- Described as a “boy’s love” (BL) film, My Father, Myself was produced under Mentorque Entertainment and 3:16 Media Network. It has Joel Lamangan as its director and Quinn Carrillo as its writer. Lamangan is also the director of two LGBT-related films Rainbow’s Sunset and Isa Pang Bahaghari.
- Principal photography began on July 2022.
- On concerns raised that the film might have a negative impact on the LGBT+ community following the release of the trailer, Lamangan address this by saying that he based the film on a real story that happened in his province adding that not all gay stories should be positive or else that would be “unrealistic” or “romanticism”.
- He had to change the ending since the story he based the film on was “tragic”. Nevertheless, he insist he tackled he sensitive theme in a pleasant way and believed that there is a good lesson audience could derive from the film.
- There is no sexual act or frontal nudity were depicted in the film although there is a kissing scene between Cuenca and de Guzman’s characters.
- My Father, Myself premiered in cinemas in the Philippines on December 25, 2022 as one of the official eight entries of the 2022 Metro Manila Film Festival. It was given a R-18 rating by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board.
- Director Lamangan sought for the film to be rated R-16 but was unsuccessful. Lamangan said that the R-18 rating was due to the film’s incestuous themes and it being a serious LGBT film rather than a comedic LGBT film.
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