The Things You Think I'm Thinking

The Things You Think I'm Thinking is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Sherren Lee and released in 2017.[1] The film stars Prince Amponsah as Sean, a gay man struggling with his emotional insecurities and body image issues as he embarks on his first date with another man (Jesse LaVercombe) since being badly scarred and losing both of his arms in a house fire.[2]

The Things You Think I'm Thinking
Directed bySherren Lee
Produced byCharlie Hidalgo
Sherren Lee
Written byJesse LaVercombe
StarringPrince Amponsah
Jesse LaVercombe
Music byCasey Manierka-Quaile
CinematographyIan Macmillan
Edited bySimone Smith
Production
company
Meraki Moving Pictures
Release date
  • September 17, 2017 (2017-09-17) (AFF)
Running time
14 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

LaVercombe wrote the screenplay as a tribute to Amponsah.[3] It was Amponsah's first film role after returning to the stage in 2016, following his own real-life injuries in a 2012 apartment fire.[4]

The film premiered at the 2017 Atlantic Film Festival. It won the AWFJ EDA Award for Best Short Film at the 2017 Whistler Film Festival,[2] the Jury Prize for Best International Short Film at the 2018 Outfest,[5] a Special Jury Prize at the 2018 Canadian Film Festival,[2] and the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2018 Inside Out Film and Video Festival.[1]

The film was broadcast on CBC Television's anthology series Canadian Reflections in December 2018.

References
  1. "Feature: Director Sherren Lee’s Give Us a Peek Inside “The Things You Think I’m Thinking”". Occhimag, June 30, 2018.
  2. "Dating and Vulnerability: Sherren Lee and Jesse LaVercombe on The Things You Think I’m Thinking". Film International, April 26, 2018.
  3. "Outfest ’18 Interview: Sherren Lee on the Mind Games of “The Things You Think I’m Thinking”". The Movable Feast, July 14, 2018.
  4. "Actor who lost his arms — and nearly his life — in fire reaches new stage". Toronto Star, June 1, 2016.
  5. "And the Winners of Outfest 2018 Are...". The Advocate, July 23, 2018.


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