American filmmaker Michael Kerry MATTHEWS attended the Graduate Film programme at New York University. He produced Newlyweeds (2013), which won the 2014 Film Independent Someone to Watch Award. He co-directed his debut, Lost Holiday (2019), with his brother, Thomas.

Michael Kerry Matthews

Thomas Matthews

In this road movie Margaret Rockland prefers drink, drugs and an absurd kidnapping to Christmas depression.

Margaret Rockland combats a depressing Christmas reunion with a booze and snorting bonanza lasting days. En route, she becomes involved in a bizarre kidnapping affair. What follows is a road movie through the vacant suburbs of Washington DC and a past that won’t let Margaret out of its clutches.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Michael Kerry Matthews

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Michael Kerry Matthews at IFFR

Lost Holiday