Dryer
Director: Connor Hurley
United States, 2018, 13 min
Festival Year:2019
Category:Narrative Short
Genres:Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Cast:Shiloh Verrico, Julian Matias, Clark Furlong, Avery Daniel
Crew:Writer: Connor Hurley - Producers: Connor Hurley - Executive Producer: Greg Beauchamp, Carter Collins - DP: Peter Steusloff
Email:rconnorhurley@gmail.com
Synopsis
We have all had an instant that reminds us our lives are fragile. DRYER is a short film about a group of children passing on a dangerous initiation ritual, incapable of understanding its life-changing consequences.
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About the director
Connor Hurley is a filmmaker based in New York. His work spans music videos, documentaries and narratives, has gained three Vimeo Staff Picks and screened at festivals around the world, including the 2016 Cannes Lions New Directors’ Showcase, New Orleans Film Festival (Best Narrative Feature - 2013), and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. With a background in painting and portraiture, his work favors classical beauty, rich color palettes, and human-centric stories. Interests include Russian oligarchs, dark Scandinavian dramas (according to Netflix) and Kate Moss.