Palm Trees and Power Lines (film)

Palm Trees and Power Lines
Official promotional poster
Directed byJamie Dack
Screenplay by
  • Jamie Dack
  • Audrey Findlay
Story byJamie Dack
Based onPalm Trees and Power Lines[1][2]
by Jamie Dack
Produced by
  • Leah Chen Baker
  • Jamie Dack
Starring
CinematographyChananun Chotrungroj
Edited byChristopher Radcliff
Production
companies
Distributed byMomentum Pictures
Release dates
  • January 24, 2022 (2022-01-24) (Sundance)
  • March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03) (United States)
Running time
110 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Palm Trees and Power Lines is a 2022 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Jamie Dack in her feature directorial debut, based on her 2018 short film of the same name. The screenplay by Dack and Audrey Findlay is from a story by Dack. The film stars Lily McInerny as a disconnected teenage girl falling into a relationship with a man (Jonathan Tucker) twice her age.

The film had its world premiere at the 38th Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2022, where Dack won the U.S. Dramatic Competition Directing Award. It was released in limited theaters and on VOD on March 3, 2023, by Momentum Pictures.[4] The film received positive reviews from critics and earned four nominations at the 38th Independent Spirit Awards, including Best First Feature.

  1. ^ "Palm Trees and Power Lines". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "Palm Trees and Power Lines". NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  3. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (January 24, 2022). "'Palm Trees and Power Lines' Review: The Gripping Drama of a Teenager Drawn Into an Affair of Darkness". Variety. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "Palm Trees and Power Lines". Momentum Pictures. Retrieved March 1, 2023.