The Visitor

The past bleeds into the present...

...Awakened in the dead of night by a frantic young woman on the run, Naomi grapples with a situation that defies belief, and must decide how far she will go to protect her visitor from rapidly encroaching danger.

Languages: English, Polish & German, with English subtitles
Genre: Drama/Horror/Magic Realism

“The film has a powerful undercurrent about the way the experiences of our ancestors live on
in our descendants, and the need to remember the past.” BUZZFEED UK

“Director Justin Olstein plunges us into a sensory and provocative world. We experience terror and anguish, just as the characters do, leading to revelations about how past traumas can scar future generations.” SAO PAULO FILM FESTIVAL

With FELICITY SOPER & KASIA KACZMAREK
Writer & Director: JUSTIN OLSTEIN
Producer: CLEA FROST
Cinematographer: JOANNE DONAHOE BECKWITH
Sound Designer: BROOKE TREZISE
Editor: JUSTIN OLSTEIN
Original Music: ADAM CASEY
Production Designer: LAUREN BECK

Produced with the assistance of:
CITY OF PORT PHILLIP - CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
BESEN FOUNDATION

Rhode Island International Film Festival
Hollyshorts Film Festival
St Kilda Film Festival
Sao Paulo Film Festival - BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
Pasadena International Film Festival
Soho International Film Festival
Tenerife Film Festival - NOMINEE, BEST DIRECTOR
Budapest Short Film Festival
Down Under Berlin Film Festival
Fantaspoa International Film Festival
New York Shorts Film Festival
Shriekfest LA
Firenze International Film Festival
San Jose Short Film Festival
Dead by Dawn Film Festival
Fractured Visions Film Festival - NOMINEE, BEST SHORT FILM
Liverpool Film Festival
Setting Sun Film Festival
Monevideo Film Festival - BEST SHORT FILM
Jaipur International Film Festival
New York Screenplay Contest - BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Exhibited at the Jewish Museum of Australia