Shorts Spotlight - Stay for the Laughs
Finding humor in all times, places and circumstances
A Dunder Plunder
Directed by Grace Alwyn Ashworth
UK, 2019, 8 min.
A burglar''s plans are derailed when he encounters a sobbing woman in one of the bedrooms.
North American Premiere
Passive Aggressive Dads
Directed by Jim Picariello
USA, 2018, 5 min.
Two middle-aged dads just want to spend a quiet day with their daughters at the park.
Fault
Directed by Eric Ian Goldberg
USA, 2018, 8 min.
Past grudges, fresh injuries, bad serves, and death threaten the weekly tennis match of four lifelong friends.
Men of Vision
Directed by Frank Todaro
USA, 2019, 19 min.
At the turn of the 20th century, inventor Hubert Moss is enduring a dry spell that threatens to ruin him.
Southeast Premiere
Manen
Directed by Thomas Anglade, Maxime Announ, Lucie Dessertine, and Estelle Saint-Jours
France, 2018, 4 min.
Sergio, an old and solitary fisherman, takes out the heavy artillery to avenge a pelican.
Vessel
Directed by Ethan Godel
Canada, 2019, 8 min.
Two lonely romantics go to absurd lengths to be anybody but themselves.
US premiere
Demand Curve
Directed by The Bragg Brothers
USA, 2019, 11 min.
Offended by his kidnappers’ low ransom demands, a professor uses basic economics to get in on the action.
Tutorial > SKIP?
USA, 2019, 4 min.
Directed by Thy Vo, Sydney Seekford, and Ryan Imm
Player BigD1999 comes barreling into the game, sword a-swinging. Will Smee be able to slow him down and avoid certain doom?
40 Minutes Over Maui
Directed by Josh Covitt and Michael Feld
USA, 2019, 13 min.
A couple must grapple with a crisis that will forever affect their Hawaiian vacation—and all of humanity.
A Dunder Plunder
Directed by Grace Alwyn Ashworth
UK, 2019, 8 min.
A burglar''s plans are derailed when he encounters a sobbing woman in one of the bedrooms.
North American Premiere
Passive Aggressive Dads
Directed by Jim Picariello
USA, 2018, 5 min.
Two middle-aged dads just want to spend a quiet day with their daughters at the park.
Fault
Directed by Eric Ian Goldberg
USA, 2018, 8 min.
Past grudges, fresh injuries, bad serves, and death threaten the weekly tennis match of four lifelong friends.
Men of Vision
Directed by Frank Todaro
USA, 2019, 19 min.
At the turn of the 20th century, inventor Hubert Moss is enduring a dry spell that threatens to ruin him.
Southeast Premiere
Manen
Directed by Thomas Anglade, Maxime Announ, Lucie Dessertine, and Estelle Saint-Jours
France, 2018, 4 min.
Sergio, an old and solitary fisherman, takes out the heavy artillery to avenge a pelican.
Vessel
Directed by Ethan Godel
Canada, 2019, 8 min.
Two lonely romantics go to absurd lengths to be anybody but themselves.
US premiere
Demand Curve
Directed by The Bragg Brothers
USA, 2019, 11 min.
Offended by his kidnappers’ low ransom demands, a professor uses basic economics to get in on the action.
Tutorial > SKIP?
USA, 2019, 4 min.
Directed by Thy Vo, Sydney Seekford, and Ryan Imm
Player BigD1999 comes barreling into the game, sword a-swinging. Will Smee be able to slow him down and avoid certain doom?
40 Minutes Over Maui
Directed by Josh Covitt and Michael Feld
USA, 2019, 13 min.
A couple must grapple with a crisis that will forever affect their Hawaiian vacation—and all of humanity.