About this submission

As someone who has struggled in the past with body dysmorphia and eating disorders, I have seen the devastating influence social media has had on my generation firsthand. Teens, especially young women, are pressured into fitting unrealistic beauty standards, feeling they would do anything to look "perfect."

Therefore, by presenting us with a drug that gives its users the body of their dreams, and the harmful and gruesome addiction our main character develops for it, we are made to directly reflect our habits of consumption, and whether or not we are overlooking hidden threats in the pursuit of self-worth.

Lucca Vieira

Creator

Lucca Vieira is an award-winning 23-year-old Brazilian-American filmmaker based out of South Florida. He has been producing skits, animations and videos since the age of eight. His short films have been selected and awarded at various film festivals across the U.S. and Canada since the age of 16, and he is a two-time YoungArts and Scholastic award winner. Most recently, he has written and directed his first ever feature film, 'The Midway Point,' starring, among others, Thora Birch ('American Beauty'), Wes Studi ('The Last of the Mohicans,' 'Heat'), and Julie Benz of 'Dexter' fame. His proof-of-concept body horror short, "Shift," is currently in its festival run. more...