The Loneliest Boy in the World
is a short film that delves into themes of isolation, mental struggle, and the human need for connection. It was written and starred by Dylan Schmid and directed by Nano Clow. It has been featured on platforms like BOOOOOOOM TV, Film Shortage and Director’s Notes, where it has been recognized for its exploration of isolation and the human psyche.
17 MIN / CANADA / ENGLISH / DRAMA, PSYCHOLOGICAL
YEAR
2020
DIRECTED BY
Nano Clow
STARRING
Dylan Schmid
Kaitlyn Bernard
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In his day to day as the last person on earth, a boy’s thoughts grow wilder and more haunting. Tortured by the memory of a lost love and loneliness, he begins to see visions that challenge his ideas of existence and meaning. With his sanity running on empty, he must come to terms with his loneliness or fall victim to it.
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I’ve been finding it difficult to find fulfillment in my own life. If I have love and still am not fulfilled, how can that be? Life must be more than these human things. I want people to look inside themselves and ask that same question. - Dylan Schmid
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This short film is important to me and Dylan because it digs into some problems most of us encounter. The inability to accept and move on. The inability to look outside the box. The inability to achieve our greatest goals, while being blinded by greed. Being blinded by the need to feel loved, safe, and comfortable. The passion for our film was a possible solution. The film features a boy in present day living in an extinct world where materialistic things are never good enough. He fights isolation, but the true obstacles come from memories and dreams of a past lover. We follow his constant inner battle of self love, being loved, or finding any TRUE connection at all.
- Nano Clow
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & WRITER
Dylan Schmid
PRODUCER
King Louie Palomo
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Joseph Schweers
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Aniya Godden
EDITOR
Nano Clow
EDITOR
Simon Huculiak
COMPOSER
Cayne Mckenzie
SOUND DESIGNER
Christopher Clark
COLOURIST
Joseph Schweers
VISUAL EFFECTS
Pixel Perfect
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