FIRST NIGHT is a funny, sweet film about two 20-something neurotic adults who have just spent their first night together… and it didn’t go as well as expected…
The film is now viewable on the Internet on YouTube and on Vimeo in high def by clicking here:
https://vimeo.com/358634185
“FIRST NIGHT" – Molly Kasch
My short film “FIRST NIGHT,” in a revised form, was part of the 29th Night of Shorts Night (produced/curated by Eric Toms ) at the Parlor (3 blocks west of La Brea on Melrose at Alta Vista – LA of course). Sept. 2, 2019.
FIRST NIGHT stars Molly Kasch and Michael May; produced by Ashley H (whom I will be forever grateful to for this). The DP was Stephen Parsey. Alex Lockhart did the make-up. The wonderful Lenore Eklund (nee’ Smith) edited the film and her husband Mark Eklund was the sound editor. William Hochhaus performed the charming music on various ukuleles and sang “Ballin’ the Jack.” The Film was shot on a Canon 5D Mark II.
The film had its television premiere on PBS KVCR Shorts Showcase on January 12, 2013 at 11 pm in the Palm Springs, CA area.
It also was nominated for Best Short Film on Stay Tuned TV – ceremony in July 2012 as part of POP CON at the LA Convention Center.
Stay Tuned TV (internet) 2012 Awards at PopCon.
The film was an official selection of the 2010 Flagstaff and Ventura Film Festivals. It was also screened during the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles in 2012. Finally, when the film was the website Funny or Die, it had over 35,000 views and remained rated as “funny”.
producer Ashley Hillard, actor Molly Kasch, writer/director/executive producer Julius Galacki at the Ventura Film Festival
Above, Michael May as Thomas – “I’m sorry” – while Molly Kasch as Sarah listens.
Director / Author’s Note: The script was originally conceived as a play. It debuted at the Yale Cabaret (the student-run theatre at the Yale School of Drama) as part of an anthology evening under the umbrella title of “Quickies”. The inspiration for the play came from that overall title: “What if a sexual encounter went by a little too quickly?” That “First Night” starred C.S. Lee and Patty Lewis and was also directed by myself. Later, Bridget Flanery and David Bardeen were in a subsequent play reading at The Brewery arts complex in Los Angeles in 2005. It was adapted into a film in 2010, and then revised in 2019.