This is Me Loving You, 86 min, est. release 2026

Sydney, a charismatic heroin user, moves into a Chicago abstinence-based recovery home and befriends Julia, an alcoholic filmmaker. When Sydney gets pregnant and returns home to a chaotic relationship, both women re-enter a world of abuse and addiction where they must choose between protecting those they love and saving themselves. An intimate portrait of friendship forged in the trenches of overlapping crises, This Is Me Loving You is a manifesto of radical care that shows what it means to heal ourselves in spite of systems that promise support but so often hold us down.

Director, Cinematographer, Producer: Julia Hunter
Producers: Hannah Donegan, Marc Serpa Francoeur, Robinder Uppal, Danny Alpert
Editor: Troy Lewis
Associate Editor: Ingrid Roettgen
Executive Producer: Scott Goldstein

A co-production of Mayday Films and ITVS, in association with Lost Time Media, Streeterville Productions, and Kindling Group

Produced in collaboration with ITVS, with support from BAVC MediaMaker Fellowship, Crossroads Fund, and DCASE

This Is Me Loving You was presented at the Big Sky Pitch, Catapult + True/False Rough Cut Retreat, Film Independent Documentary Story Lab, and Ji.hlava New Visions Forum

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