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Dead Strangers

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Format: Web Series Pilot
Duration: 16 min
Year: 2026
Genre: Drama
Writer/Director: Angeline Loo
Producers: Anna Canton, Alex Farley, Shreya Gejji
DOP: Daryl Wong
Starring: Celine Dam, Marshayla Christie
Synopsis: A young woman, addicted to watching the livestream funerals of strangers, seeks out the friend of one of the deceased - only to be swept up in a quest to fulfil a dead girl’s dreams.
Series Overview:

• 6 x commercial half-hour episodes
• Primary audience - women 18-30yrs
• Secondary audience - teenage girls 15-19yrs

​Funding: New Zealand On Air 
Platform: RNZ & Pan-Asian Screen Collective
Status: Pilot - released; Series - in development
Festivals:

• NZ Web Fest 2026 (New Zealand)

For commissioning enquiries, contact us here.

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IMdB

The Movie Database

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News & Media:

• NZ Web Fest: DEAD STRANGERS named as Finalist in NZ SERIES BEST PILOT category
• ​RNZ: Pilots enhance representation of Pan-Asian creatives on screen
• RNZ is supporting the rollout of the Episode One Redux initiative and streaming four new web series pilots!
• PASC: About Episode One Redux 

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photos by Jinki Cambronero