DIRECTOR Alexandra-Therese Keining
WRITER Alexandra-Therese Keining
PRODUCERS Josefine Tengblad
EDITOR Lars Gustafson, Malin Lindström
CINEMATOGRAPHER Ragna Jorming, FSF
CAST Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjönes, Lena Endre, Krister Henriksson

2011 | Sweden | 105 min.

First-time writer/director Alexandra-Therese Keining offers a subtle, sensual romantic drama about how love appears in the most unexpected ways, and at the most unexpected times. Mia (Ruth Vega Fernandez) and her fiancé Tim set off on a trip to attend the engagement party of her father Lasse, who she has not seen in years, and meet his new soon-to-be wife Elisabeth. There, Mia encounters Elisabeth's daughter, and her future stepsister, Frida (Liv Mjönes).

As edgy, uptight Mia and serene Frida get to know each other, strong emotions are stirred, sparking a passionate love affair. The unexpected, forbidden relationship forces the women to make painful, and life-changing, decisions. Filmed in the stunning countryside of Sweden, KISS ME is a vibrant and sincere film that follows one woman's journey to self-discovery.

—Dilcia Barrera, AFI FEST

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TERRITORIES
North America

EXHIBITION FORMATS
HDCAM, Digibeta, DVD

FESTIVALS
2011 AFI FEST (Breakthrough Audience Award)

SCREENERS
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DIRECTOR Katie Wolfe
WRITER Kate McDermott based on a story by Witi Ihimaera
PRODUCERS Christina Milligan, Nicole Hoey
EDITOR Lisa Hough
CINEMATOGRAPHER Fred Renata
CAST Calvin Tutaeo, Nathalie Boltt, George Henare, Vicky Haughton, Dean O'Gorman, Pana Hema-Taylor, Miriama-Jane Devantier

2011 | New Zealand | 76 min.

Following the heartbreaking, sexually charged novel Nights in the Gardens of Spain by award-winning author Witi Ihimaera (WHALE RIDER), Kawa is the story of a family man coming out for the first time in the Maori world, where the ties that bind are tight and the responsibilities of family extend well beyond just one generation.

His marriage on the rocks, handsome Kawa lives out of a hotel, spending his days under fire at the office and his nights at a local steam room where he has anonymous sex with men. Annabelle, his wife, vaguely suspects the involvement of another woman but stifles the notion in an attempt to keep their family intact.

Feeling guilty and isolated from his children, Kawa puts on a brave face and returns to his family in time to visit his aging father and be passed the Kahu huruhuru (a feathered cloak), a symbol that the time has come for him to lead the family. Just as his family life reaches a shaky equilibrium, Kawa's elderly mother spots him bidding farewell to a former lover in secret, and her silent scorn prompts him to reveal his true identity to his family—and live with the fallout that follows.

This story thrives on the big screen thanks to breathtaking views of New Zealand's beautiful landscape, as the nuanced direction of Katie Wolfe deftly illuminates the loss and liberation that accompanies coming out with a family in tow.

—Jackson Scarlett, FRAMELINE

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TERRITORIES
The World, except New Zealand and Australia

EXHIBITION FORMATS
HDCAM, Digibeta, DVD

FESTIVALS
Frameline 35, Outfest 2011

SCREENERS
EMAIL US

DIRECTOR Jay Arnold
WRITER Jay Arnold, Thom Cardwell
PRODUCERS Fred M. Caruso, Jay Arnold
EDITOR Greg Vermette, Brian Gannon
CINEMATOGRAPHER Joe Meccariello
CAST Chris Murrah, Jon Lindstrom, Wendie Malick

2011 | USA | 98 min.

Billionaire/Socialite Paul Greco (Jon Lindstrom, As the World Turns, General Hospital, & Port Charles) seems to have it all. Or does he? Upon the sale of his lucrative business, his retirement, and more money and time than he knows what to do with, there are many sudden changes in his life. Starting with his overbearing (but well-meaning) sister Elise (Wendie Malick, Just Shoot Me, Hot In Cleveland, and All My Children) who decides giving Paul a dog would be the perfect start.

With little else to do, Paul assumes the daily dog walking routine in the park. There he encounters Andy Chance (Chris Murrah), a gay self-employed advertising whiz, who happens to walk his dog on the very same schedule. What starts as a casual daily meeting in the park, eventually develops into something a bit more questionable.

Andy and Paul find themselves in a series of comedic situations in the give-and-take, of the differences in their personalities, upbringing, background and ages and, above all, the clarity of their undefined relationship. This gets even more complicated by the influential and overbearing women in both of their lives. Elise senses definite and curious changes in Pauls behavior and personality but becomes preoccupied about her own alternative lifestyle artist son, Brian (Ariel Shafir), with whom she has become seriously estranged. At the same time Andy's adopted sister Roz (Natalia Cigliuti, All My Children), a high-powered art gallery owner becomes overtly uncomfortable with Andy's fascination over Pau, a straight philanthropist from an elite world of socialites and black-tie benefits.

After many twists and turns in the screenplays story line, revelation, clarity and reconciliation are exposed and settled. The elements of discovery, surprise and delight are everywhere. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT explores the meaning, definition and redefining of family, the nature of relationships, the meaning of the varieties of love as a concept, attitude and human experience, fraught with laughter and surprise.

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TERRITORIES
The World

EXHIBITION FORMATS
HDCAM, Digibeta, DVD

FESTIVALS
Hollywood Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Philadelphia QFest

SCREENERS
EMAIL US