First Kiss (2014 film)

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First Kiss
Directed by Tatia Pilieva [1]
Starring Natalia Bonifacci
Luke Cook
Corby Griesenbeck
Jill Larson
Marianna Palka
Karim Saleh
Ingrid Schram
Nicole Simone
Soko
Elisabetta Tedla
Cinematography Andre Lascaris
Edited by Garret Price
Music bySoko
Release date
  • 10 March 2014 (2014-03-10)
Running time
3 min
CountryUnited States
Language English

First Kiss is a 2014 American short film directed and produced by Tatia Pilieva.The film has music composed by Soko. [2]

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The project was born of PIlieva’s collection of photographs of herself and husband cinematographer Andre Lascaris kissing over the years of their relationship. [3] It inspired the idea of capturing first kisses on film, and the idea came to life when Pilieva’s friend Melissa Coker, the fashion designer behind WREN, reached out about doing a film short to promote her Fall 2014 collection. [3] Pilieva recruited 20 single friends, dressed in WREN, to meet and kiss for the first time on set as five cameras rolled continuously. [3] Launched online on March 11, 2014, the three-and-a-half-minute short film went viral [4] and as of May 17, 2014, had 59 million views. [3] As of July 27, 2023, the video has over 151.7 million views.

Some backlash emerged when viewers learned the film was a clothing ad, although the company was mentioned in the opening and closing credits. [4] WREN sales increased by almost 14,000 percent. [5]

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