Experiencing Interruptions?

sometimes, i think about dying

Fran is thinking about dying, but a man in the office might want to date her.

  • Stefanie Abel Horowitz
    Director
    Up North
  • Stefanie Abel Horowitz
    Writer
    Up North
  • Katy Wright-Mead
    Writer
    Float, Stop The Bleeding!
  • Kevin Armento
    Writer
    Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, Good Men Wanted, Devil with the Blue Dress, killers,
  • Stefanie Abel Horowitz
    Producer
    Up North
  • Katy Wright-Mead
    Producer
    Float
  • Katy Wright-Mead
    Key Cast
    "Fran"
    Boardwalk Empire, The Knick, Rush Hour, Fight of the Living Dead
  • Jim Sarbh
    Key Cast
    "Robert"
    Neerja, Padmaavat, The Wedding Guest, Beneath a Sea of Lights
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 5, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    17,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Sundance Film Festival
    Park City
    United States
    January 26, 2019
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Stefanie Abel Horowitz

Stefanie Abel Horowitz directed theater for a decade before pivoting to film. Her first short film, Up North, premiered on Short of the Week in 2017. Her second short film, sometimes, i think about dying, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and is currently traveling the world on the Sundance Shorts Tour. She is an alum of the 2019 New Voices Sundance Lab. And her essay He's Your Destiny. Just Be Patient. was published as part of The New York Time's Modern Love column in June 2019. Abel Horowitz is repped by Circle of Confusion and Verve.

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Director Statement

In 2013, in a dark theater in New York’s lower east side I directed a play called killers, written by Kevin Armento and starring Katy Wright-Mead. The play told of a death-obsessed woman, Fran, who didn’t know much about living. It was a little scary, but also funny and kind of sweet. It stuck with me and 5 years later I’ve turned it into a short film.

I hope you like, and want for Fran as much as I do!