The crew of a romantic drama starring Julia Fox has unionized with IATSE after a brief picket of the production on Thursday.
Workers on the film Perfect, reportedly a queer romantic drama co-starring Ashley Moore (I Know What You Did Last Summer) and Micaela Wittman (Shirley), secured a union contract after staging a six-hour strike on Thursday, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. According to a source, director Millicent Hailes — who has helmed music videos for Lil Yachty, Adam Lambert and Young Thug — was sympathetic to the effort, which helped accelerate the process.
The same source heard that after the crew asked for union representation, one producer offered bottles of wine to union representatives. (An IATSE representative states that the offer was deemed inappropriate and declined.) As of Thursday evening, the Simi Valley production had a deal with the union that was unanimously ratified by the crew. The team was then back to the work the same day.
All workers in categories covered by IATSE are now working under a union contract, an IATSE representative confirmed on Friday.
Freenjoy, which has worked on music videos for the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Drake and Miley Cyrus as well as the features This is Me… Now: A Love Story for Jennifer Lopez and Black Is King for Beyoncé, is producing. Steak and Rosé Films and Artak Pictures are also involved in the production, according to the film’s IMDb profile.
THR has requested comment from Freenjoy, Steak and Rosé Films and Artak Pictures.
According to a logline for the film on the Steak and Rosé Films website, the drama follows the love story of a well-to-do pregnant woman and a younger woman at a “beautiful but shabby lakeside resort in the California mountains” during an intense drought.