Lovers, Liars & Clowns

This trio of characters is drawn from the lyric of the hit Broadway musical number “A Comedy Tonight” and you will see all of them, and more, in this collection of hilarious takes on the human condition. Something familiar, peculiar, appealing, appalling, convulsive, repulsive…well, you get the idea. Something funny will happen on the way thru Beloit when you take in this slot of comedy shorts!

Mon Feb 17, 2014 –  7:30 pm — Domenico’s
Thu Feb 20, 2014 –  7:30 pm — Café Fromage #2
Fri Feb 21, 2014 –  7:30 pm — Bushel & Peck’s
Sat Feb 22, 2014 –  7:30 pm — My Apartment
Sun Feb 23, 2014 –  12:00 pm — Bushel & Peck’s

Community Partner:  Finley Dencker

America 101

Category:  Comedy, Satire
Country:  U.S.
Language:  English
Rating:  PG-13
Runtime:  10 min.
Director:  Richard Speight Jr.
Producer:  Allan Hagan
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Synopsis:

One man’s life becomes the lesson of the day when he takes a frenetic ride through his own twisted version of the American experience.

This is How You Die

Category:  Comedy, Horror
Country:  U.S.
Language:  English
Rating:  PG-13
Runtime:  6 min.
Director:  Michael Mohan
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Synopsis:

What if a machine could tell you cryptically, but with 100% accuracy, how you are going to die?

Ophelia: Love & Privacy Settings

Category:  Comedy, Student
Country:  Germany
Language:  German with Subtitles
Rating:  PG-13
Runtime:  4 min.
Director:  Bin Han To
Producer:  Heiko Schulze
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Synopsis:

How exposed and public can your thoughts become before it gets embarrassing? Which dirty thoughts could get you into trouble? That’s the problem of our protagonist Hubert.

Anyone can clearly read his thoughts in a speech balloon floating above his head. In our film we accompany him on his challenging search for a girlfriend.

A comedy about ‘The End of Privacy’.

Killer Kart

Category:  Comedy, Horror
Country:  U.S.
Language:  English
Rating:  R
Runtime:  15 min.
Director:  James Feeney
Producer:  Andrew Fairbank
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Synopsis:

The shopping cart.  Four wheels, one basket, and tonight, for the closing crew of a small-town grocery store, a blood-splattered aluminum nightmare.

Hooba Jooba

Category:  Comedy, Mature
Country:  Canada
Language: English
Rating:  PG-13
Runtime:  2 min
Director:  Max Swiecki
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Synopsis:

Hooba is heartbroken after his ex-girlfriend breaks up with him; so it is up to his best friend, Jooba, to help him get back on track and enjoy life again.

Love and Germophobia

category:  Comedy
Country:  U.S.
Language:  English
Rating:  R
Runtime:  11 min.
Director:  Tyler Spindel
Producer:  Tyler Spindel, Alex  Cohn, Mark  Hyatt, Jared Sandler
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Synopsis:

If your girlfriend had the flu, would you still kiss her?  What about if she might have viral Meningitis?  For David (TJ Miller), the answer is simple.  Absolutely not.

Unfortunately, David’s girlfriend (Kelly Stables) doesn’t see it this way.

GENITAL EXTREME CLOSE-UP, Prologue to a Romantic Comedy

Category:  Drama, Erotic
Country:  Spain
Language:  Spanish with Subtitles
Rating:  R
Runtime:  13 min.
Director:  David Planell
Producer:  David Planell, David Planell, Laura Pugès
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Synopsis:

When you wake up with someone you met the night before anything can happen, even what you expect.

Dave vs Death

Category:  Comedy
Country:  Canada
Language:  English
Rating:  PG-13
Runtime:  12 min.
Director:  Patrick Hagarty
Producer:  Anneli Ekborn, Elli Weisbaum, Heather K. Dahlstrom
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Synopsis:

From his deathbed, David Kane challenges the Grim Reaper to a game of chess. If Dave wins, his life is spared. For every piece lost, someone he cares about will die.

Hilarity ensues.

The Golden Ticket

Category:  Comedy
Country:  Canada
Language:  English
Rating:  PG-13
Runtime:  10 min.
Director:  Patrick Hagarty
Producer:  Heather K. Dahlstrom, Anneli Ekborn
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Synopsis:

Bradley Moore is having a BAD day. He gets dumped, evicted, and fired all before lunch.

But when a stranger offers Brad a Golden Ticket, allowing him to act without consequence for the remainder of the day, Bradley’s day takes an unexpected turn.

NOTE:  Synopsis are typically provided directly by the filmmaker themselves. Often English is not their first language. We ask reader’s understanding for less-than-perfect language and grammar