Blood! Lust! Simmering insecurities! Delicious fast food!
Whether navigating heartfelt emotions or bodily fluids, relationships are messy. Whether together or apart, the only path forward is to chart your own course regardless of what others think. Transcending cliches and stereotypical assumptions, this year’s comedy shorts explore the oft-complicated realities of friendships new & old, brief yet meaningful connections, and romantic entanglements. So sit back and get ready. It’s time to feel all the feels.
– Programmers: Melinda Green, George Luke, Kevin Monahan
Featuring:
SexySweat
Luke Condzal, United States, 15 min.
Never underestimate the pathos of an aging gym bro nursing a minor injury and a broken heart.
Catamaran
Joseph Rocco Plescia, United States, 8 min.
If you think your work-life balance sucks — have you ever even been a professional assassin?
Banjo
Cameron Poletti, United States, 15 min.
Take my virginity and…super circumcise me?
The Time Capsule
Michael Charron, United States, 6 min.
When four lifelong friends open the time capsule they buried 30 years prior, they release a lost soul trapped in a Frosty purgatory.
But He’s Gay
Michael Calciano, United States, 12 min.
With ‘friends’ like these, why should she be expected to get over it?
Erection and Destruction
Eddie Mullins, United States, 11 min.
An unexpected love triangle emerges as the side effect of an antidepressant’s side effects.
Handball
Eli Beutel, United States, 9 min.
She wants an open relationship. He worries what everyone will think. Luigi just wants to play handball.
There Will Be Womanly Wiles
Nicole Higgins, United States, 6 min.
What do you do when you come home to find your partner in a VR headset and nipple clamps?
Make Me A Pizza
Talia Shea Levin, United States, 12 min.
The beloved porn trope — now topped with extra class consciousness.
The Streetlight
Sophia Parella, United States, 7 min.
In all seriousness, just be the light you wish to see in the world.