Drift (2023 film)

Drift
Drift
	U.S. theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anthony Chen
Written by	Susanne Farrell; Alexander Maksik;
Based on	A Marker to Measure Drift; by Alexander Maksik
Produced by	Peter Spears; Émilie Georges; Naima Abed; Anthony Chen; Cynthia Erivo; Solome Williams;
Starring	Cynthia Erivo; Alia Shawkat; Ibrahima Ba; Honor Swinton Byrne; Zainab Jah; Suzy Bemba; Vincent Vermignon;
Cinematography	Crystel Fournier
Edited by	Hoping Chen
Music by	Ré Olunuga
Production; companies	Sunac Culture; Aim Media; Paradise City; Cor Cordium; Hope Street; Heretic; Fortyninesixty Films; Edith's Daughter; ERT SA;
Distributed by	Utopia (North America)
Release dates	22 January 2023 (Sundance); 9 February 2024 (United States);
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	France; Greece; United Kingdom;
Language	English
Box office	$18,631

Drift is a 2023 drama film directed by Anthony Chen from a screenplay by Susanne Farrell and Alexander Maksik. It is based on the novel A Marker to Measure Drift by Maksik. A French, British and Greek co-production, it is Chen's first English-language feature. The film stars Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat, Ibrahima Ba, Honor Swinton Byrne, Zainab Jah and Suzy Bemba. Drift had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 22 January 2023. It was featured at the 54th IFFI 2023, where it won the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal-Special Mention for Best Film on peace and inter-cultural dialogue.^[4]

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^ "Winners at IFFI54". Press Information Bureau. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.