Comedy Shorts

legend of the cornpone kid

Cycles

Director: Will Darbyshire

Country: United States; Running Time: 15 minutes

When a dinner with the new neighbours goes awry, an antisocial and severely codependent couple reignite the spark in their relationship by covering their tracks.

Titty boy

Director: Austin Ford Franklin Culp

Country: United States; Running Time: 14 minutes

TITTY BOY tells the story of a teenage boy with gynecomastia (aka "man boobs") who attempts to change his body by taking matters into his own hands.

silversizzle

Director: Brian Russell

Country: United States; Running Time: 14 minutes

A cemetery caretaker embarks on a quest to help two recent widowers find new love among widows visiting their departed spouses. Widower Buddy has some experience being alone when he meets Jamie while visiting the graveside of his recently departed wife. Engulfed in loneliness, Jamie gets pulled into life in all its messiness when Buddy tells him about getting old, "the options are not kind. Loneliness, irrelevance, invisibility." SilverSizzle embarks on an absurd exploration of older people living life right up until the end.

Introvert club

Director: Vered Rodriguez

Country: United States; Running Time: 13 minutes

A shy writer tries to navigate the social nightmare of a film festival while deciding whether she wants to pursue a career in film.