Think of those blistering summer days that make everyone delirious and it almost feels as if anything is possible, and this will take you to where director Minka Farthing-Kohl found inspiration for his short Stray Dogs. In fact, the opening scene of the film is based on something that actually happened to him, though in a very different context. Being a fan of stories about people who are in the wrong place at the wrong time and get drawn into a completely different world, he decided to take advantage of his experience.