Midnight Delight (film)
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| Directed by | Rohit Gupta |
| Produced by | Rohit Gupta Saumin Mehta |
| Written by | Rohit Gupta |
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| Cinematography | Joshua Echevarria Monika Kolodziej |
| Edited by | Rohit Gupta Saumin Mehta Michael Lester |
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Production
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Dot and Feather Entertainment
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Running time
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85 minutes |
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| Language | English |
Midnight Delight is an American comedy film written, directed by Rohit Gupta which is composed of 9 vignettes of characters at a smoking lounge and their hilarious antics with people they’ve never met before. It stars an ensemble cast and produced by Gupta & Saumin Mehta under the production company Dot and Feather Entertainment.[1][2] The film is the second feature directed by Gupta, best known for Life! Camera Action... & Another Day Another Life.
The film premiered at the Cannabis Film Festival in Garberville, Humboldt County, California, where it won the "Judges Choice film of the festival" award.[3][4]
Plot
The film is composed of 9 vignettes where characters in a marijuana smoking lounge have conversations with people they have never met before.[5]
Cast
- Shaheed Woods
- Michele Suttile
- John Crann
- Maggie Alexander
- Alexandra Hellquist
- Rachel Myers
- Dipti Mehta
- Michael Lester
- Bill E. McCrea
- Michael Laguerre
- Adit Dileep
- Sofia Sivan
Production
Midnight Delight has been shot as an improvisatory movie with only few pages of treatment for a script. Instead of a script, the actors received outlines, which covered the plot points and were told what had to happen.[2]
Reception
The film opened at the Cannabis Film Festival in Humboldt county, California followed by its Washington State premiere at the Hempapalooza Music and Film Festival in Brinnon, Washington.[6] It won the Platinum award for the "Best Experimental Film" at the Oregon International Film Awards.[7][8]
| Location | Festival/Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
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| USA | Cannabis Film Festival | 'Judges Choice Best Film of the Festival' | Midnight Delight | Won |
| USA | Oregon Film Awards | 'Platinum Award - Best Experimental Film' | Midnight Delight | Won |
| USA | Camp Cult Classics Film Festival[9] | 'Classics' award[10][11] | Midnight Delight | Won |
- Official Selection - Hempapalooza Music & Film Festival, Washington State, USA
- Official Selection - Golden Door Film Festival, New Jersey, USA[12]
- Official Selection - "Experimental Einstein Award" category - Blowup Chicago International Art House Film Festival, Illinois, USA.[8][13][14]
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