EXCLUSIVE: Following a successful limited theatrical run in nine theaters across New York, Los Angeles and Florida, Jonah Feingold’s latest independent rom-com 31 Candles has landed a wide, national release via AMC beginning today. The film will be released in major cities including Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, L.A., Miami, NYC, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Tampa, D.C., and West Palm, with additional cities to be announced in the coming weeks.
Produced by Feingold’s Romantical and distributed by Level33, the film follows Leo Kadner (Feingold), a hopeless romantic New Yorker who reconnects with his childhood crush Eva Shapiro (Sarah Coffey) while preparing for his 31-year-old Bar Mitzvah. The journey to the religious milestone is a whirlwind of relationships of the past (and future), an unexpected reconnection with faith, and the pressure of his family’s approval tightly woven into a return-to-rom-com special.
Feingold wrote and directed the pic which is his fourth feature film. Previously, he directed the holiday inspired Exmas starring Leighton Meester and Robbie Amell, as well as the Paramount+ rom-com At Midnight, featuring Monica Barbaro and Diego Boneta. His first movie, 2021’s Dating and New York with Jaboukie Young-White and Francesca Reale, was independently produced and sold to IFC Films prior to its premiere at the Tribeca Festival.
31 Candles was produced by Jonah Weinstein and Hannah Welever. Executive producers include Feingold, Caroline Aaron, Spencer Barkoff, John B. O’Rourke, Marshall Sandman, Jeremy Jacobowitz, Cathy Glick and Josh Glick. Co-producers include Sam Slater and Dave Bernon.