Synopsis
When best friends Anita, Kemi and Emma cross paths with new girl and bully-magnet, Sylvia, they do not make her life any easier. Lies and gossip spin like webs and stick faster than a witch's curse. Driven by their own insecurities and hardships the trio commit to making Sylvia's life a living hell. After all, it is easy to kick someone who is already down. Just pray that someone doesn't learn to stand. Pray even harder that they don't realise their own power.
Tiptoeing the very fine line between comedy and horror 'Sylvia' is a devilish dive into the 90's and the lives of a group of particularly nasty mean girls as they juggle puberty, heartbreak and superstition. At a time teetering on the cusp of the social media revolution this short offers a uniquely nostalgic glimpse into the world these inner-city kids hail from.
Tiptoeing the very fine line between comedy and horror 'Sylvia' is a devilish dive into the 90's and the lives of a group of particularly nasty mean girls as they juggle puberty, heartbreak and superstition. At a time teetering on the cusp of the social media revolution this short offers a uniquely nostalgic glimpse into the world these inner-city kids hail from.
About the Director
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Tara
Ayeni
Writer/Director
Tárá Ayeni writes and directs dark comedy and horror from an imagination as thorny, complex and delightful as the worlds she creates. A female Black-British writer-director, the short film 'Sylvia' is Tárá’s directorial debut....Read more
Tárá Ayeni writes and directs dark comedy and horror from an imagination as thorny, complex and delightful as the worlds she creates. A female Black-British writer-director, the short film 'Sylvia' is Tárá’s directorial debut. Tárá's talent for dark comedy landed her an additional writer position on C4/HULU series 'MAXXX' and she is currently developing two feature films in the horror/ genre space. Tárá is developing her original series, 'She Had It Coming', with Fifth Season and Luti Media. The series 'She Had It Coming' builds on the world and characters featured in her debut short film 'Sylvia'. Tárá is attracted to genre as a vehicle for tales of morality and approaches archetypal questions of sacrifice, selfishness and self-discovery through a unique lens of culture and heritage. Tárá is inspired to tell genre stories that represent and originate in diverse communities; universal stories whose conceptual richness, visual language and characters draw deeply on the culture of the diaspora. Read less
