AWOL

AWOL

14 mins | Drama | Jan. 21, 2011

Days before deployment to Afghanistan, Joey returns to rural Pennsylvania for Christmas with big dreams of running away to Canada with her beautiful lover. But Joey learns that things don’t always end up as planned. This short film was expanded into a feature film of the same title, it premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, and it was released in 2017.

AWOL

14 mins | Drama | Jan. 21, 2011

AWOL
Days before deployment to Afghanistan, Joey returns to rural Pennsylvania for Christmas with big dreams of running away to Canada with her beautiful lover. But Joey learns that things don’t always end up as planned. This short film was expanded into a feature film of the same title, it premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, and it was released in 2017.
Producers Pecadillo Pictures
Original title AWOL
Directors Dominique Lefebvre, Deb Shoval
Writers Deb Shoval

Cast

Kayla Dempsey

as Joey

Breeda Wool

as Rayna

Ruthie O'Dell

as Joey's Mom Ruthie

Darrell Larson

as Joey's Stepdad Pete

Roy Brown

as Roy

Nevayah Gonda

as Nevayah

Hannah Dillon

as Hannah

Jon Sordoni

as Joey's Family

Whitney Chrzanowski

as Joey's Family

Garrit Chrzanowski

as Joey's Family

Jen Walton

as Joey's Family