Shiva Baby

Shiva Baby is an American comedy film, directed by Emma Seligman and released in 2020.[1] The film stars Rachel Sennott as Danielle, a young bisexual Jewish woman whose family is sitting shiva following a death, who is unexpectedly forced to juggle her personal interactions when both her ex-girlfriend Maya (Molly Gordon) and her sugar daddy Max (Danny Deferrari) show up.

Shiva Baby
Directed byEmma Seligman
Produced byKieran Altmann
Katie Schiller
Lizzie Shapiro
Written byEmma Seligman
StarringRachel Sennott
Molly Gordon
Polly Draper
Music byAriel Marx
CinematographyMaria Rusche
Edited byHanna A. Park
Production
company
Neon Heart Productions
Release date
  • March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15) (SXSW)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film's cast also includes Fred Melamed and Polly Draper as Danielle's parents Joel and Debbie, as well as Dianna Agron, Jackie Hoffman and Deborah Offner.

The film was an expansion of Seligman's 2017 short film of the same title, which she had made as her thesis project while studying film at New York University.[2]

Release

The film was slated to premiere at the 2020 SXSW film festival; following that festival's cancellation in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was instead screened digitally.[3]

It will be screened digitally at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August,[4] and at both the 2020 Deauville American Film Festival[5] and the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.[6]

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References
  1. Jude Dry, "‘Shiva Baby’ Review: A Sugar Daddy Crashes a Jewish Funeral in This Lively Queer Comedy". IndieWire, March 24, 2020.
  2. Kate Erbland, Eric Kohn, David Ehrlich, Chris O'Falt, Zack Sharf, Jude Dry, Ryan Lattanzio and Tambay Obenson, "15 SXSW Movies You Still Need to Know About". IndieWire, March 11, 2020.
  3. Jeremy Kay, "SXSW to judge 2020 competition films digitally". Screen Daily, March 13, 2020.
  4. Patrick Frater, "‘First Cow’ to Open Melbourne Festival’s Eclectic 68 ½ Online Edition". Variety, July 14, 2020.
  5. Elsa Keslassy, "Deauville Fest to Showcase 10 Movies From Cannes 2020 Official Selection". Variety, July 28, 2020.
  6. Victoria Ahearn, "TIFF announces all 50 titles for pandemic-tailored 2020 event". Toronto Star, July 30, 2020.


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