Tiny Furniture

Tiny Furniture
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLena Dunham
Written byLena Dunham
Produced by
  • Kylie Martin
  • Alicia Van Covering
  • Alice Wang
Starring
CinematographyJody Lee Lipes
Edited byLance Edmands
Music byTeddy Blanks
Production
company
Tiny Ponies
Distributed byIFC Films
Release dates
  • March 15, 2010 (2010-03-15) (SXSW)
  • November 12, 2010 (2010-11-12) (United States)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$65,000[1]
Box office$416,498[2]

Tiny Furniture is a 2010 American comedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Lena Dunham. The film premiered at South by Southwest, where it won the award for Best Narrative Feature,[3] screened at such festivals as Maryland Film Festival, and was released theatrically in the United States on November 12, 2010. Dunham plays Aura, an aimless, jilted film school graduate who returns home on what she hopes is a temporary basis. Dunham's mother, artist Laurie Simmons, plays Aura's mother, while her real sibling, Cyrus Grace Dunham, plays Aura's on-screen sister. The actors Jemima Kirke and Alex Karpovsky would also appear in Dunham's television series Girls.

  1. ^ Renee, V (March 16, 2014). "Filmmaking Tips from SXSW: Some of Indie Film's Biggest Movers & Shakers Sound Off". No Film School. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "Tiny Furniture". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  3. ^ Renninger, Bryce J. (March 17, 2010). "SXSWdaily: Tiny Furniture, Marwencol, and More Winners on the Web". IndieWire. Retrieved June 29, 2011.