Project Detail

Kiss and Be Friends

Kiss and Be Friends

Synopsis

In a modern-day Lisbon, a city caught between locals and tourists, two art students drift through a weekend of sexual fluidity and late-capitalist burnout.
Sofia obsesses over nuclear war and lives in the shadow of the narcissistic Amandine but their toxic friendship is put to the test when Amandine crosses paths with Guilherme, a pseudo-intellectual Portuguese artist, at a fringe art event - derailing both friends' plans.
An acidic comedy exploring intimacy, identity, and the contradictions of being human in a generation powered by irony, anxiety, and Instagram.

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Features
Running time
86 min
Director
Ana Baldini, Roly Witherow 1st Feature
Producer
Roly Witherow
Executive Producer
Roly Witherow, Ana Baldini
Editor
Roly Witherow, Ana Baldini
Screenwriter
Roly Witherow
Director of Photography
Will Tremlett
Production Designer
Ben Goldberg
Sound
Sound Force Studio; Sound Recordist: José Bica
Composer
Roly Witherow
Principal cast
Marine Arradon, Anu Loureiro, Gustavo Rebelo, Lucas Melo, Marianne da Conceição
Costume Deisgner
Katie Madin
Hair & Makeup
Olga José
Colourist
Marina Tebechrani

Production Status

Production Company

Portugal, UK co-production

Idioma Pictures (PT), Stiwdio Dyfi (UK), Stiwdio Dyfi, Idris Films (UK)

Stiwdio Dyfi CIC

Will Tremlett
205, Y Plas
Machynlleth
SY20 8ER

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