"Honeyjoon", written, directed, and produced by Grad Film alum Lilian T. Mehrel, with cinematography by alum Inés Gowland and editing by alum Harry Cepka, opened in New York on June 10th at IFC Center. Screenings across the nation include Los Angeles on June 12th at the Laemmle Royal, June 19th at the Laemmle Town Center, June 26th at the Laemmle Glendale, and in Chicago June 19th at the Gene Siskel Film Center, with additional dates to be announced.
In this light-and-dark comedy, June and her Persian-British mother 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.
Lilian T. Mehrel is an award-winning writer & director with a visionary sense of feeling and humor.
She is the winner of the Tribeca AT&T Untold Stories Award for her debut feature, Honeyjoon, which premiered at Tribeca. Lilian’s films have also screened at Palm Springs, Sao Paolo Mostra, Clermont-Ferrand, and the AmPav Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes. She was selected for the SFFILM Rainin Grant, TorinoFilmLab ComedyLab, Film Independent Episodic Lab, Sloan Award, Nancy Malone Directing Award, Geri Ashur Screenwriting Award, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, CineQuaNonLab, Film Fatales Episodic Directing Shadow Workshop, 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.
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