Alcopops, VHS tapes, cigarettes, boys, MSN Messenger, Placebo — this is 2003. Set on the Isle of Wight, fragments of the director's own teenage video diaries collide with the fictional story of 15-year-old Tommy in this short film about a boy's search for connection in the advent of the internet age. Infatuated with his best friend's boyfriend and unable to truly reveal himself to anyone, Tommy feels an overwhelming sense of isolation on the small chalk island he calls home. Desperate to be seen, he logs on to the family computer, clicks connect, and opens MSN.
Grace Carroll
Producer
Jason Bradbury
Writer
Anna MacDonald
Director of Photography
Jason Bradbury
Director
Yodi Roodner
Tommy
Jacob Avery
Stefan
Rio Thake
Aaron
Oliver Bickers
Conor
Aoife Checkland
Layla
Sophie Oliver
Sarah
Harry Saward
mysweetprince
Arlo McGowan
Oliver (uncredited)
