''First Kiss'' is a

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American short film directed and produced by Tatia Pilieva. The film has music composed by

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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. 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. Pilieva recruited 20 single friends, dressed in WREN, to meet and kiss for the first time on set as five cameras rolled continuously. Launched online on March 11, 2014, the three-and-a-half-minute short film went viral and as of May 17, 2014, had 59 million views. 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. WREN sales increased by almost 14,000 percent.

Cast

Jill Larson Jill Larson (born October 7, 1947) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Opal Cortlandt on the ABC daytime soap opera, ''All My Children'' (1989–2011, 2013), and as titular character in the 2014 supernatural horror film '' ...

Marianna Palka Marianna Bronislawa Barbara Palka (born 7 September 1981) is a Scottish actress, producer, director, and writer. She is the writer, director and star of the film ''Good Dick'', which screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Early life and educa ...

* Natalia Bonifacci *

Luke Cook Luke Cook (born 19 December 1986) is an Australian actor, director, writer, and content creator, known for his role as Lucifer in the Netflix series ''Chilling Adventures of Sabrina''. Early life Cook was born in Sydney, Australia, and is t ...

* Corby Griesenbeck * Karim Saleh * Ingrid Schram * Nicole Simone * Elisabetta Tedla

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