BLOCK 3 - COMEDY
FRI 9/8 - 8:00 PM - THE ELIZABETH HOTEL (THE WALNUT BALLROOM)
EXQUISITE THINGS
Exquisite Things is a comedic short focusing on the finer things in life.
Exquisite Things is a love letter to women, specifically women who are advanced in their years & wisdom. It's a mantra to do what you want, how you want and when you want - unapologetically.
It celebrates women who are confident of who they are and serves as a reminder to grab life with both hands and LIVE.
DIR. JESSICA BATSON
ARE ROBOTS GOING TO KILL US (OR WHAT)?
This short animated film examines our shared cultural fascination with the "killer robot." It was animated in part by a computer.
DIR. Roger Miller-Kim
C L O N E
A man meets his clone for the first time and passes on some important information regarding his future.
DIR. Alexander Stephens
THE SESSION
Massage, mayhem, music, and madness— Sponsored Content entangles bandmates into a web of conspiracy in “The Session” documentary.
There are few things more relaxing than enjoying a deep tissue massage while Denver’s most extreme rock band Sponsored Content serenades you with the head-banging rhythms and inter-sensory lyrics of the title track of their latest EP, “Off The Grid.” But after the knots have been worked out, what is the real message behind the massage?
DIR. Jason Edelstein
ALL CHOKED UP
A woman must decide whether to save her husband when he starts choking on a sandwich during lunch.
DIR. Allison Volk
HAVE A NICE DAY
Have a Nice Day is a dry comedy that follows the story of three everyday strangers trying to live while they can, with the destruction of Earth just on the horizon. Eli is a 20-something who’d rather be at home playing video games instead of working his job as a liquor store clerk during the end of the world. His boss, Lawrence, a middle-aged divorcee, offers Eli a bonus if he buckles down and does his job well. On the off chance the world doesn't explode, Eli hesitantly agrees as his landlord is breathing down his neck for rent. When a 16-year-old girl, Tina, approaches the counter with a fake ID trying to buy alcohol, Eli turns her down. She punches him in the face and leaves with the beer anyway. Eli, battered and bruised from his scuttle, goes for a walk outside to find Lawrence and Tina goofing off and throwing empty bottles just to watch them shatter. This frustrates Eli, being promised a bonus to work hard in the face of imminent death while his boss gets to play hooky. Lawrence reveals the bonus was fake, he too was just trying to escape his existential dread and his wife leaving him. Tina, frustrated by Lawrence's betrayal, forces him to give Eli his bonus anyway. The three strangers step outside after a busy day of doing nothing. The three strangers, now turned family, accept their shared trauma, crack open a beer, and watch as an asteroid barrels toward Earth. Cheers, to the end of the world!
DIR. Ethan Lien
MEN GRIEVING
Two men. Too many emotions.
Sitting in a waiting room, Harrison and Percy confront their emotions and each other as they attempt to fill out paperwork for an experimental drug that might have the power to take their grief away...forever.
"Men Grieving is an uproarious colonoscopy of male one-upmanship. One surgically crafted and hysterical excavation of bravado, grief and time. It was savage, mordant, and pure cinema as if Malick, Mamet and South Park get into a surreal car accident."
- Mark Pellington (Director of Going All The Way and I Melt With You)
DIR. Adam Peltier
CULTSTARTER
A young cultist couple start a Kickstarter campaign to fund their unorthodox plan for dealing with a lousy roommate.
DIR. Zach Myers