Daddy Issues (film) explained

Daddy Issues
Director:Amara Cash
Producer:Jenna Cedicci
Screenplay:Alex Bloom
Cinematography:Nico Aguilar
Editing:Amara Cash
Studio:Under 1 Roof Productions
Runtime:88 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Daddy Issues is a 2018 American independent romantic drama film directed by Amara Cash about a 19-year-old queer "pixie" who becomes ensnared in a love triangle after falling for a sexually-fluid online crush. The film was screened at multiple film festivals and received many accolades.

Plot

Nineteen year old Maya lives at home with her mother and step-father. She is a very unhappy artist who wants to go to art school in Florence, Italy. Simon is a drug addict doctor who has fantasy sex with Jasmine who dresses up as a little girl. Simon has a dinner with his father each year on his dead mother's birthday. She died 11 years ago.

Maya and Jasmine meet on-line and have a same-sex relationship. Maya moves in with Jasmine. Jasmine continues her heterosexual affair with Dr. Simon. The doctor has set up a child's bedroom in his garage and pays Jasmine $5,000 a month. Maya is almost hit by a driver who is Simon. It turns out that Simon is Maya's father that she has not seen in six years. Maya's mother has lied to her about her father not wanting contact with her and has been spending the child support. Simon and Maya rekindle a relationship.

One day Simon sees his daughter and Jasmine in a sexual embrace. He realizes that his lover is in an affair with his daughter. He ends his relationship with Jasmine and Jasmine in turn breaks up with Maya. When Simon offers to pay Maya to go to school in Italy, she figures out Jasmine was her father's lover. The triangle love affair is exposed.

Maya goes to art school in Florence and is successful in selling her art clothing. One day she sees a woman in Florence wearing her clothing line and the film ends with them being friends.

Cast

Screenings

Daddy Issues was screened at:

Reception

The film was hailed as a "dark romance with a tender heart" at the 2018 Inside Out Film and Video Festival in Toronto, Canada, whose reviewers lauded Amara Cash for her "vision, style, and twisted sense of humour".[3] Punch Drunk Critics also gave the film – which it described as an "exquisitely messed up [and] beautiful nightmare" – a positive review, awarding it 4 out of 5 stars for, among other things, its "fascinating and deeply disturbing script" and "visual style".[9]

Accolades

List of awards and nominations
Event/BodyYearAwardRecipientResult
Arizona Underground Film Festival2018Jury AwardDaddy Issues[10]
Fort Myers Film Festival2018Best Feature Daddy Issues[11]
Film Festival International (London) 2018Best Cinematography in a Feature FilmNico Aguilar[12]
Best DirectorAmara Cash
MidWest WeirdFest2018Best DirectorAmara Cash[13]
Film Festival International (Nice)2018Best Original Screenplay of a Feature FilmAlex Bloom[14] [15]
Best Lead ActressMadison Lawlor[16]
Northern Virginia International Film Festival2018Best Feature FilmDaddy Issues[17]
Best Acting EnsembleDaddy Issues
Best DirectorAmara Cash
Best CinematographyDaddy Issues
Best EditingDaddy Issues
Best ScreenplayAlex Bloom
Best ActressMontana Manning
Best Supporting ActorAndrew Pifko
Best Supporting ActressKamala Jones
Best ScoreDaddy Issues
Best LGBT FilmDaddy Issues

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boston Underground Film Festival. BUFF@Wicked Queer 2018. 27 March 2018. 1 June 2018.
  2. Web site: 2018 Fort Myers Film Festival. Fort Myers Film Festival. 1 June 2018. 22 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180822223902/http://fortmyersfilmfestival.com/2018OfficialGuide.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: 2018 Toronto LGBT Film Festival Schedule. Inside Out. 1 June 2018. 26 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180526112849/https://www.insideout.ca/torontofestival/film/daddy-issues. dead.
  4. Web site: May 11th Screening Room 1. Nice Filmmaker Festival. 1 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180606185439/http://www.filmfestinternational.com/11th-screening-room-1-nice-iff-2018/. 6 June 2018. dead.
  5. Web site: MidWest WeirdFest 2018 Winners Announced!. MidWest WeirdFest. 1 June 2018. 15 March 2018 .
  6. Web site: SOHO Film Fest.
    1. SOHO9: "Daddy Issues" (US Feature)
    . 1 June 2018.
  7. Web site: Outfest Los Angeles . 15 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180616030124/http://www.outfest.org/filmguide/daddy-issues-2/ . 16 June 2018 . dead .
  8. Web site: 'Daddy Issues' Clip: Outfest Film Unpacks The Use Of LGBTQ Labels. Deadline. Dino-Ray. Ramos. June 26, 2018. September 22, 2020.
  9. Web site: Punch Drunk Critics. NOVA Film Festival Review: 'Daddy Issues'. 14 April 2018. 2 June 2018. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141506/http://www.punchdrunkcritics.com/2018/04/nova-film-festival-review-daddy-issues.html?m=1. dead.
  10. Web site: AZUFF PHX Award Winners!. Arizona Underground Film Festival. 1 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180609050917/http://azuff.org/archives/7417. 9 June 2018. dead.
  11. Web site: Fort Myers Film Festival. Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center. 1 June 2018. 30 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180330145017/https://www.sbdac.com/event/fort-myers-film-festival-2018/. dead.
  12. Web site: London Filmmaker Festival 2018 Winners. 1 June 2018. London Filmmaker Festival.
  13. Web site: Winning Films of MidWest WeirdFest 2018. Midwest WeirdFest. 1 June 2018.
  14. Web site: Best Original Screenplay of a Feature Film. Nice Filmmaker Festival. 9 March 2018. 1 June 2018.
  15. Web site: Nice Filmmaker Festival. 22 May 2018. 1 June 2018. Nice 2018 Winners.
  16. Web site: Best Lead Actress. 1 June 2018. 9 March 2018. Nice Filmmaker Festival.
  17. Web site: Nova Film Festival: Award Results. Nova Film Festival. 1 June 2018.

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