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Can I Love You?

Rya’s college acceptance letter stirs haunting childhood memories and a sense of duty to stay.

  • Kymon Greyhorse
    Director
  • Kymon Greyhorse
    Writer
  • Kymon Greyhorse
    Producer
  • JoJo Threehairs
    Producer
  • Leighton Peterson
    Producer
  • Lauren Begay
    Producer
  • Brooke Muir
    UPM/Assistant Director
  • Jordan Begay
    Director of Photography
  • Fiona “Fifi” Joyce
    1st AC
  • Brooke Muir
    2nd AC
  • Helena Arvizu
    Script Supervisor
  • Brooke Muir
    Script Supervisor
  • Nanabah Rockbridge
    Key Cast
  • Lillian Black
    Key Cast
  • Emery Barrera
    Key Cast
  • “Naamace” Montgomery James Green III
    Key Cast
  • Helena Tsosie
    Key Cast
  • Seth Abeita
    Key Cast
  • LeAnna Walters
    Costumes Designer/HMU
  • Damien Garduño-McCue
    SFX Makeup
  • Sierra Hess
    Production Designer
  • Aidan Hess
    Art Department Production Assistant
  • Matt Mesibov
    Gaffers
  • Jenny Marcela Paz
    Gaffers
  • Joshua Knotts
    Sound Mixer/Boom Operator
  • Kymon Greyhorse
    Foley Artist
  • JoJo Threehairs
    Crafty
  • Ashley Browning
    Crafty
  • Micah Glidewell
    DIT
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Slow Burn
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 24 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 13, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English, Navajo
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85:1
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Santa Fe International Film Festival
    Santa Fe, New Mexico
    United States
    October 19, 2022
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • AFMX 2023
    Albuquerque, New Mexico
    United States
    September 27, 2023
    Audience Choice WINNER
Director Biography - Kymon Greyhorse

Kymon Greyhorse is a Tongan and Navajo award-winning writer-director from Albuquerque, New Mexico. His debut short, I AM HOME, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and led to a collaboration with renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz for IKEA. The film streamed on AMC+ as part of the "Indigenous Rising Stars" collection.

A 2022 Sundance Indigenous alum and a 2023 HuffPost Culture Shifter, Greyhorse tells stories rooted in Polynesian & Indigenous identity. In 2024, he was selected for NYU TISCH's Graduate Film Directing Lab, where he developed KOPE, a psychological horror/noir about uncovering buried truths.

In July 2025, Greyhorse was named a top 10 finalist in the inaugural Tyler Perry Studios Dream Collective and will travel to Atlanta to pitch KAKALA—a coming-of-age story about a Tongan teen navigating tradition, identity, and family expectations.

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Director Statement

Being the backbone of our family, it was the unthinkable for my Mom to leave home in search for a better life. My family and I spent several months over phone calls figuring out the timeline of when my Mom left home for college. I was ignorant for not realizing the scarred over wounds and festered emotions these conversations would dig up, but I think hearing both perspectives allowed a form of closure and healing to a neglected trauma.

Families are complicated and dysfunctional. I wanted to speak about the unfortunate progression to when our limit is reached. I wanted to shine light on a story of the tough love and sacrifice necessary to break an unforgiving cycle.

This script developed with the belief that her story, the dreams she thought were too big, were universal and would inspire many in similar situations.