My Sextortion Diary

EVENT: Intimate Power

Feature Film Screening: With her laptop stolen, Pati’s world crumbles when she receives a disturbing message from a friend: an anonymous hacker is sending intimate photos of her to her contacts. The threat is clear: she must pay to stop the mass distribution. Caught in a psychological battle, Pati seeks refuge behind her screen, only to discover that thousands of others around the world are being extorted in the same way. Faced with the indifference of the authorities, Pati realizes that only she can find a way out of this nightmare. Told with humour and candour, through text messages, emails, and self-recorded cellphone videos, filmmaker Pati Franquesa reclaims the fragments of her body and refuses to be shamed. 

Post-Film: A media-arts exploration of vulnerability online and living in a digital culture.

In addition to the screening, Ed Video invites you to participate in “Candid Corner” – a video recording station, where your voice can become part of the conversation on online vulnerability and digital culture. Before the screening, we will prompt you with key questions around privacy, consent, and online security.  Participation in the Candid Corner is entirely optional. If you choose: step up to the mic and share your thoughts! Your reflections will be incorporated into a live collaborative video piece. Edited in real-time, this short film will be screened at the end of the event, presenting a collective community response to the issues explored in My Sextortion Diary.

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