Shorts #1 - Keepin' It Weird
Screening Saturday, Feb. 28 at 1:00 PM
This program brings together shorts that live just outside the expected. These films lean into strange ideas, offbeat humor, and slightly unhinged perspectives. Some are funny, some are uncomfortable, some are both. Together, they form a block that embraces odd choices, distorted realities, and characters who don’t quite fit the world around them.
Shirime
Director: Nathan Bayless – 1 min. – USA
A man encounters something strange one night while walking alone in the city...
No Free Brains
Director: Ciara Sergi – 7 min. – USA
Lamb Chop is a regular guy who wakes up to his dog eating his brains…again. Looking to replace his chewed-up brain with a shiny new one, he ventures to the Brain Store where he tries on a series of 10 peculiar brains. Each one distorts Lamb chops perception of the world in a uniquely twisted way. After it becomes clear that Lamb Chop is very picky, Horace pulls out a trick that only special customers get to see.
Bathing Syrup
Director: Chip Sinton, Jake Symbol – 11 min. – USA
Ben and Boseman are boyfriends who find themselves in a very sticky situation. In this dark comedic short from the cult hit queer duo Fruit Springsteen, take a drippy and trippy journey through Boseman’s water-free life as friends (and medical doctors) work to save a Philadelphia gay couple from crumbling under the weight of internalized hydrophobia and medicinal mpreg. A mix of nightmarish farce, practical effects, avant drag, and slapstick agitprop, Bathing Syrup gawks at couples therapy, modern love, and maple hygiene, leaving audiences laughing and wondering, “Huh, why was I born?"
Bunker Time!
Director: Justin Miller – 20 min. – Canada
Ep 1056: Pearle and her best pal, Cheese Louise the rat, have been waiting out Doomsday for who knows how long? But when Cheese discovers a crack in the Bunker, they can't decide: is it letting in toxic fumes, or fresh air? Pearle and Cheese declare war, as their disagreement threatens to crack their friendship, and the Bunker itself, apart.
Hard Times
Director: Aaron James Bragone – 10 min. – USA
A struggling woman battles her self-destructive habits when her deepest vices take on human form, forcing her to confront the chaos they've brought into her life.
The World of James Gagmy
Director: Lon Takiguchi – 15 min. – USA
A film examining the short-lived career of 1970's porn legend JAMES GAGMY as he navigates the film business while avoiding jealous co-stars and greedy producers.
Mr. Mittens
Director: Glenn Maxwell – 10 min. – USA
Mr. Mittens lived with a loving family until one day they were gone. Left behind and confused, he must figure out how to survive on his own.
