Parasocial - Short film, 2026 /

Parasocial - Short film, 2026 /

Writer/Director: Samantha Locock

Director of Photography: Toby Martin

Hannah: Megan Placito
Alexa: Grace Palma

Synopsis: Hannah and Alexa are chronically online best friends that have been picking up on social media clues that someone they know might have gone through a break up. Today is the day they find out. 

In post production.

We all stalk people we used to go to school with online, right?

Crew
Production Designer: Omar Kent
Sound Recordist: Ryan Beauchamp
1st Assistant Camera: Joshua Liles
Production Manager: Joe Brashaw
Colourist: Marieta Farfarova
Composer: Amber Reeves
Sound Designer: Clarke Hamza

People you once knew now just turn into these parasocial relationships, as they become ghosts from your past that you then only know through what is presented online. Plus I had to mix this concept with the neurodivergent skill of noticing patterns and picking up on subtle differences…

because I am an internet detective at heart.