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After a vicious solar storm causes a global internet outage, three internet-pilled friends are forced to learn how to live offline.

Synopsis

2002! is a six-episode dark comedy web series about what happens when the internet dies – and your entire personality goes with it. Three extremely online roommates – Finn, a painfully insecure fintech bro; Liza, a sparky online it-girl; and Grace, a comedian (whose last reel just went viral btw– did you see?) – fresh out of college and convinced they’re gaming adulthood, are blindsided when an apocalyptic solar storm permanently wipes out the internet. Also their fourth housemate, Frank? Well, Frank went camping and was supposed to be back on Wednesday… but Wednesday was two weeks ago…and now that they think about it, he probably can’t get out of Yosemite without Google Maps.

Of course, this trio aren’t dramatic or out of touch people. They’re actually really, really normal and chill – but they’ve never known a world without Google or a like button. So with the internet gone, it’s not just an outage – it’s a full-blown identity crisis.
 

Meet the Filmmakers

Juliette Strangio — Writer/Director
Juliette Strangio is Australian filmmaker residing between Los Angeles and Chicago. Her recent work includes writing an episode of the Emmy-nominated ABC series Will Trent, where she also serves as Assistant Producer. After training at The Second City, she debuted her first feature, Cecily and Lydia at the Waypoint, which screened widely on the festival circuit and earned Best Film and Best Director at the 2022 Midwest Film Festival. Her most recent short, Learning to Eat Cake, began its festival run in 2025 with selections from Short of the Week, New Orleans Film Festival, Lower East Side Film Festival, and St Kilda Film Festival.

Isabella Zanobini— Producer
Isabella Zanobini is a writer/producer from New Jersey, now based in LA. She is a development executive at Passage Pictures, where she co-produced the upcoming feature Corporate Retreat, starring Odeya Rush. She was an Associate Producer on the feature SABA, which premiered at TIFF. She recently wrote and produced the short film California Sober.

Shannon Kaminaga — Producer
Shannon Kaminaga is a producer from Hawaii, who relocated to LA to expand her horizons. Recent Credits include: Jury Duty (Amazon Prime) – seasons 1 and 2. She currently works at Gifted Youth/ Caviar as an associate to one of their in-house directors.

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