I Want Your Love (film)

I Want Your Love (2010)
2010 short film (Chinese promotional poster)
Directed by	Travis Mathews
Written by	Travis Mathews
Produced by	Jack J. Shamama Michael Keith Christopher Nana
Starring	Jesse Metzger Brenden Gregory
Cinematography	Michael Keith Travis Mathews
Edited by	Travis Mathews
Music by	Eddie Foronda
Release date	April 12, 2010 (2010-04-12) (short)
Running time	14 minutes (short)
Country	United States
Language	English

I Want Your Love (2012)
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Travis Mathews
Written by	Travis Mathews
Produced by	Jack J. Shamama Michael Keith Christopher Nana
Starring	Jesse Metzger Brontez Purnell Ben Jasper Keith McDonald Jorge Rodolfo Ferrin Solano
Cinematography	Michael Keith Travis Mathews
Edited by	Travis Mathews
Music by	Eddie Foronda
Release dates	April 12, 2012 (2012-04-12) (Fringe Film Festival) May 13, 2013 (2013-05-13) (United States)
Running time	71 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$80,000

I Want Your Love is the title of both a 2010 short film and a 2012 feature-length film. Both films were directed and written by Travis Mathews. The drama films both revolve around the friends and ex-lovers of Jesse Metzger, a gay man in his mid-30s who is forced to move back to his hometown from San Francisco due to financial reasons.

The actors' own names, along with much of their real-life stories, were used for their characters in both films,^[2] which features graphic sexual scenes. The production of both films was aided by the gay pornographic studio NakedSword. This led to the full-length film being refused exemption from classification, which would have allowed it to screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a decision to which actor James Franco (who invited Mathews to collaborate on Franco's film Interior. Leather Bar.) reacted negatively.