Midnight Delight (film)

Midnight Delight
Directed by Rohit Gupta
Produced by Rohit Gupta
Saumin Mehta
Written by Rohit Gupta
Starring
  • Shaheed Woods
  • Michele Suttile
  • John Crann
  • Alexandra Hellquist
  • Dipti Mehta
  • Maggie Alexander
Cinematography Joshua Echevarria
Monika Kolodziej
Edited by Rohit Gupta
Saumin Mehta
Michael Lester
Production
company
Dot and Feather Entertainment
Running time
 85 minutes
Country
  • United States
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 2015 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

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]

History

The trailer was released in September 2015.[6]

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 2015 in Brinnon, Washington.[7] It won the Platinum award for the "Best Experimental Film" at the Oregon International Film Awards 2015.[8][9]

Year, Location Festival/Award Category Recipients and nominees Result
2015, USA Cannabis Film Festival "Judges Choice Best Film of the Festival" Midnight Delight Won
2015, USA Oregon Film Awards Platinum Award - "Best Experimental Film" Midnight Delight Won

References

  1. ↑ Pasquine, Frank (February 24, 2015). "NYFA Grad Rohit Gupta releases teaser trailer for 'Midnight Delight'". New York Film Academy. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "'Midnight Delight' wins big at the Cannabis Film Festival". The Times of India. May 9, 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Rough, Lisa (April 28, 2015). "The Cannabis Film Festival: A Feast For the Eyes, the Soul, and the Cannabis Movement". Leafly. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "'Midnight Delight' Wins Award at Cannabis Film Festival". India West. May 13, 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "California to enjoy Midnight Delight". Urban Asian. April 30, 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Modha, Roopa (March 17, 2015). "First look for Rohit Gupta’s upcoming American comedy flick Midnight Delight unveiled!". Urban Asian. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Modha, Roopa (June 16, 2015). "Midnight Delight to set tone at Olympic Peninsula" (Featured). Urban Aisan. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  8. ↑ Bermant, Charlie (June 20, 2015). "Brinnon's Hempapalooza celebrates, explores 'cannabis culture'". Peninsula Daily News. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  9. 1 2 Pasquine, Frank (17 December 2015). "‘Midnight Delight’ Wins Top Honors at the Oregon Film Awards 2015". New York Film Academy. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Official Selections 2015". http://www.blowupfilmfest.com/#!/2015/selection-experimental.html. BU Art House Fest. Retrieved 20 December 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  11. ↑ M, Roopa (18 September 2015). "Film Midnight Delight to premiere in New Jersey!". Urban Asian. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

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