Private Project

Wayfaring Stranger

Wayfaring Stranger charts the life of an itinerant character, embodied by seven performers across seven days representing seven decades. Their personal narrative co-exists with the past, present and future of the land they traverse.

Filmed in across landscapes marked by centuries of ceaseless human extraction, Wayfaring Stranger asks what it takes to find a liveable life on one’s own terms and without conflict with others and the environment.

Within the sound design by multi-award-winning sound recordist Chris Watson, the polyphonic environment scores the seasonal changes alongside the human and topographic shifts.

  • Andrea Luka Zimmerman
    Director
  • Gareth Evans
    Writer
  • Andrea Luka Zimmerman
    Writer
  • Marta Michalowska
    Producer
  • Thomas Zanon-Larcher
    Producer
  • Andrea Luka Zimmerman
    Producer
  • Eileen Myles
    Key Cast
  • Eirini Ampatzi Ippikoglou
    Key Cast
  • Michiko Oki
    Key Cast
  • Mwiinga Twyman
    Key Cast
  • Moon Nanook Guo-Barker
    Key Cast
  • Therese Henningsen
    Key Cast
  • Xiaolu Guo
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Feature
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 9 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 28, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    5:4
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)
    Rotterdam
    World Premiere
    Habor
Distribution Information
  • LUX
    Distributor
    Country: United Kingdom
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Andrea Luka Zimmerman

Andrea Luka Zimmerman is a Jarman Award-winning artist, filmmaker and cultural activist whose multi-layered practice calls for a profound reimagining of the relationship between people, place and ecology.

Andrea’s films include: Here for Life (2019), produced by Artangel, which premiered in the Cineasti Del Presente International Competition of the Locarno Film Festival (winning a Special Mention); Erase and Forget (2017), which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival (nominated for the Original Documentary Award); and Estate, a Reverie (2015), nominated for Best Newcomer Award at the Grierson Awards.

Andrea’s works have been shown in exhibitions including Art Class at METAL and LUX, Shelter in Place at Estuary Festival, Civil Rites at the London Open, Whitechapel Gallery, Common Ground at Spike Island, Bristol and Real Estates at Peer Gallery. Andrea co-founded the cultural collectives Fugitive Images and Vision Machine.

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