Bryce Parsons-Twesten
Writing
Biography
Parsons is an award-winning screenwriter and essayist specializing in horror and the bad choices we can’t help but make. His film Angels is currently streaming on Hulu as part of Bite Size Halloween season three. His first feature, Shapeless, premiered at Tribeca 2021 after being selected as a fellow in the IFP Narrative Filmmaker Lab, and in 2020, his feature Mai Pen Rai (Nevermind) advanced to the second round in Sundance Development Track. His screenplay Little Lying Wild won the WomeninFan Pitch at the Sitges Film Festival, was selected as a Breaking Through the Lens finalist, and has participated in the Berlinale Talents, Tribeca Film Institute Network, Tribeca Writing in Unreal, and the Emerging Voices Program. Parsons is also the co-creator of Finestra, a deck of surreal conversation cards that was fully funded through Kickstarter in 2023.
Known For
Jonny Baptiste is a reckless teen sent to live with her estranged Aunt Hildie. On the event of her eighteenth birthday, she experiences a radical metamorphosis: a family spell that redefines her called Forevering. When several teen girls go missing at her new school, a mythically feral Jonny goes after the Perpetrator.
Perpetrator
Out in public, Ivy is a New Orleans lounge singer trying to make a name for herself. When alone, though, she suffers from a terrifying eating disorder. And the more she hides her struggles, the stronger her inner demons become.
Shapeless
Three queer friends launch a half-witted heist to steal back a sweater from one of their exes. But recovering from heartbreak isn't quite the slick-lit, neon-noir adventure one of them imagines.
Sam Wants Her Sweater Back
The Melancholy Man tells the story of the world’s saddest man who meets the world’s saddest woman. Through a fantastical lens, these characters come together in their harmonious misery and find something that surprises them both.