HONEYJOON
A surprisingly sexy, darkly funny, emotional rollercoaster... about a mother-daughter trip. To a romantic island. For a grief anniversary.
HONEYJOON
A surprisingly sexy, darkly funny, emotional rollercoaster...
In this light-and-dark comedy, June and her Persian-British mother Lela travel to the romantic Azores islands for a grief anniversary, with contrasting ways of coping. A hot philosophical surfer takes them on a tour as we surf the waves of life, loss, flirting… an unforgettable ride.
Lilian T. Mehrel is an award-winning writer & director with a visionary sense of feeling and humor.
She is the winner of the biggest film production prize in the world for her debut feature, Honeyjoon, which premiered at Tribeca, won the Tribeca AT&T Untold Stories Award for $1million, multiple audience awards and jury awards for best feature, and is coming to theaters June 2026. Lilian’s films have also screened at Palm Springs, Sao Paolo Mostra, Clermont-Ferrand, and the AmPav Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes. She was selected for the SFFILM Rainin Grant, TorinoFilmLab ComedyLab, Film Independent Episodic Lab, Sloan Award, Nancy Malone Directing Award, Geri Ashur Screenwriting Award, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, CineQuaNonLab, Film Fatales Episodic Directing Shadow Workshop, TFI Labs with YouTube/Google and Warner Media, and the Marcie Bloom Fellowship.
Lilian earned her MFA from NYU Tisch Grad Film with a PDS Fellowship, and her BA from Dartmouth with a Senior Fellowship. She also enjoys hip hop dance.
World Premiere - Tribeca Festival 2025
LA Premiere - AFI FEST 2025
Palm Springs International Film Festival - 2026
Florida Premiere - Miami Film Festival 2026
Brazil Premiere - Sao Paolo (Mostra) International Film Festival 2025
Tribeca AT&T 2024 - Untold Stories Award
Tribeca 2025 - Top 3 Audience Award
SFFILM 2025 - SFFILM Rainin Grant
Mill Valley 2025 - Audience Award: US Cinema
Three Rivers 2025 - Jury Award: Best Narrative Feature
Actor - Ayden Mayeri
Actor - Amira Casar
Actor - José Condessa
