South African journeymen actors and Hollywood-based thespians, Stelio Savante and Neil Sandilands both feature heavily in the trailer and first released clip of Andy Stapp’s surrealist sci-fi film Destination Marfa which will soon release both in the US and internationally.
Destination Marfa follows four lifelong friends who decide to veer off the road and venture into a small West Texas town known as Marfa, this is where their lives change course as the line between reality and fantasy becomes increasingly blurred.
Leading the cast is horror icon Tony Todd together with Savante who in 2020, starred opposite Jim Caviezel in the action thriller Infidel directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. More recently he also had a guest role in the international biblical hit series The Chosen following his supporting role opposite Matt Dillon in Netflix's Running for Grace. He also voiced the South African lead character 'Ajax' in the Call of Duty series.
The Austin Arthouse Film Festival nominated him for their ‘Cassavetes’ award for his leading role in the film Pronia. He will next be seen in Lapham Rising, starring opposite Frank Langella, Bobby Cannavale, and Ashley Benson and he is also a producer of the upcoming football film, Under Stadium Lights starring Laurence Fishburne and Milo Gibson.
Sandilands most recently had a cameo role opposite Tom Hanks in the Academy Award-nominated western drama News of the World directed by Paul Greengrass. In South Africa, local audiences viewed him in the small-town psychological thriller Showmax Original series Dam, filmed in the Eastern Cape. As singer/songwriter, his 7 minutes 33-second single ‘Goue Graal’ was released to local audiences earlier last year both on the radio and as a music video. He will next co-star in Netflix’s upcoming drama series Sweet Tooth based on the DC Vertigo comic. The series was filmed in New Zealand and is set for release later this year.
Take a look at the trailer right here.
