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A 15 SECOND FILM.

"SHORT, BUT SHOCKING!" - NYWIFT

WRITER - SYDNEY CLARA BRAFMAN
DIRECTOR - SYDNEY CLARA BRAFMAN
CAMERA - JESSE LOCASCIO
SOUND RECORDIST - ZACH TRAVIS
STARRING - APRIL SON

HMU/SFX - NIKKI NEENAN

EDITOR - SYDNEY CLARA BRAFMAN
MUSIC - DJ TECHNORCH

A Statement:

I made this film in 2017, due to my real phobia about tripping and impaling myself in the eye with a straw. I hold all drinks at a 45° angle because of this. Just now, in 2019, I’m sad to find this has become a real cause of death for someone. According to the article, “a woman fell onto a […] 10-inch stainless steel straw [that] entered her left eye socket and pierced her brain.” Sometimes, life imitates art. If this has taught me anything, it’s that we should be more open and willing to share what scares us. Fears aren’t meant to be precious, and it’s ok to never overcome them. But we can help each other a little along the way by destigmatizing them, and making these phobias smaller.

SCREENING

GIPHY Film Festival FINALIST New York, NY 2018

Medusa Underground Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Las Vegas, NV 2018
Quickie Fest OFFICIAL SELECTION Brooklyn, NY 2018
Final Girls Berlin Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Berlin 2018
15 Second Horror Film Challenge WINNER 38th Place Online 2017
- TROMA TROMATIC PICKS Top 10 WINNER 5th Place
- INDIE HORROR MAG BEST HORROR COMEDY Top 10 WINNER 8th Place
- JUDGE PICKS JILL SIXX Top 10 WINNER 1st Place
- JUDGE PICKS HANNAH FIERMAN Top 10 WINNER 6th Place
- JUDGE PICKS JACKEY RAYE NEYMAN JONES Top 10 WINNER 10th Place
NYWIFT Fall Shorts Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION Online 2017
7 CINEMA "2017: A Real Piece of Work" OFFICIAL SELECTION NiteHawk Cinema 2017

PRESS

Horror Hostess Malvolia: the Queen of Screams showcases a film directed by Sydney Clara Brafman. Eyes up or you make miss this gory quick flick!
A profile with Brooklyn, New York's Sydney Clara Brafman whose entry "☹" placed 38th place out of 300 entries in our 2017 program
15 Second Horror Film Challenge
Returning for another year the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival brings women directed horror and gore to the forefront
The Hollywood News
"Tiny Terrors as per Sydney Clara Brafman on this perNYC episode!"
PerNYC