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 A SHATTERING (2023)
was shot by cinematographer Robert Cauble,
edited by John Lyons and written and directed by
Jan Jalenak
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 A 20 minute film starring Scott Cohen and Kelly Wolf about a carefully constructed marriage that implodes when an unexpected call unleashes a fragility and pain that have been simmering for years.
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A SHATTERING

Trailer

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A 19-minute film starring Brandi Nicole Wilson, Ylfa Edelstein and Andrew Elvis Miller, about a woman’s search for the intimacy missing in her life leading her to a motel room with another woman – only to be faced with the realities of her marriage. It’s part one night stand gone wrong, then gone right, then discovering what you’ve been looking for might be what you already have. Or maybe not...
YOU CAN KISS ME was shot by cinematographer Jay Feather and written and directed by Jan Jalenak for BABY DOLL FILMS.
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YOU CAN KISS ME

Audience FEEDBACK from April 2020 LGBT Film Festival

YOU CAN KISS ME

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FILMS IN DEVELOPMENT

The Happy Family (feature)
Spilled Coffee (feature)
The Over Accommodating Wife (or Field Notes from a Fractured Marriage) (feature)
Touch My Face (short and feature), Stuck in Memphis (feature)

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