Johnny loves his babysitter Melanie, and he's heartbroken that today is her last day with him before she transitions into being a full-time doula. He discovers a YouTube video that teaches him about Free-Spirit Meditation, a practice by which you can send your spirit out of your body and into someone else's body. Johnny-as-Melanie plays dress-up, uses Melanie's credit card to buy an obscene amount of candy, and has an awkward run-in with a high school friend of Melanie's. From there, the pressures of pretending to be someone else stack up fast…
Preceded by Valentine directed by Beck Kitsis and Chris McNabb
Following the screening on April 28, MdFF Screening Committee Member Camila Franco Ribeiro Gomide will lead an audience Q&A with Valentine filmmakers Beck Kitsis and Chris McNabb.
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