‘By Design’ (2026) A yearning metaphor.

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Amanda Kramer‘s (Please Baby Please) emotionally revealing film, By Design, follows a woman whose soul enters the chair she longed to buy. Camille is the third wheel in her small circle of friends. When she loses an exquisite wooden chair to another desperate woman, her body becomes the vessel to revive those around her, but at what cost?

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Camille exists to make her friends feel better about themselves. Kramer builds a character that speaks volumes in restraint, giving Lewis the freedom to break every physical and emotional barrier. By Design is a stage piece on film. There is an immediate theatricality to Camille’s friends, but only to anyone who’s never been in a space with women of a certain economic advantage. To speak of everything and nothing at all is part of the act. Vapid conversation comprised solely of one-upmanship is the name of the game. Camille yearns to be seen. Read More →