Bookends

PHILADELPHIA PREMIERE

Directed by Mike Doyle
Narrative Feature | USA | NR | 2026 | 99 min | English, German, Yiddish

Post-film Talkback with Writer/Producer/Star Noam Ash and Director Mike Doyle
Moderated by Gary Kramer of the Philadelphia Gay News

When Nate (Noam Ash) is forced to leave his fabulous city life behind and move in with his grandparents after a bad breakup with his boyfriend, he is determined to escape the confines of retirement community life and his meddlesome grandparents’ relentless attempts to ‘improve’ him. But when his Holocaust-surviving grandfather, Saul (F. Murray Abraham), shows signs of cognitive decline and his grandmother, Miriam (Caroline Aaron), refuses to acknowledge her husband’s early dementia, Nate finds himself torn between his desire to flee, family responsibilities, and an unexpected romance with his grandparents’ handsome doctor (Charlie Barnett).

“The queer family film we didn’t know we needed… A tender reminder of what’s possible when family chooses love.” – HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN