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My Sweet Prince
Short film about the evolution of identity and online exploration of sexuality in the early 00s, constructed from the director’s own teenage video diaries.
Overview
Alcopops. Cigarettes. MSN Messenger. VHS tapes. Boys. 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 the evolution of identity and online exploration of sexuality in the early 00s.
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