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2024 PAFF Jury Award Nominee - Best First Feature Narrative

In this suspenseful thriller, James "Sway" Drayton, a successful businessman & community leader, sees his seemingly perfect life crumbling and spiraling out of control as a chaotic day unfolds, involving waking up in a drug stupor with a strange woman in his bed, a missing brother, a revealing interview, and a shocking confession.


Director Bio/Statement:

First-time directors Ramelan X Hamilton is a directing team from Canada made up of Zach Ramelan (CO-DIRECTOR) and Charlie Hamilton (DIRECTOR/WRITER). Fusing their DIY style, flair for visual storytelling and penchant for unique stories, Ramelan X Hamilton have spent years individually honing their skills in short films and series both in front of and behind the camera. With SWAY, the duo dive into wealth inequality, the difficulties of inner-city life, and how traumas can ripple throughout our lifetimes in unimaginable ways. SWAY is a story of brotherhood and the extremes people will go to protect their own kin, as well as black identity, trauma and masculinity in a world increasingly aggressive and dangerous towards it.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    99 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Canada
  • Premiere
    World Premiere
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  • Director
    Charlie Hamilton, Zach Ramelan
  • Screenwriter
    Charlie Hamilton
  • Producer
    Emmanuel Kabongo
  • Executive Producer
    Sari Colt, Mishael Morgan, Chris Morsby, Liane Kotler
  • Co-Producer
    James Stewart, Daniel Govia, Charlie Hamilton, Eric Yensu
  • Cast
    Emmanuel Kabongo, Mishael Morgan, Lovell Adams-Gray, Brittany Raymond, Karl Campbell, Paul Amos
  • Cinematographer
    Chris Morsby
  • Editor
    Sydney Cowper
  • Production Design
    Sayla De Goede
  • Composer
    Michelle Osis, Terry Benn
  • Sound Design
    Brianna Todd
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