‘My Sextortion Diary’ Acquired by Taskovski Films Sales Ahead of SXSW World Premiere, Trailer Debuts (EXCLUSIVE)
27.02.2024 - 15:43
/ variety.com
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Taskovski Films Sales has picked up documentary “My Sextortion Diary,” directed and produced by Patricia Franquesa. The film, which explores Franquesa’s reaction to an attempted digital blackmail that occurred in 2019, will have its world premiere at SXSW. Variety debuts the trailer, below.
In May 2019, a laptop belonging to Franquesa is stolen during a business trip in Madrid. After diligently filing a police report, her life goes on as usual until Aug. 1, when she receives a voice message from a friend.
He notifies her that he has received a strange email with very personal pictures that seem to be of Franquesa. It is then that she realizes she is the victim of what is called sextortion. An anonymous hacker accesses all the stored data in the stolen laptop and finds three very private photos of Franquesa.
He threatens that if he doesn’t receive $2,400 he will mass-mail the pictures to all her work contacts in order to ruin her professional reputation. Shame, anger and distress caused by months of brutal extortion are transformed into the need to share the process. Faced with the ineffectiveness of the legal forces, Franquesa feels frightened and vulnerable.
When it seems there is no hope in the case, Franquesa receives a letter from the Madrid court stating that the two guys who stole her computer have been caught. With this first clue, Franquesa sets out on her own investigation to stop the hacker and regain control and power over her privacy. The film is produced by Franquesa through Gadea Films and Mireia Graell at Ringo Media.
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