A showcase of the best COMEDY shorts from around the world today. LA Festival.
BEST Feature Film: SALTED CARAMEL
BEST Short Film: ROOMIE
Best Comedy/Drama: MOON THIEF
BEST Dark Comedy: I’M DEAD, YOU’RE WELCOME
BEST Sound & Music: BEWILDERNESS
BEST Story: HARD TO SWALLOW
BEST Micro-Short: BACK TO WORK
BEST Performances: FLORES & CIENFUEGOS
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ROOMIE, 11min., USA
Directed by Macela Robison
Joana, a young schoolteacher who lost her job, has no money to pay her rent. Thus, she advertises for a new roommate.
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BEWILDERNESS, 4min,. South Africa
Directed by Nkhensane Mhishi
Bert, a lumberjack, works hard at chopping down the new forest before him. Between chopping down trees, he piles his lumber sky high, disturbs the natural wildlife, and desecrates the clean land with litter and trash. As he gets closer to the forest’s core, he sees a flower that blasts hallucinogenic pollen into his face. Bert loses his bearing on reality and is lured deeper into the forest he sought to destroy through an intense, psychedelic drug trip.
HARD TO SWALLOW, 4min,. South Africa
Directed by Mark du Preez
Buhloo, a Jelly Baby, whose conjoined twin brother and the rest of his family have been eaten by a lazy man named Trent, who decides to take his revenge. Buhloo must first make his way across the messy wastes of Trent’s room, facing challenges and foes along the way. In the end, Buhloo will find out that taking his revenge will come at a cost.
I’M DEAD, YOU’RE WELCOME, 15min,. USA
Directed by Roderick Fenske
Four friends reminisce about their legacy after the wake of their friend’s passing. Revelatory private affairs force them to deal with life choices that tangle them closer together in a way they never expected.
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BACK TO WORK, 2min,. UK
Directed by Michael Bundred
A young workforce struggles to adapt to life back at the office, post lockdowns.
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MOON THIEF, 11min,. Germany
Directed by Robert Peichi
London, 1920: When the penniless street artist Jules broke into a townhouse through a window at night, he would not have expected to end up in the nursery and be discovered by two small children. Disguised with their moon lantern over his head, he intends to make the children think they are dreaming. Will he succeed or will the children be able to unmask him sooner or later?
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FLORES & CIENFUEGOS, 15min,. Mexico
Directed by Henry Bedwell
A couple of rusted-old fashioned-middle aged police investigators got themselves stuck in an old parking lot with a blood-thirsty creature, wondering their next move in order to escape this supernatural experience.
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SALTED CARAMEL, 90min., Poland
Directed by Micha? W?grzyn
Two befriended middle-aged couples experience similar problems, boredom, burnout, increasing number of resentments, daily reprimands, and accusations. They keep discussing the crisis and the ideas how to overcome it.Miko?aj and the lost Jacek struggle with emotional dependencies, uncovering their weaknesses, complexes, and quite original views on their love lives in every scene and every conversation. Four independent personalities – Monika, the perfectionist, Anna, the independent artist, Miko?aj, the self-confident successful lawyer, and Jacek, the unemployed journalist. They all have considered leaving their respective partners for a long time, none of them is able to make this radical step. Their emotional life is limited to repeated ‘decisive,’ final conversations that do not lead to solutions.One day, Miko?aj inspired by Jacek’s monologue, comes up with a great idea. The events are gaining momentum.
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