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NOMINEE - BEST HORROR SHORT FILM
2019
United States
6 mins
Winter FEAR Awards Horror Film Competition
Ben Botwick | |
Lizzie Minges, Ben Botwick | |
Destin Khari (Boy), Heinley Gaspard (Dad) |
A father learns the secret behind his son’s strange nightly ritual.

About the Director
Ben Botwick began writing stories in kindergarten. His first was a tragic alien romance that served as a creation myth for the sun and the moon. He grew up in Southeast Asia, spending grade school in Taipei, Jakarta and Bangkok. In college, he produced, co-directed and starred in “Killer Toaster from Hell”, a feature-length script that he wrote in three days on a dare. He joined the WGA West in January of 2015. Ben currently resides in Brooklyn with his tiny wife and a cat named Duck.