42° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
DIRTY GIRL
by Emily Faris, Mia Fraboni
Country: USA
Year: 2024
Duration: 11'
After a sexy night out is interrupted by an early period, a woman is forced to walk home alone. Along the way, she’s approached by a stranger, a guy who “just wants to help.” As her pain intensifies on her long journey home, it becomes more difficult to keep the stranger’s overtures at bay.
Biography
film director
Emily Faris e Mia Fraboni
(Usa) have been collaborators since they met at the High School of Performing Arts in New York City. They both pursued degrees (BFAs) in Acting from prestigious universities and then became producing partners founding the company Dirty Girl Media. They wrote, produced, and starred in their first project, mother daughter, a semi- autobiographical short film shot in Sweden, selected at Boden International Film Festival in 2023. They then developed the A-SIDE/B-SIDE film project, consisting of two short horror films, written and co-directed as a team. The first side is Dirty Girl, completed in 2024. They are currently raising funds for B-SIDE: Overtime, with plans to shoot in 2025.
FILMOGRAFIA
Dirty Girl (cm, 2024).
Declaration
film director
“Inspired by the horror genre and our own experiences with our bodies, we wanted to ground this movie in our lead character's physical pain, while making her an unconventional ‘final girl.’ She exists in a familiar horror film setting but with the added visceral reality of her menstruation. Women will recognize that the objectified girl in the film is dealing with her own private horror movie with her own body. In mapping out her journey with both her body and the male characters objectifying her, we couldn’t help but find humor by taking her situation to an extreme level of physical discomfort. Ultimately, we hope to bring out the humor and relatability in woman’s horrific night and leave our audiences feeling a complicated sense of relief.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTORS: Emily Faris, Mia Fraboni. SCREENPLAY: Mia Fraboni. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sarah Anne Pierpont. EDITING: Mike Harris. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Dallas Wexler. COSTUMES: Emily Moran. PRODUCTION: Nic Murphy.
CONTACT: Mia Fraboni miafrabs@gmail.com
