'' Slow West '' is a 2015 British/New Zealand action western film written and directed by John Maclean in his directorial debut . It stars Kodi Smit-McPhee as a young man searching for his lost love in the American West , accompanied by a bounty hunter played by Michael Fassbender . It premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 24 , 2015 , where it was awarded the Sundance Institute 's World Cinema Jury Prize : Dramatic Winner
2015 Sundance Film Festival
2015 Sundance Film Festival
Slow West