#FIRSTLOOK: “BOB TREVINO LIKES IT” TRAILER AND RELEASE DATES

BOB TREVINO LIKES IT, a dramedy inspired by the true friendship that acclaimed writer-director Tracie Laymon found with a stranger when looking for her father online.

Lily Trevino (Barbie Ferreira) often plays the role of caretaker to people like her father who should be caring for her. She longs for a familial connection, having been abandoned by her mother as a child and then suddenly by her father in her twenties.

Bob Trevino (John Leguizamo) works long hours alone at a construction company to support his wife Jeanie’s scrapbooking habit. The couple has endured a lot in the past decade, and Bob has sought to put his wife first, to the point of ignoring his own feelings and need for friendship, meaning, and connection, That is, until he gets an unexpected Facebook message from a stranger.

Lily and Bob’s blossoming friendship becomes a vital source of connection and healing in both their lives. Bob’s small acts of fatherly kindness fill a familial void in Lily’s life and hold the power to change her direction forever. In their own ways, these two must both learn they are worthy of extraordinary love exemplified through small acts of kindness.

Release schedule:

Exclusive one week run at the TIFF Lightbox March 21, 2025

Canadian Theatrical rollout begins March 28, 2025, in Vancouver, Toronto and more cities to be added.

Opens in Victoria, BC and Guelph, ON on April 4, 2025

RUNTIME: 102 minutes

CAST:
BARBIE FERREIRA, Lily Trevino (Euphoria, House of Spoils, Nope)
JOHN LEGUIZAMO, Bob Trevino (The Power, The Green Veil, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything)
FRENCH STEWART, Robert (3rd Rock From The Sun, Queen Bees, Inspector Gadget 2)
LAUREN “LOLO” SPENCER, Daphne (The Sex Lives of College Girls, With Love, NCIS: Los Angeles)
RACHEL BAY JONES, Jeanie (Young Sheldon, The Good Doctor, Critical Thinking).

WRITER/DIRECTOR:
Tracie Laymon (IFC’s list of emerging “Icons” and film innovators, Girls! Girls! Girls!)

CINEMATOGRAPHER: John Rosario
EDITOR: Anisha Acharya
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Sydney Marquez
COMPOSER: Jacques Brautbar

PRODUCERS:
Tracie Laymon, Sean Mullen, Edgar Rosa, Felipe Dieppa

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:
Carl Effenson, Barbie Ferreira, John Leguizamo, Kirk D’Amico, Mike Sobiloff, Dale Holdren, Rose Stewart

CANADIAN DISTRIBUTOR:
Photon Films

US DISTRIBUTOR:
Roadside Attractions

OTHER SELECTED OFFICIAL SELECTIONS AND AWARDS:
WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL 2024 ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALIST EDA AWARD
CALGARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 AUDIENCE AWARD (NEW AMERICA CINEMA FEATURE)
SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 FESTIVAL AWARD
DENVER FILM FESTIVAL 2024 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 AUDIENCE AWARD
NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL 2024 AUDIENCE AWARD
ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024 AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST FEATURE, BEST DIRECTOR
TWIN CITIES FILM FEST, US 2024 FILM CRITICS AWARD
VICTORIA FILM FESTIVAL 2025

ABOUT PHOTON FILMS AND MEDIA:
Launched in 2010, Photon Films and Media (photonfilms.ca), formerly Pacific Northwest Pictures, is a leading Canadian entertainment company specializing in the development, financing, production and distribution of feature films for the domestic and international marketplace. With an emphasis on high quality films from leading filmmakers in diverse genres, Photon Films brings those films to consumers with innovative forms of marketing and distribution across all distribution platforms.

Recent theatrical releases include Ernest Cole: Lost and Found (TIFF 2024) from award-winning filmmaker Raoul Peck, La Cocina (Berlin 2024) from director Alonso Ruizpalacios and starring Rooney Mara, Drive Back Home with Alan Cumming and the family film Autumn and the Black Jaguar. Other recent films include The Boy in the Woods starring Jett Klyne and Richard Armitage, Monster from Kore-Eda Hirokazu, The Old Oak from award-winning filmmaker Ken Loach and the 2024 Fantasia International Audience Award Winner Bookworm starring Elijah Wood, Nell Fisher and Michael Smiley.