FRIEND OF A FRIEND by Zachary Zezima

Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! 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)