BOB TREVINO LIKES IT is inspired by the true friendship that writer/director 
Tracie Laymon found with a stranger when 
looking for her father online. Often playing the role of caretaker to people like her father who should be caring for her, Lily Trevino longs for a familial connection, having been abandoned by her mother as a child and then suddenly by her father in her twenties. Often playing the role of caretaker to people like her father, who should be 
caring for her, Lily Trevino longs for familial connection. When her father, Robert, finally checks out of her life, Lily looks for him on the internet. She tries to “friend” a man she believes is her father on Facebook. But instead of finding Robert Trevino, she finds Bob Trevino instead. Bob Trevino works long, hours at a construction company to support his wife Jeanie’s elaborate scrapbooking habit. The couple has endured a lot in the 
past decade, and Bob has prioritized his wife’s healing to the point of ignoring his feelings and sense of loneliness. When Bob gets an unexpected Facebook message from a stranger named Lily Trevino, he discerns she needs a friend as much 
as he does. 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. Director / writer Tracie Laymon joins us for a conversation on her journey as a filmmaker, gathering together a great ensemble cast that includes Barbie Ferriera, John Leguizamo, French Stewart, Lauren “Lolo” Spencer, and Rachel Bay Jones and sharing the feedback she has gotten from hundreds of filmgoers eager to share their own stories of familial trauma, neglect and abuse, as well as reconciliation and forgiveness and the bushel of awards that the film has received during its festival run.
For more go to: bobtrevinolikesit.com
About the filmmaker – Named to IFC’s “Icons and Film Innovators”, Tracie Laymon is an independent writer and director hailing from Houston and Austin, Texas. Tracie moved to Russia at 14 and attended the American School of Moscow. Back in Houston, she was accepted into the magnet program at Bellaire Foreign Language Academy, focusing on Russian language studies, and later returned to Moscow as a foreign exchange student. At 17, she survived a near-fatal accident and learned to walk again through an extended period of intense rehabilitation. While studying at the University of Texas, Tracie interned for Richard Linklater’s company Detour Film (“Boyhood”, “Dazed and Confused”), worked as a photographer and video journalist for Time Warner News, and directed multiple short films and award-winning music videos in the Austin area. Tracie’s directorial projects have won jury awards at SXSW and many other festivals and competitions. She received a grant to make a segment of the women’s anthology film “Girls!Girls!Girls!”, starring Elaine Hendrix and Octavia Spencer, and won the Jury Award for Short Film of the Year from the Women’s Image Network. Her original scripted material has also won and placed highly in over twenty competitions– Best Screenplay at the LA Comedy Festival, Best TV Pilot at HollyShorts, and Runner-up at the annual Scriptapalooza competition, and more. Tracie directed the the first half hour series for Hulu “Goodnight Burbank”, featuring Dominic Monaghan, which was further acquired by Mark Cuban for HDNet. She also wrote and directed “Mixed Signals”, which premiered at Oscar-qualifying LA Shorts in 2018 and won her multiple awards for Best Director in 2018 and 2019 (Women Texas Film Festival, Independent Shorts Awards, and The Method Fest in Beverly Hills.). Tracie also directed a comedic and dramatic proof of concept pilot project for Tess Allen’s “Matched” and shadowed as observing director on Showtime’s “Shameless”. She also taught animation for several organizations including Ghetto Film School and live action filmmaking on the Stanford and Berkeley campuses. Her short film “Ghosted” garnered Best Director awards at Big Bear Film Summit, Big Sur Film Festival, Seattle Film Festival and the Hollywood Gold Awards. It also won Best Short Film and Best Writer at Seattle, the audience award for Best Short Film at Big Bear Film Summit and many more. Tracie is a passionate and fierce advocate for cast and crew with disabilities, in front of and behind the camera. Tracie’s debut feature “Bob Trevino Likes It” starring Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo World Premiered at SXSW 2024, where it was awarded both the Grand Jury Award and the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. It went on to win 25 other film festival awards, including 13 Audience Awards for Best Feature. To find out more go to: laymonsterms.com
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“With a hat trick of strong performances from Barbie Ferreira, John Leguizamo, and French Stewart, this wonderfully personal story is filled to the brim with a seemingly endless reservoir of laughs and tears.” – Aidan Kelley, Collider
“Like its heroine, the comedy can be bright and bouncy and frequently funny. But also like her, it’s secretly a tearjerker, and never more effectively than when it’s at its very sweetest.” – Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter
“This film embraces a hopeful path, expressing with absolute sincerity that believing in the humanity of others is essential to healing.” – Ferdosa Abdi, Screen Rant
“The ensemble cast is exceptional together, bringing Tracie Laymon’s sweet/bittersweet story to life without sentimentality, bringing every viewer along on their emotional journey.” – Leslie Combemale. AWFJ.org
“Writer/director Tracie Laymon takes this potentially silly premise and grounds it with humor and emotion, making it one of the most moving movies I have seen in years.” – Seth Freilich, Pajiba
“This film deservedly won SXSW’s grand jury prize for its commitment to endearing characters and the surprising ways in which they find each other.” – Abe Friedtanzer, Cinema Daily US