Descriptions:
Courtney’s family enjoys a Christmas at the beach after her father passes. She tries to hold on to tradition while her family tries to move on — will a charming family friend help her find acceptance?
This is a little short we made on our iPhones with one tripod and one light and the help of our family for TikTok in 2021. After we watched “The Happiest Season” which was billed and marketed as a queer holiday film, we were inspired to make a holiday film that actually warmed our hearts.
We were SO excited for the cozy, sapphic romantic comedy they were selling; yet, when we watched it, we discovered it was the opposite of that. SPOILERS: It’s a coming out film with problematic tropes that made it actually quite painful to watch. We’re still grateful for it because it’s a step toward more representation, and it made us think:
1. Let’s get back into therapy. lol
2. If they’re not going to make a holiday romcom that normalized our romance, then we WILL!
Fun facts:
1. We shot this film in 2 different states!
2. This was released before Taylor swift released the following songs:
Snow on the Beach
Florida!!! (which features Destin, heavily, as does this film)
The only logical explanation is that she must have seen our film and was inspired to write and release both of these songs on her latest album “Midnights” in 2022.
This is short film #2, we’ve got one more like this to share, and we’re in development for our FOURTH sapphic holiday romcom!! We can’t wait to keep making films that show healthy, positive representation of the LGBTQ+ community. We love you all!