It's Me, Matthew! (2008)

Directed by

Neil Stephens

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short film about a man named Matthew who works with a psychoanalyst to understand why he keeps repeating the same patterns in his relationships. He looks at his past to make sense of his present.

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What happens

It's Me, Matthew! is a 2008 American short film based on actual events. The semi-autobiographical short film was written, produced, and starred Michael McDerman, who used the stage name Michael Ferreira in this film. It was directed by Neil Stephens. The film running 15 minutes centered on the title character of Matthew, who is confronted with the inner struggle of looking at the past to understand why he's drawn into the personal relationships he's had. His psychoanalyst helps him link the pieces of the puzzle from the present time to the past. The film was screened at North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, The Fortress of the Arts Festival of Shorts, Think Short Film Festival, West Hollywood International Film Festival, where it won a Juror Award, and it opened before the gay cinema's gay movie night at Clearview Cinemas, in New York City hosted by Hedda Lettuce. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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