R#J

Local title
R#J
Director
Carey Williams
Country
Year
2021

Told entirely through social media and smartphone screens, this bold adaptation of Romeo and Juliet reinvents the world’s most enduring love story with style and lyricism, with black and brown youth at the heart of it all. Blending text messages and Shakespearean dialogue, R#J takes us into the subversive love language of the moment, where GIFs, Spotify playlist exchanges, and Instagram profiles kindle romance and unexpected windows of vulnerability. Sundance shorts alumn Carey Williams (Emergency) launches us into the impressive vision of his debut feature, where technology powerfully unveils timelessness.

Director
Carey Williams
Screenwriter
Rickie Castaneda, Carey Williams, Alex Sobolev
Producer
Timur Bekmambetov, Igor Tsay, Alex Sobolev, John J. Kelly, Anna Soboleva
Cast
Camaron Engels, Francesca Noel, Siddiq Saunderson, Diego Tinoco
Director of Photography
Diego Madrigal
Editing
Lam Nguyen
Composer
René G. Boscio
Production
Interface Films
Music
René G. Boscio
World sales
Endeavor content
Distribution
Bazelevs
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Director
Carey Williams

Hailed by Filmmaker Magazine as one of 2018’s New Faces of Independent Film, Carey Williams is a director bringing a unique and visually striking cinematic eye to the exploration of the human condition. He recently completed his feature debut R#J, a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet, and is prepping the feature version of his 2018 Sundance and SXSW Award winning short film EMERGENCY.

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Screening011202 / R#J
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Screening061101 / R#J
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Screening091203 / R#J
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Screening121102 / R#J
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