PORT AUTHORITY BY DANIELLE LESSOVITZ – UN CERTAIN REGARD AWARD NOMINEE @ CANNES FILM FESTIVAL / FEATURE FILM
PORT AUTHORITY BY DANIELLE LESSOVITZ (2019) WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DANIELLE LESSOVITZ CASTING BY DAMIAN BAO AND KATE ANTOGNINI CASTING WAS A HYBRID COMBINATION OF ACTORS AND NON-ACTORS WHO WERE CINEMATIC AND DYNAMIC STREET FINDS. CAST: FIONN WHITEHEAD (PAUL), LEYNA BLOOM (WYE), MCCAUL LOMBARDI (LEE), JARI JONES (NAIMA), AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY MARTIN SCORSESE A RT FEATURES, SIKELIA PRODUCTIONS, & MADELEINE FILMS PRODUCTION. NOMINATIONS: UN CERTAIN REGARD AWARD – CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2019 WORLD PREMIERE: MAY 2019 IMDB PAGE: “PORT AUTHORITY” (2019) SYNOPSIS: PORT AUTHORITY IS A LOVE STORY SET IN NEW YORK’S KIKI BALLROOM SCENE, AND FOLLOWS PAUL, A 20 YEAR OLD MIDWESTERNER, WHO ARRIVES AT THE CENTRAL BUS STATION AND QUICKLY CATCHES EYES WITH WYE, A 22 YEAR OLD GIRL VOGUING ON THE SIDEWALK. AFTER PAUL SEEKS HER OUT IN SECRET, AN INTENSE LOVE BETWEEN THEM BLOSSOMS. BUT WHEN PAUL DISCOVERS WYE IS TRANS, HE IS FORCED TO CONFRONT HIS OWN IDENTITY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BELONG. PRESS: – MEET LEYNA BLOOM, FIRST TRANS WOMAN OF COLOR TO LEAD A CANNES FILM PREMIERE (OUT MAGAZINE)
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