Gonella Productions

Genres: LGBTQ, Drama, Comedy
Running Time: 18 min 40 sec

SYNOPSIS

YOU CAN KISS ME is a short film that explores the search for human connection in a deeper, and more exciting way in the midst of life when the characters feel they have been forgotten by their current lives and unfulfilled by their present relationships. Two women, both with their own families, find themselves in this journey of longing to reconnect with a more vibrant part of life and of themselves. Everything becomes sweetly humorous when one of the husbands shows up, only to facilitate an inevitable bitter end to an intriguing "What if".

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: Baby Doll Films
Film Exports / World Sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Brandy Nicole Wilson — Penelope
Ylfa Edelstein — Meg
Andrew Elvis Miller — Paul

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Jan Jalenak
Screenwriter: Jan Jalenak
Producer: Jan Jalenak
Director of Photography: Jay Feather
Sound: Sean Hamilton
Editing: Paul Millspaugh
Assistant Editor: Ernest Leif
Finishing Editor: John Lyons
Music Composer: Jay Purdy
Assistant Director: Matthew McDonald
Art Director: Kim Soles
Hair & Makeup: Tracey Olkus
Crew and Equipment Producer: Ken Barbet and Shadowbox Productions

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: LGBTQ, Drama, Comedy
Total Running Time: 18 min 40 sec

AWARDS

South Film and Arts Academy Festival — Best Indie Short Film
BELIFF – Be Epic! Film Festival, London — Special Jury Award
2024 ARFF Paris // International Awards — Staff Pick
New Hope Film Festival — Audience Choice Award
Absurd Film Festival — Semi-Finalist
Deep Focus Film Festival — Honorable Mention
Night of Drama Shorts — Honorable Mention
IndieFest Film Awards — Award of Excellence
Venice Shorts — Best Indie Short and Best Trailer
Cannes International Cinema Festival — Best First Time Filmmaker
Berlin International Art Film Festival — Best Indie Short Film
New York Independent Cinema Awards — Best US Narrative Short
Rome International Short Festival — Best LGBTQ Film
Short Film Factory, Bucharest — Best “Relationship” Winner
Austin After Dark Film Festival — Award
Atlanta After Dark Film Festival — Award

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

LA Femme International Film Festival
LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival
SOHO International Film Festival
Big Apple Film Festival
Katra Film Series
Pride Films & Plays Film Festival (Chicago)
NewFilmmakers NY
Toronto Feedback Female Film Festival (TOFFFF)
Masters of Cinema, Rome
GLIFF – Golden Lemur Lisabon
Arrow International Film Festival, Paris
NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival
Chicago Indie Film Awards
2024 Love Actually Int’l Storyteller Showcase
Deep Cut Film Festival, Ontario, Canada