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Chasing Summer

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United States202591 minEnglish
Chasing Summer

After losing both her job and boyfriend, Jamie retreats to her small Texas hometown, where friends and flings from a fateful high school summer turn her life upside down.

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After losing both her job and boyfriend, Jamie retreats to her small Texas hometown, where friends and flings from a fateful high school summer turn her life upside down.

Celebrated Sundance Film Festival alum Josephine Decker (director of 2018’s Madeline’s Madeline and 2020’s Shirley) collaborates with acclaimed comedian — and here, writer-star — Iliza Shlesinger to bring to life this charming and sensual story of generational subversions and unexpected second chances. Shlesinger’s razor-sharp wit is in full form and pairs seamlessly with Decker’s vibrant cinematic eye, making for an empowering and refreshing look at the consequences and pleasures of past-meets-present collisions. Shlesinger mines personal experience for a powerful and ardent performance, revealing a rare and nuanced vulnerability. Turning the millennial coming-of-age narrative on its head with humor and heart, Chasing Summer offers a relatable stroll down the messy crossroads that coming home can bring — in all its chaos and possibility. — AS

Available in person. Also available online for the public (January 29–February 1).

PremieresAll FeaturesWomen-Centered StoriesComedyDramaFictionRomanceClosed CaptionOpen CaptionU.S. Only- less

Credits

  • Director(s)

    Josephine Decker

  • Screenwriter

    Iliza Shlesinger

  • Producers

    Rob Guillermo

    Ray Maiello

    Nihaar Sinha

    Houston King

    Sam Pressman

    Paula Paizes

    liza Shlesinger

  • Production Company

    Indus Valley Media

    Moontower Productions

    Pressman Film

  • Executive Producers

    Josephine Decker

    Bianca Rusu

    Jack Masterson

    Andre Eanes

    Rhodes McKee

    Louis Krubich

    Christopher Schwarzenegger

    Dan Fried

  • Principal Cast

    Iliza Shlesinger

    Garrett Wareing

    Lola Tung

    Cassidy Freeman

    Tom Welling

    Megan Mullally

  • Company

    Moontower Productions

  • Contact

    Ray Maiello

    moontower@mac.com

    3104905623

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

Josephine Decker

    Josephine Decker is a filmmaker and performer whose work delves into women’s interiority and sexuality. Her feature film Shirley (starring Elisabeth Moss) won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Auteur Filmmaking at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Madeline’s Madeline also played at the Festival and earned nominations at the Gotham Awards and Film Independent Spirit Awards.

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