It stars Odessa Young, Devon Ross, Cole Doman, Jane Wickline, Eamon Farren, Seth Steinberg, Sage Ftacek, Abram Kurtz, Jackson Anthony, Philip Ettinger, Sarah Michelson and Ruby Max Fury.

Between 2010 and 2012, Zia Anger shot her first feature attempt, Always All Ways, Anne Marie having family and friends participate as cast and crew.

[4] Anger then created an interactive live performance due to her frustration with filmmaking and festivals, using a TextEdit documentary, and QuickTime files of the feature, involving viewers through iMessage and AirDrop.

[7][8] In November 2022, it was announced Odessa Young, Devon Ross, Cole Doman, Jane Wickline, Philip Ettinger,Eamon Farren, Eleanore Hendricks, Sage Ftacek, Jackson Anthony, Seth Steinberg, Hailey Gates, Sarah Michelson, Abram Kurtz and Ruby Max Fury had joined the cast of the film, with Zia Anger directing from a screenplay she wrote, and Mubi set to produce and distribute.

"[14] Richard Brody of The New Yorker praised the film writing: "A masterwork of an artistic coming of age and a virtuosic reconception of the art of cinema itself.