“Thru The Wire” Finds Online Home at NoBudge

Thru The Wire has found its online home premiering exclusively on NoBudge. Subscribers can enjoy the film for one month before it becomes available to all viewers.

NoBudge is a streaming platform dedicated to showcasing young and emerging filmmakers. Founded by filmmaker Kentucker Audley in 2011, it offers a curated selection of low-budget cinema, DIY visions, alternative comedy, film festival shorts, youth culture, and student films. The platform features a wide range of genres, including narrative, experimental, animation, documentary, sketch, web series, and dance/music videos. NoBudge also hosts live screenings in Brooklyn, complete with filmmaker Q&As and afterparties.

From NoBudge:

A chronically online, socially inept teenager takes a leap of faith to meet up with her virtual bestie for the first time. “Thru the Wire,” directed by Bocau, is a modern coming-of-age film set in Vietnam with an honest account of where online and IRL conflict. “Fried_fish_ball” (we never get her real name) spends her after-school hours in the world of an online character game. While her family dynamic is mostly amicable, it’s difficult for her mom and socially out-going little sister to get a hold of her. Quick to return to the keyboard, she vents with her online best friend, “stir_fried_corn,” who eventually suggests the two finally meet up in the real world. Despite the concerned advice of her only friend at school, “fried_fish_ball” remains optimistic and decides to go through with the hang-out. There, expectations are not quite met. A stylistically upbeat film where the internet is central to the young character’s coming-of-age, Boca’s film delivers a rich look at teen life in Vietnam.