A young man is sexually assaulted and subdues, punishes, then befriends his own attacker while confronting his past and the ambiguities of sexuality. Part fiction, part non-fiction, part autobiography and part dream, Friend of a Friend attempts to broaden the conversation around abuse and its motivations and implications, as well as the survivor vs. assailant dynamic and results of ostracism. AWARDS 2020 – Best European Short Animation – Go Short Nijmegen (Netherlands) FESTIVAL SELECTIONS 2020 – Festival International du film d’animation d’Annecy (France) 2020 – Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico) 2020 – BIAF Bucheon International Animation Festival (South Korea) 2020 – Sydney Underground Film Festival (Australia) 2020 – Anilogue International Animation Festival (Hungary) 2020 – Mezipatra Queer Film Festival (Czech Republic) 2020 – PÖFF (Estonia)
2020 – My French Film Festival 2020 – UniFrance Short Film Awards (France) 2021 – IFF Zoom Zblizenia (Poland) 2021 – Slamdance Film Festival (USA) 2021 – Fantaspoa – International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre 2021 – ReAnimania Int. Animation Film & Comics Art Festival of Yerevan (Arménie) 2021 – Animafest Zagreb(Croatia) 2021- 33 Filmfest Dresden (Germany) 2021 – Indie Lisboa (Portugal) 2021 – Mecal Pro Barcelona International Short & Animation Festival (Spain) 2021 – ITFS Stuttgart Film Festival (Germany) 2021 – Palm Springs International ShortFest (USA) 2021 – Anibar Animation Festival (Kosovo)