRESCI Prize

- 2017 ATHENS Best Film

- 2017 CANNES CICAE Award

- 2017 DEAVILLE Grand Special Prize

- 2017 HAMBURG Best Film

- 2017 REYKJAVIK Best Film

In her new film, director Chloé Zhao, whose feature debut Songs My Brothers Taught Me was screened at the Festival in 2016, masterfully combines the reality of daily life with the magic of cinema. The film follows young rider Brady who is trying to recover after a near fatal rodeo accident. When it becomes clear that he can no longer ride a horse, he desperately starts questioning his existence. Zhao, who recalls Terence Malick with her visual world, Cassavetes with her momentary approach, and Kelly Reichardt with her social observations, turns a slice from the life of a real cowboy, who plays himself, into a visual marvel that realistically critics American masculinity.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.