STANDING UP

When outcasts Howie (Chandler Canterbury) and Grace (the ethereally lovely yet awkward Annalise Basso) are stripped of their clothes and abandoned on deserted Goat Island by their summer campmates, they defy their bullies' and their own expectations by fleeing rather than shivering till morning, surviving on their wits and luck until they can meet Grace's mother in three days' time.

Beautifully photographed by Director of Photography, Alex Nepomniaschy, "Standing Up" transitions both visually and thematically from the dark recesses of the cabin where Howie and Grace first meet to the wide, golden-lighted trail where their adventure ends — their timidity and fear replaced by confidence and friendship.

A limited theatrical release in 2013, Standing Up is currently streaming on Netflix.