My Sweet Prince

Alcopops VHS tapes cigarettes boys MSN Messenger Placebo this is 2003 Set on the Isle of Wight fragments of the directors own teenage video diaries collide with the fictional story of 15yearold Tommy in this short film about a boys search for connection in the advent of the internet age Infatuated with his best friends 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