After losing both her job and boyfriend, Jamie retreats to her small Texas hometown, where friends and flings from a fateful high school summer turn her life upside down.

Celebrated Sundance Film Festival alum Josephine Decker (director of 2018’s Madeline’s Madeline and 2020’s Shirley) collaborates with acclaimed comedian — and here, writer-star — Iliza Shlesinger to bring to life this charming and sensual story of generational subversions and unexpected second chances. Shlesinger’s razor-sharp wit is in full form and pairs seamlessly with Decker’s vibrant cinematic eye, making for an empowering and refreshing look at the consequences and pleasures of past-meets-present collisions. Shlesinger mines personal experience for a powerful and ardent performance, revealing a rare and nuanced vulnerability. Turning the millennial coming-of-age narrative on its head with humor and heart, Chasing Summer offers a relatable stroll down the messy crossroads that coming home can bring — in all its chaos and possibility. — AS

Available in person. Also available online for the public (January 29–February 1) and credentialed press and industry (January 28–February 1).