Canadian Film Fest Official Selection
Closing Night
March 28, 8:45pm
The Royal Theatre, Toronto
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PRETEND WE’RE KISSING
TORONTO PREMIERE
Running Time: 84mins
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Producers: Peter Harvey, Matt Sadowski, Sean Buckely
Director: Matt Sadowski
Writer: Matt Sadowski
Editor: Jorge Weisz
Cast: Dov Tiefenbach, Tommie-Amber Pirie, Zoe Kravitz
Synopsis:
Benny (Dov Tiefenbach) needs to get out his of head and stop over thinking everything. It’s holding him back from growing up and finding love, which he’s made all too aware of by his obnoxious agoraphobic hippie roommate (Zoë Kravtiz). When, by chance (this IS a rom-com after all), he meets and falls for Jordan (Tommie Amber Pirie), a somewhat dorky girl obsessed with the notion of fate and hell-bent on finding a magical kind of love, he realizes that he might be able to actually move forward in life…if he can only get out of his own way.
Pretend We’re Kissing is comedy-drama about an intense whirlwind weekend romance. The kind we can have at any age that looks like true love and then is basically over in a blink. Reminiscent of Annie Hall and Before Sunrise, the film feels like a lazy Autumn day. It's a story about how sometimes even a brief fling can change us, perhaps even more than a longer romantic relationship can. Proudly set in Toronto, the script is full of wit, whimsy and pathos - funny one minute, sad the next.