ABOUT

A modern-day queer dramedy film that perfectly captures self-reflection on love, relationships, and family is rare. To also make it genuinely funny and heartfelt is a real movie-watching treat. The Mattachine Family is truly a family affair, with our self-reflective narrator Thomas (Nico Tortorella) exploring his closest relationships, both familiar and forged, after a foster child enters and too quickly leaves his life. Thomas is left torn on his feelings toward fatherhood and his relationship with his rising-star husband Oscar (Juan Pablo Di Pace). Luckily, Thomas' found family and community are also there to help give a great example on what love and family can be. Based on a story written by director Andy Vallentine and his husband Danny, who wrote the script, they obviously had love on their minds. And that's what makes this movie really shine, the authentic and diverse family of friends that lives in the very heart of this film. A truly refreshing cinematic representation of the families that more and more people are choosing to build for themselves.

—Sandra Woolf, Seattle Film Festival

CREW

Directed By Andy Vallentine Written By Danny Vallentine Executive Producer Zach Braff Produced By Scot Boland, Mike Diaz, Cameron Hutchison, Sid Ganji, & Stuart Heinlein Cinematography By Julia Swain Production Design By Nikki Reifler Edited By Jonathan Melin Costumer Design By Brittany Kay Visual Effects By Kris Sundberg Music By Kotomi Music Supervisor Jennifer Barron Casting By Scot Boland

CAST

Nico Tortorella as THOMAS Juan Pablo Di Pace as OSCAR Emily Hampshire as LEAH Cloie Wyatt Taylor as SONIA Jake Choi as JAMIE Heather Matarazzo as ANNIE Carl Clemmons-Hopkins as TED