Movies by Rio Thake
Lake George
Based on True Events, Four years after a heist gone wrong, a released convict and a well-to-do father-to-be must come up with $100k in one night, or else a family member will be executed in prison.
Trapping
It centers on the affable London youngster Daz, who views drug dealing as a way to get quick money to support his needy family.
My Sweet Prince
Alcopops, VHS tapes, cigarettes, boys, MSN Messenger, Placebo - this is 2003. Set on the Isle of Wight, fragments of the director's own teenage video diaries collide with the fictional story of 15-year-old Tommy in this short film about a boy's search for connection in the advent of the internet age. Infatuated with his best friend's boyfriend and unable to truly reveal himself to anyone, Tommy feels an overwhelming sense of isolation on the small chalk island he calls home. Desperate to be seen, he logs on to family computer, clicks connect...