JULES OF LIGHT AND DARK

In present-day Texas, Maya (Tallie Medel) and her on again, off again girlfriend Jules (Betsy Holt) total their car after a night of backwoods raving and teen mischief. They’re rescued from the wreckage by Freddy (Robert Longstreet), a divorced oil worker whose stoic facade crumbles as he comes to see himself, and his repressed desires, in Maya. As Jules recovers, Maya and Freddy develop a rapport that dulls the debilitating silence of their small-town lives. Together, they subtly encourage one another to chase after what they want the most (or at least figure out what that might be).

Defined by earnest, full performances and a blue palette, Daniel Laabs’ first feature solidly articulates the universality of queer loneliness and uncertainty across genders and generations.

Cast: Tallie Medel, Robert Longstreet, Betsy Holt, Liz Cardenas, Miles Howard, and Hannah Weir

Crew: wri/dir/prod/edit Daniel Laabs, prod Jeff Walker, Russell Sheaffer, Adrian Testolin, Liz Cardenas, prod/edit Judd Myers, cine Noe Medrano Jr, prod design Jonathan Rudak

Exhibition: TRT 89mins, DCP 2K Stereo,

Awards:

2018 NEWFEST Grand Jury Prize - US Narrative Feature, 2019 OUTFEST Grand Jury Award Best Film 

Festivals:

New Orleans FF, Austin FF, TWIST Seattle Queer Film Festival, NEWFEST, American Film Festival Wrocław, CUCALORUS, Montclair FF, Oxford FF, Oak Cliff FF, Outfest, Gaze LGBT Film Festival, Appalachian Queer Film Festival, Gender Bender International Festival, Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival, Cinequest, Cinetopia

Broadcast Premiere: Showtime/Hulu

Booking/Sales: Wolfe Video

Supported by:

Gothams (formerly IFP) Lab and Week, Austin Film Society, San Francisco Film Society Kenneth-Rainin Foundation Grant, Kickstarter, USinProgress - Wrocław