Dancing With Film LA Premiere of LGBTQ+ comedy DADDY ISSUES shares a story of a young dominatrix

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Co-Directors Matt Campanella and Stephanie Chloé Hepner’s DADDY ISSUES follows a young man who, when trying to impress his new boss, gets more than he bargained for. The live action short film has been selected for it’s LA premiere at Dancing With Films this year.

A young dominatrix encounters an unexpected client.

LGBTQ+ New Yorker Matt Campanella wrote, directed, produced and starred in DADDY ISSUES. He recently guest-starred in the Tubi series, GREAT KILLS, and wrote, directed and produced the upcoming film, YOUR CALL US IMPORTANT TO US. He’s a recipient of the Screencraft Quarterfinalist Award. As an actor, Matt has garnered training from the world-renowned London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA and Upright Citizens Brigade. He’s a graduate of Cornell University.

Latinx immigrant director and producer Stephanie Chloé Hepner is also a writer and actress, having starred in LAW AND ORDER, NEW AMSTERDAM, THE EQUALIZER and more. She’s currently developing an LGBTQ+ comedy pilot, MAYBE THIS TIME, and producing THE 22, a film about PTSD and veteran suicide. In 2018, she produced her first feature, A BOY LIKE THAT. A 2022 Kino Guarimba Film Fellow in Italy, she’s trained in Argentina, her home country, Villa La Pietra in Florence, and is an NYU Tisch graduate.

DADDY ISSUES was produced by Anthony Campanella and Hardy Awadjie. The stunning cinematography was created by Nicholas Kalajdzic. This comedy is currently being adapted into a feature length film.

This eye-opening film will have it’s LA premier at Dancing With Films.