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Short Laughs Comedy 1 – 2018 (repeat)

Chortle your way through the 1st of two hilarious off-kilter selections of funny shorts from across the world.

Screening : Sun 21 Jan, 4.30pm | Runtime: 100 min | Classification: under 15 yrs to be w/adult

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  • M.A.M.O.N

    While Donald Trump is undergoing heart surgery, a portal to another reality opens.

    • Director: Alejandro Damiani
    • Writer: Ale Damiani, Santi Vecino, Juan Andrés Fontán, Javi Cruzado, Enrique Codesio
    • Producer: Juan José López
    • Runtime: 5min
    • Year: 2016
    • Country: Spain

  • Fern

    A woman loses her husband, and finds a potted plant.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Johnny Kelly
    • Writer: Johnny Kelly
    • Producer: Greet Kallikorm
    • Runtime: 6min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: United Kingdom

  • Ladylike

    Maya and Cassie are going to rob Wayne Mason’s house. It should be one of the easiest scores the duo has ever made, if only they can keep their existential crises in check.

    • Director: Tel Benjamin
    • Writer: Tel Benjamin
    • Producer: Tel Benjamin, Alex Ditsas, Lucy Rennick
    • Runtime: 7min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: Australia

  • Döda Farmor (Killing Grandma)

    There are 90s and two young girls practicing for QuakeCon. When they are forced to spend time with one of the girls’ grandmother, they discover that she is a world-weary woman of strong will.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Lars Vega Persson
    • Writer: Lars Vega Persson
    • Producer: Isabelle Björklund
    • Runtime: 21min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: Sweden

  • Smear

    Chloe thinks she’s just going in for a routine pap-smear. Things do not go as planned.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Kate Herron
    • Writer: Kate Herron, Briony Redman
    • Producer: Douglas Cox
    • Runtime: 4min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: United Kingdom

  • Super Nice

    In the very nice town of Berrifield, only one person can be the nicest.
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Jack Yabsley
    • Writer: Jack Yabsley
    • Producer: Fiona Pearson
    • Runtime: 8min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: Australia

  • It’s Complicated

    When lonely Andy invites a girl whom he met online to his apartment, he falls head-over-heels for her despite his flatmate Nigel’s repeated attempts to point out her seemingly obvious flaw.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Grant De Sousa
    • Writer: Kelvin Wong
    • Producer: Justin Cohen, Tyrone Rubin, Alan Lawson
    • Runtime: 17min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: South Africa

  • Under The Hammer

    A man struggles to stop his beloved family home from being sold from under him…
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: Daniel Reisinger
    • Writer: Daniel Reisinger, Nicholas Boshier
    • Producer: Daniel Reisinger, Annie Schutt
    • Runtime: 14min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: Australia

  • Swiss Made

    A satirical portrait of Switzerland, which makes use of aesthetic codes inspired by touristic language.
    AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

    • Director: Sophie Wietlisbach
    • Writer: Sophie Wietlisbach
    • Producer: Sophie Wietlisbach
    • Runtime: 3min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: Switzerland

  • Your Call Is Important To Us

    Your call is a short comedy that confirms our fears about what really goes on at call-centres when we’re asked, ‘Please hold?’
    WORLD PREMIERE

    • Director: TJ Power
    • Writer: TJ Power
    • Producer: Riley Nottingham, Kathryn Power
    • Runtime: 15min
    • Year: 2017
    • Country: Australia
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