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An acting professor has her comfortable life in her small college town upended when her charming and volatile baby brother comes knocking at her door. Antsy to start a new chapter in his own life, he joins her acting class. This sets off a battle of wills between them for the hearts and minds of her eager students that could bring them all to brink of success or debilitating ruin and the siblings are forced to grapple with the decades of distrust and misunderstanding that got them to this boiling point.

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Proma Khosla IndieWire Kafka bolsters Mags with her own decades of industry experience, from indie leads to the skills picked up as a supporting player. Rated: B Jun 12, 2025 Full Review Tom O'Brien Next Best Picture In “Leads,” Poyser displays one of the rarest skills that a young indie director can have: he is confident enough to pause and let his characters breathe. Rated: 7/10 Jun 9, 2025 Full Review Stephen Saito Moveable Fest Putting audiences slightly on edge is the only place to be for a proper observation of people finding out the right role for themselves in their own lives. Jun 6, 2025 Full Review Jeanine T. Abraham VisAbleBlackwoman (Medium) Leads peels back the glamorous veneer of the entertainment industry, offering an honest and empathetic glimpse into the everyday realities faced by most working actors within SAG-AFTRA. Rated: 3/5 Jun 6, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Bryan Poyser

Director

Heather Kafka

Actor

Justin Arnold

Actor

Macon Blair

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Sara Paxton

Actor

Aaliyah Tardio

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Synopsis An acting professor has her comfortable life in her small college town upended when her charming and volatile baby brother comes knocking at her door. Antsy to start a new chapter in his own life, he joins her acting class. This sets off a battle of wills between them for the hearts and minds of her eager students that could bring them all to brink of success or debilitating ruin and the siblings are forced to grapple with the decades of distrust and misunderstanding that got them to this boiling point.
Director
Bryan Poyser
Producer
Taylor Wright, Heather Kafka, Justin Arnold
Screenwriter
Bryan Poyser
Production Co
Fusion Entertainment
Genre
Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 41m