In a forgotten desert town, a solitary racetrack janitor with a gift for drifting is haunted by his tragic past. Given a single chance to compete at a pro drifting event, he discovers his raw talent is useless without the one thing he's always avoided: connection with others. Under a hardened mentor, he must learn to trust his found family and transform his untamed, lonely art into a dangerous dance of partnership, or be consumed and controlled by the past he's desperate to escape.

Title: DRIFTER

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Language: English

Country: United States

Production Company: Raison D'Etre

Release Year: 2026

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My path to making Drifter comes from two simple loves that have been with me most of my life: movies and cars. Both have given me community, purpose, and a sense of belonging. 

I’ve always been inspired by grassroots car culture, where people pour everything they have into their machines. Those cars become more than transportation, they’re vessels for identity, memory, and connection. That’s the world I wanted to honor in Drifter.  Tree, the character at the center of Drifter, doesn’t have the words for what he feels, but he can express it through his car. Solo drifting is about control and isolation, while tandem drifting is about trust. To drift inches from another car at high speed requires surrender and faith in someone else. To me, that mirrors the most difficult but meaningful journey we take as people: learning to let others in.

My hope is that Drifter carries a little of the same spirit that has carried me: that even in the loneliest moments, connection is possible. And that sometimes, the bravest line we can take isn’t the one we drive alone...it’s the one where we allow someone to ride beside us.

- Sung Kang

Director: Sung Kang

Producers: Ted Chung, Elizabeth Geli, Sung Kang, Brian Yang

Writers: Ted Chung, Sung Kang, Aaron Strongoni

Cinematographer: Bruce Thierry Cheung

Editor: Lam T. Nguyen

Sung Kang (Tree)

Tamara Braun (Rosie)

Michael Nehring (Bennett)

Grant Sullivan (Burdy)

McCaleb Burnett (Sal)

Gregory Cruz (Lantana)

Adam LZ

James Pumphrey (Dusty)

Rutledge Wood (Cody)

Press contact: driftermovieprod@gmail.com

Official website: driftermovie.com

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