Award-Winning Filmmaker Talks Behind-The-Scenes Tales About Her New Film, Stray
Stray gives a very intimate look at what it’s like to be a stray dog in Turkey, the only country where its people fought to have strays protected from capture and killing. And see it all from the dog’s point of view. Go behind-the-scenes of the making of this award-winning film and hear the filmmaker’s stories of what it was like working with these dogs and what it shows us about ourselves. A not to be missed!
BIO:
Elizabeth Lo is an award-winning filmmaker. Her work has been broadcast and showcased internationally, including at the Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Hot Docs, True/False,BAMCinemafest,NewYorkTimesOp-Docs,andPBS'POV.Elizabethwasnamed one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" by Filmmaker Magazine in 2015 and was featured in the 2015 Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors' Showcase at Cannes Lion. She was selected for the New York Film Festival Artist Academy in 2018 and the Locarno Film Festival Filmmakers Academy in 2019. Elizabeth's work has played at over 100 film festivals and has won numerous awards. Her short films include Hotel 22 (2015), Bisonhead (2016), Mother’s Day (2017), The Disclosure President (2016), Notes from Buena Vista (2016), Treasure Island (2014), and Last Stop in Santa Rosa (2013). In 2017, her collected shorts were released by Video Project as a DVD, The Short Films of Elizabeth Lo, for distribution to educational institutions and libraries around the world. Elizabeth was born and raised in Hong Kong and holds a B.F.A. from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and an M.F.A. from Stanford University. STRAY is her feature film debut.