Published On Jan 18, 2022
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐!
๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ.
Synopsis:
'Stacey' an anxiety ridden, lonely, keyboard-warrior recluse hopelessly tries to convince his favourite young friend Ellie, that he too is a teenage girl, with the desperate hope that sheโll send him the pictures he craves.
Written and Directed by Samantha White
Produced by Natalia Bastrykina, Andrew White, Marta Biancheri, EICAR International and Samantha White
Starring Alex Blanchard, Marc Susbielle, Eva Quinto, Jennifer Luckit and Felix Bruneau
'Friends Online' is a strange little creation. A dark comedy, short & sweet - with a quirky bitter aftertaste. The project is inspired from a frustration with the 'social media age' and feelings towards social hypocrisy. That essentially, we're all a bit perverted and strange deep down, especially behind the safety of a screen.
The majority of the crew on 'Friends Online' were international women in their twenties. Many taking Head of Department roles, such as, Director/Writer - United Kingdom, Director of Photography/Editor - Italy, Production Manager - Ukraine, Producer - Russia, Production Designer - Lebanon.
I am incredibly proud of the team and their ability to carve this vision together - especially with such a small budget! The future of film is female and please, stay weird.