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Penny

Kate Fenton (Let Her Out) and Troy Harryman (The Intersection) star in this dramatic thriller about miscommunications & consequences. Written & Directed by Robert Misovic (The Intersection) with Music by Andjelika Javorina (Stain), this timely film explores racial tensions and the bond between two strangers on a mid-summer night.

  • Robert Misovic
    Director
    The Intersection, Nights of Contrition, Stain
  • Robert Misovic
    Writer
    The Intersection, Nights of Contrition, Stain
  • Andjelika Javorina
    Producer
    Stain, Nights of Contrition
  • Robert Misovic
    Producer
    The Intersection, Stain, The Hallway
  • Kate Fenton
    Key Cast
    "Louise"
    Let Her Out, The Intersection
  • Troy Harryman
    Key Cast
    "Penny"
    The Intersection
  • Alan Yates
    Key Cast
    "Officer Zuccarelli"
    The Hallway
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Thriller, Political, Social Justice
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 14 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 21, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    7,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Robert Misovic

Robert Misovic is a Canadian screenwriter and director. He is the founder of Pensare Films and the Pendance Film Festival. Robert has directed 10 films, including the feature film 'The Intersection' which is due for a release in 2020, and has had his short films selected to over 100 film festivals Internationally.

He is a graduate of the University of Toronto, and has an extensive background in finance and film production.

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Director Statement

At its core, Penny is an exploration of misunderstandings and consequences. Police misconduct and the shootings of unarmed African-American men has been the topic of endless political debate and the subject of countless films.

Penny tackles the subject through 3 encounters; Penny and Louise, Penny and the cops, and finally with the cops and Louise. The film aims to ask more questions than it answers about the roles and moral weight these characters carry for the end result.

What is evident is that fear plays a role in all 3 encounters. With Penny, we wanted to break the rules with how we structure the characters morally. By avoiding the cliche of a young angry black man with a rapsheet of priors resisting arrest against a one dimensional racist cop, we hope audiences are able to explore the situation beyond the stereotypical and superficial.

Penny is not a political film per se. It isn't taking a side. It is merely the exploration of how circumstances rooted in fear outside of a young man's control can have tragic consequences and how all of us as a society bare some weight for the world we have helped to shape.