Followed by a ZOOM Discussion with director Lilian T. Mehrel
A surprisingly sexy, darkly funny, life-affirming film. A great movie for mothers and daughters to go to together.
Lela and her sensual daughter June take a trip to the romantic Azores after their big loss — with opposite ideas about how to grieve, how to live, and how tiny June’s bikini should be. Between honeymooners, Woman Life Freedom, and their hot philosophical-surfer tour guide João, they find each other… coming back to life.
“The magic of the lovely, understated Honeyjoon is the way is shows that happiness, like grief, comes in waves.”-MovieJawn
“A wry tale of mother and daughter clashing, melding & loving each other amidst private masturbatory gropings, flirting, & hiking.” – CultureCatch
Lilian T. Mehrel is an award-winning writer & director with a visionary sense of feeling and humor.
She is the winner of the Tribeca AT&T Untold Stories Award for her debut feature, Honeyjoon, which premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Festival. Lilian’s films have also premiered at Clermont-Ferrand and the AmPav Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes. She was selected for the SFFILM Rainin Grant, the TorinoFilmLab ComedyLab, Film Independent Episodic Lab, Sloan Episodic Award, Nancy Malone Directing Award, Geri Ashur Screenwriting Award, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, CineQuaNonLab, TFI Labs with YouTube/Google and Warner Media, and the Sony Pictures Classics / Marcie Bloom Fellowship.
Lilian takes audiences for a ride with her stunning swirl of comedic and emotional cinema. She earned her MFA from NYU Tisch Grad Film with a PDS Fellowship, and her BA from Dartmouth with a Senior Fellowship. She has been featured in Variety, Vogue, IndieWire, and The Hollywood Reporter. She also enjoys hip hop dance.
