In Search of a Midnight Kiss

Alex Holdridge
USA
2007

If L.A. fell into the ocean, I wouldn’t miss it.

98", 35mm
Black & White, English

about the film

It’s New Year’s Eve. Wilson, a 29 year old guy who has just had the worst year of his life, is new to Los Angeles, has no date, no concrete plans and every intention of locking the doors and forgetting the last year ever happened. That is until his best friend, Jacob, browbeats him into posting a personal ad on Craig’s List. When Vivian, a strong-willed woman hell bent on being with the right guy at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve responds, a chaotic, sometimes hilarious, sometimes touching journey through the black and white streets of LA begins. Reminiscent in tone of the ease and honesty of Before Sunrise, the film is as much an ode to the City of Angels as it is to the strange chemistry of attraction between two strangers. In the waning hours of the year, emotional vulnerability and bitterly honest humour seem to be waiting around every corner.

about the director

Born in 1970, Alex Holdridge dropped out of his English major at college to make films. He made his feature Wrong Numbers (2001) while waiting tables: the film won the Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival and attracted attention from multiple studios in Hollywood. He then wrote and directed Sexless which won both the jury’s Best Narrative Feature award and the Audience Award at the South by Southwest Film Festival. In Search of a Midnight Kiss is inspired by his transition to full-time life as a writer, director and human in LA.

awards

2007 Woodstock Film Festival: Best Editing
2007 Tribeca Film Festival
Raindance Film Festival
Oslo Film Festival
Edinburgh Film Festival
Chicago Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival
Austin Film Festival
Thessaloniki Film Festival

screenings

February 20 Wednesday, 7:00 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 2

February 21 Thursday, 10:00 PM AFM Budak Caddebostan

February 23 Saturday, 8:00 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 7

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