My Sweet Prince
12/03/2019
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 family computer, clicks connect and opens MSN.
Movie Information
Yodi Roodner
as Tommy
Jacob Avery
as Stefan
Rio Thake
as Aaron
Oliver Bickers
as Conor
Aoife Checkland
as Layla
Sophie Oliver
as Sarah
Harry Saward
as mysweetprince
Arlo McGowan
as Oliver (uncredited)
