LGBTQ feature film Maybe Someday premiering at the Cinequest Film Festival from April 1st to 17th. An LGBTQ feature film highlighting different aspects of love and heartbreak, Maybe Someday is a nostalgic and moving journey written and directed by Michelle Ehlen. The film is Ehlen’s fifth feature and first dramedy, her prior films most notably being the first lesbian comedy trilogy – Butch Jamie, Heterosexual Jill, and S&M Sally. Maybe Someday stars Ehlen along with Shaela Cook and Charlie Steers.
The story follows the character of Jay (Ehlen), a non-binary photographer in her 40s, battling a mixture of denial and depression as she attempts to move across the country in the midst of separating from her wife (Jeneen Robinson). Along the way, she takes a detour to stay with her high school best friend (Cook) who Jay used to be secretly in love with before she came out as a lesbian, and befriends a charismatic but complicated gay man (Steers) who has long given up on love. Struggling to move forward with the next chapter of her life, memories of the past resurface as Jay grapples with the inevitable cycles of love, loss, and letting go. Maybe Someday was shot in 17 days over almost two years, with the last four days of shooting delayed due to the pandemic.
Ehlen was inspired to write the script after her own divorce and cross-country move to Los Angeles many years ago, even though the story itself is fictional. She says,’ It is my hope with the film to portray a more realistic version than what we usually see of moving forward after heartbreak, to normalize the idea that it isn’t just time that heals us; it’s our own willingness and participation in the process.’
Her past films have collectively screened at over 100 festivals around the world and have won 20 awards including Best Feature from the Chicago LGBTQ Film Festival, Best Director from the Connecticut LGBT Film Festival, and Best Actress from Outfest Los Angeles for her first starring role in Butch Jamie. The films have gone on to wide releases on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. In addition to Cinequest hosting a virtual festival in April, they plan to screen Maybe Someday and the full line-up of films at their in-person festival in Silicon Valley later this year. Maybe Someday also plans to tour the festival circuit for the rest of the year, details to be announced on their social media
accounts @MaybeSomedayFilm.
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