A headlong race through a world where success can be measured in engagement and tragedy has become content. In ‘Our Hero, Balthazar,’ Oscar Boyson’s (@skipmccoy) feature directorial debut, from a script co-written with Ricky Camilleri, two neglected teenagers are thrown together by a chance online encounter. Boyson, whose background helped shape independent culture as the A24/HBO producer behind Uncut Gems, Good Time, and projects spanning Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Jay-Z, and Casey Neistat. Privileged yet lonely New Yorker, Balthy (Jaeden Martell) eager to enact heroism to impress his activist crush, tracks down Solomon (Asa Butterfield, @asabopp), a Texas teen posting violent threats into the void. Also starring Noah Centineo (@ncentineo), what begins as a misguided attempt at intervention unfolds into an unlikely bond, a journey that transforms both their lives in ways both terrifying and absurd. Darkly comic, unsettling, and deeply reflective of a generation raised online. Credits: New York Premiere images courtesy of Tania Veltchev All other assets provided by the Our Hero, Balthazar team | Milk Studios