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At Sundance, a former stripper and a grad student play out an LDS couple’s awkward wedding night

Filmmaker draws on his upbringing in the faith and “horror stories” of newlyweds’ intimacy for his short film “Together Forever.”

(The American Standard Film Co.) Sydney (Lindsey Normington, left) and Caleb (Samuel Sylvester), Latter-day Saint newlyweds on their wedding night, are the main figures in writer-director Gregory Barnes' short film "Together Forever," premiering at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.