Narrative Shorts, Program 1: A Break for Laughter
DIRECTOR(S):
Timothy Michael Cooper, Duran Jones, Taylor Bakken, Vidhya Iyer, Milana Vayntrub, Harald Furuholmen, Stéphanie Bélanger LANGUAGE:
English, Tamil, Japanese, French SYNOPSIS:
Considering how many of us are feeling about the state of the world right now, a moment to take a breath to smile and laugh is necessary. These shorts are a welcome respite and opportunity to take that breather.
Screening on April 12 will be followed by a Q&A with attending filmmakers.
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Presented in Multiple Parts
Knead
When an alien landing mysteriously drives people around the world to achieve their deepest dreams, an aspiring...
11 min | Timothy Michael Cooper | English
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Time is Money
Jace, a financially challenged writer/director and self-proclaimed graduate of the school of Mark Duplass, del...
12 min | Duran Jones | English
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What’s the Deal with Birds?
A trailblazing young birder sets out to answer the age-old question: what’s the deal with birds? When a stra...
11 min | Taylor Bakken | English
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Giving Mom the Talk
In this literal "coming"-of-age story, an Indian daughter gives her mom "the talk."
Screening in "Narrative S...
14 min | Vidhya Iyer | English, Tamil
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Bootie’s
An overworked assistant who moonlights at a lap dance party is thrown when her day job boss comes into the clu...
12 min | Milana Vayntrub | English
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Cucumber
Shintaro receives a homegrown cucumber from the older lady next door, and his crippling anxiety convinces him ...
11 min | Harald Furuholmen | Japanese
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Lumen
It has been raining heavily for months, and the sixth wave is depressing humanity. In this prevailing darkness...
13 min | Stéphanie Bélanger | French
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