“Superb acting, a believable script (written by Brittany Menjivar), gorgeously surreal cinematography (the work of Lauren Guiteras) and a disturbing take on a pertinent issue… Fragile.com earns a well-deserved spot in this year’s virtual Final Girls Berlin Film Festival, with its unique and unsettling exploration of the objectification and commodification of women according to heterosexual male fantasies.” -The Indiependent
A teenage girl who just wants to be told she’s special is approached by a charming man who promises her fame, fortune, and affection—if she agrees to livestream herself crying for his niche website, Fragile.com.
“Fragile.com” is the debut short by Brittany Menjivar, written during her junior year of college. It was directed by Alison-Eve Hammersley and executive produced by Lena Waithe via the AT&T Hello Lab fellowship program. The film screened at multiple genre festivals, including Screamfest, FilmQuest (where it won best short in its category), and Nightmares (where it won the “Best Recurring Nightmare” award); it has been taught in lectures at Yale University. It has over three million views on YouTube.
Stream “Fragile.com” via ALTER here.
Read about the AT&T Hello Lab in Deadline, Vanity Fair, and Them.
Directorial Work
Brittany Menjivar is currently available to direct short-form projects such as commercials and music videos. Check out her latest, a promo video for publicist Sawyer Gilley’s virtual branding course Commodification of Self, here.
Fragile.com
New Millennium Boyz
Set during the Y2K era, forthcoming feature film New Millennium Boyz follows suburban teen Brad Sela, whose life unravels after he falls in with two volatile new friends. As they document their increasingly transgressive exploits on Handycams, Brad is pulled deeper into chaos on the brink of the new millennium. Based on the novel of the same name by Alex Kazemi, the film will be co-written by Kazemi and Brittany Menjivar. It will be produced by Chris and Roberta Hanley at Muse Films (The Virgin Suicides, Spring Breakers, American Psycho).
Read the Deadline announcement here.
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