Sunstrokes
Los Angeles County, 2025, 75’ - currently in postproductionTwenty-year-old Rachel moves from New York to Los Angeles in order to reinvent herself.
Still attached to classical role models at first, she increasingly comes into conflict with them in her new environment and, in conversations with her new friends, begins to redefine her expectations of life and discover other sides to herself.
This film was created in close collaboration between the director and the actors over a period of two years and a total of 32 days of shooting in Los Angeles and the surrounding area.
Rahdeera
Lilly
Ava Hase
Kevin
Jonathan Maguire
Theo
Marco Martinez
Jiselle
Aria Patterson
Sanam
Anushka Shah
Sylvie
Olivia Idera
Tristan
Martin Duenes
Logan Fenner
Blair
Kennedy Franz
Sam
Simone Liu
Tobi
Oscar Madrid
Jake
Gabe Noah
Ronnie
Elvina Roberts
additional Camera
Danni Ma
Unit Production Manager
Xiangwu Xie
Marcin Malaszczak,
Planemo Film
color grading
Abdul Twebti
sound mixing
Jochen Jezussek
supported by
Student Union, CalArts
produced by
Berlin University of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
directed by
Julian Rabus