What if you found out you had an identical twin?

In 2013 LA-based actress Samantha Futerman got a message on Facebook that would change her life forever:

Anaïs Bordier, a French fashion student living in London did look remarkably similar to Samantha.  But not only did she look similar, she had the same birthday, and like Samantha, Anaïs had been born in Busan, Korea and adopted.  Except Anaïs had grown up in the suburbs of Paris and Samantha in New Jersey.

Samantha starting videoblogging her discovery and those vlogs quickly turned into a full length documentary called “Twinsters.” 

Samantha and Anaïs became fast friends over Facebook and Skype but when it came to actually meeting face to face, Samantha says they were initially a little shy.

“It was awkward. We didn’t know how to physically be in the same space for an hour or two hours. She likes to say it’s similar to polarized magnets where you want to get so close to each other but once you get so close you don’t know how to be together,” says Futerman.

That shyness quickly wore off and the film follows the twins as they get to know each other, take a DNA test, even make a trip to Korea to meet Anaïs’ foster mother.

The film is stitched together with glimpses at all of the media — text messages, vlogs, Facebook messages, Skype calls — which brought the twins together and keeps them connected continents away. 

“Ten to 15 years ago, we wouldn’t have met without social media, without the capability of just reaching out to one another other on Facebook. I think it goes to show you how connected the world is today and how beautiful social media can be because in every stretch of the world you can reach somebody that you love at any time,” says Sam.