2025 Cinequest Film Festival Preview: Director J Pinder’s Cotton Candy Bubble Gum
Playing at the 2025 Cinequest Film Festival is the comedy film Cotton Candy Bubble Gum, written, directed, edited by J Pinder. The film had its World Premiere at the SXSW Film Festival.
Produced by Cole Dabney, the film will play on March 19 at 7:10 PM at the California Theatre, San Jose. Tickets can be purchased here.
Excecutive produced by J Pinder & Michael Arnold, the cast includes Nick Darnell, Morgan Jay, R. Marcus Taylor, Jada Paige, Jack Stone, Ben Scattone, Mildred Marie Langford, Rodney J. Hobbs, Jecobi Swain, Sophia Renee Sherman, Stephen Wesley Green, Txunamy Ortiz, Neela Jolene, Ayden Mekus, Cole Dabney, Jeremiah Watkins, Arman Oganesyan, Nikki Howard, Chip tha Ripper, Kimberly Stallworth, and Boondock.
After his mom gets engaged to a vindictive cop, Carter, a 21-year-old mama’s boy still living at home, must secure a paid promotion at his internship by the end of the day or find a new place to live. To land the job, his boss gives him a seemingly impossible list of tasks to complete: get his Jeep detailed (the Jeep gets towed), babysit his teenage son (Carter loses the kid), set up his birthday party (a model ODs on the living room floor), and recover a sex tape (a world-famous rapper kidnaps his best friend after a failed blackmail attempt). If Carter can conquer this wildly chaotic day, he might be ready for the real world after all.
Additional credits: Co-Producers: Natalie Flores Dabney, Associate Producers: Abby Walla, Ben Scattone, Nicholas R. Allen, Bella Haack, Assistant Director: Cole Dabney, Casting Directors: J Pinder & Cole Dabney, Sound Mixer: Nicholas R. Allen, Boom Operator: Rene Defrancesch, Props & Wardrobe: Bella Haack & Julia Darabont, Chief Lighting Technician: Paul Raymond, Colorist: Daniel Orentlicher, Original Score / Rap Music: Ben Zecker / Y2
