Hi reddit! I'm Lilian T. Mehrel, director & writer of HONEYJOON. It's a dark-comedy about grief, desire, and human connection. It premiered at Tribeca last year and is out in theaters starting later this week. AMA!
Hi reddit. I'm Lilian T. Mehrel, director & writer of HONEYJOON.
It premiered at Tribeca, won the biggest film production prize in the world, the Tribeca AT&T Untold Stories Award, then screened at 40+ festivals and won multiple audience awards and jury awards. Now it's coming to theaters, released by Utopia/Circle Collective. It opens June 10 in NYC, 6/12 in LA, 6/19 in Chicago, 6/22 in Toronto, and more to come!
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvSFMCJ0w_M
- Tickets & more: honeyjoon.utopia.film
Synopsis:
A surprisingly sexy, darkly funny emotional rollercoaster...
In this layered dark comedy, June and her Persian-British mom Lela travel to the romantic Azores islands for a grief anniversary, with contrasting ways of coping. A hot philosophical surfer takes them on a tour as we surf the waves of life, loss, flirting… an unforgettable ride. In her award-winning debut feature, director Lilian T. Mehrel brilliantly transforms grief, desire, and human connection into something electric, introducing a visionary new voice.
Cast: Ayden Mayeri, Amira Casar, José Condessa
Deadline Theatrical Announcement
My bio:
Lilian T. Mehrel is an award-winning writer & director with a visionary sense of feeling and humor. Her debut feature, Honeyjoon, premiered at Tribeca and won the Tribeca AT&T Untold Stories Award. It has screened at 40+ festivals, winning multiple audience awards and jury awards for Best Feature. It opens in theaters June 10. Lilian’s films have also screened at Palm Springs, Sao Paolo Mostra, Clermont-Ferrand, and the AmPav Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes. Her awards and selections include SFFILM Rainin, TorinoFilmLab, Film Independent Episodic Lab, Sloan Award, Nancy Malone Directing Award, Geri Ashur Screenwriting Award, Film Fatales Episodic Directing Shadow Workshop, CineQuaNonLab, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, TFI Labs with YouTube/Google and Warner Media, and the Marcie Bloom Fellowship. Lilian earned her MFA from NYU Tisch Grad Film with a PDS Fellowship, and her BA from Dartmouth with a Senior Fellowship. She also enjoys hip hop dance.
Special events:
- Q&A: NYC (June 10 & 11), LA (June 12 & 19), Chicago (June 20), Toronto (June 22)
- NYC June 11: HONEYJOON Movie Date (singles afterparty)
- Updates and more
- Tickets here
Ask me anything! I'll come back at 6PM ET today (Monday 6/8) to answer questions.