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. It was one of five projects fully funded in 2019 by the AT&T Hello Lab, which was founded to platform emerging filmmakers with a unique vision.
Watch “Fragile.com” on ALTER
Read about the AT&T Hello Lab in Deadline, Vanity Fair, and Them
Accolades and praise for “Fragile.com”…
2.4 million views on ALTER
FilmQuest 2021: Winner - “Best Fantastic Short,” Nominee - “Best Screenwriter - Short”
Nightmares Film Festival 2020: Winner - “Best Recurring Nightmare”
Official selection for Screamfest, Final Girls Film Festival, deadCenter Film Festival, Film Maudit 2.0, Roswell Film Festival
Featured on the ALTER Tapes podcast
Listed on the syllabus for the “Vampires, Castles, and Werewolves” course at Yale University
“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
New Horizons Picture Corporation
I spent three years working with New Horizons Picture Corporation, the production company founded by legends Roger and Julie Corman—first as an intern, then as a Development Assistant, then as the Head of Development. I pitched film and television projects, reviewed submissions, provided detailed feedback and performed script edits for projects in development (working with major players such as Max and Universal), and communicated with authors and publishing houses in pursuit of IP. I continue to collaborate with New Horizons on a project-to-project basis.
