DANNY IS MY BOYFRIEND (2026)

After discovering they’re dating the same man, a recovering codependent living with her mother and a socially awkward babysitter fumble their way through a series of misguided schemes, enlisting a parade of eccentric and unqualified accomplices in a half-baked mission to get revenge.

What would happen if we tried to make a film without a plan? Without a script? Without worrying about what it would be “for” or what it would do for us? If we just let the process itself be the point? Playing next at Slamdance Film Festival 2026. (tickets here)

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directed by
story by
executive produced by
LUCY SANDLER & MECHI LAKATOS

produced by
MECHI LAKATOS, LUCY SANDLER, RACHEL BRUNNER, TRACE LE, JOEY FITZSIMMONS, SIVAN KATZ AMBROSE

director of photography
JAKE WOLFERT

edited by
GRACE MCINTEE

original score 
IAN SWEET 

sound design
JAKE MCMULLEN

production design / costume design
EMILY WOODS

choreographer
AMY HESSLER

with improvised performances by 

LUCY SANDLER as lucy
MECHI LAKATOS as mechi
BODHI LAKATOS as paul wall
MICHELLE THOMPSON as michelle
KATE HEFFERNAN as kate
RACHEL BRUNNER as private investigator carolchase
BROOKE SMITH as lucy’s mom
ELI POWERS as lucy’s brother eli 
MALEAH GOLDBERG as seductress/siren
MATILDA PAULIN as matilda
LILI CURRIE as australian girl at the beat-the-heat party
PAT MORRISSEY as pat from videotheque 
DAVID BROWN as first amendment auditor
AMY HESSLER as kate’s choreographer
LAUREN BURNS as casting director joyce
BROOKE SMALLSON as brooke
MIA RICHARDSON as mia
SIVAN KATZ AMBROSE as sivan
TEDDY NEWTON as man who needs a jump
KITTY NEWTON as kid who jumps her dad’s car / kid with a runaway dog
ROQUE GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ as matilda’s husband
PINO PAULIN GONZALEZ as matilda’s kid
KEVIN SOTO as michelle’s boyfriend
EMILY WOODS as brooke’s girlfriend
CONOR MAY as bouncer
JESSE SCHUSTER as minpin appreciator / shoey from shoe pest
AIDAN SHELDON as eli’s friend
GRACE WESTLIN as danny’s sister
WILL ABBOTT as danny’s brother-in-law
MARTIN LAKATOS as mechi’s dad
EMILY BANNON as avery keeps the leash loose
JAKE DUGGER as joyce’s cameraman
LAKE ARMSTRONG, EMILY BANNON, HANNAH BLEVIN, EMMA DEBANY, JENNA JOHNSON, KATIE MAROVITCH as seductress/siren hopefuls
PIGEON THOMPSON as michelle’s dog pigeon
LACEY SALDAÑA as australian girl’s dog
AUGUST MCINTEE as dog at the dog park
EMILY BANNON, KYLE BRAY, MARLENA MARTINEZ, TUCKER PRESCOTT, ADAM SILER, MATTHEW WEITZ, NATE SPAULDING , CHAPPY HULL, STEVE KELLY as beat-the-heat partygoers
JOEL AZONGNISSOU, MADISON BAKER, TERENCE CHIN, GUILL DURAN, CLAIRE JACOBS, ELISA KALANI, ALEXANDER KUONI, PATRICIA LAKATOS, ISABEL LOPEZ, NICOLE MARINELLO, GRACE MCINTEE, NANCY MENDEZ, J.D. MONAT, RANDY J. NEWMAN, KIMBERLY PRENDERGAST, LARA REPKO, ANDREW ROSALES, DANNY TURKIEWICZ , CHRISTOPHER YOUNG as nondenominational circumcision partygoers

and introducing
DANNY WOOD as danny

circumcision party first assistant director
CHOZAN BEHN

camera operators
JAKE WOLFERT, WILL CHRISTENSEN, MICHAEL DANESCU, JAKE DUGGER, ELIJAH GUESS, JULIAN PETSCHEK, JOPPE ROEG, THEO THOMPSON

steadicam operator
LUKE DYRA

sound recordist
JASON SAYADA

sound mixer
JAKE MCMULLEN

adr recordists
PAT MORRISSEY, JESS CORAZZA

additional sound design
GEORDEN WEST

colorist
CONNOR BAILEY

MUSIC

cockroach
written by MIYA FOLICK & SAMUEL BENJAMIN KAUFFMAN SKLOFF
performed by MIYA FOLICK
courtesy of NETTWERK MUSIC GROUP

jilian’s special song
written by IAN SWEET
performed by IAN SWEET
used with permission 

the directors would like to thank
101 DANCE CENTER, HOUSE POST, AMY HESSLER, JAMES BANNON, TAYLOR BRIZENDINE , ROQUE GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ, MARTIN LAKATOS, PATRICIA LAKATOS, MISHA LAMBERT, LEIGH MILLER, MILLI MIERENAU, ADRIAN NIETO, MATILDA PAULIN, MAX POSCENTE, JOHN PUPPO, STEVEN SALDAÑA, UMA SANDLER, EMMA SCHLAMME, BROOKE SMALLSON, MONIQUE SMALLSON, STEVE SMALLSON, SOLARC BREWING, MATTHEW STRUGAR, KAPIL TALWALKAR

extra special thanks
RACHEL BRUNNER, GRACE MCINTEE, JAKE WOLFERT, DANNY WOOD

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