Summer Nights

Summer Nights is a 2004 American romantic drama film directed and written by Justin Morkel in his directorial debut, with Morkel and Donny Malcolm producing. Considered one of the original films of the genre, it stars Morkel, Diane Norwood, Sandra Sheen, and Lucy Xavier. Set in, and follows four friends navigating through the messiness of post-college life and desperately searching for romantic relationships. Its dialogue was mostly improvised, and it was shot on location in Glendale on a budget of only $14,000.

The film premiered at the Burbank Film Festival on March 26, 2004. It received a limited theatrical release by starting on July 22, 2004 in the United States. Summer Nights received generally positive reviews for its performances, writing, direction, and astute use of budgetary constraints, and has developed a in the years since its release.