Short Laughs Comedy 2 – 2020
Chortle your way through the 2nd of two hilarious off-kilter selections of funny shorts from across the world. (programme 2 of 2)
Screening: Sat 18 Jan, 8.45pm | Runtime: 113 mins | Classification: under 15 yrs to be w/adult
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How to Fire Someone (with Jules and Jonas)
Jonas turns to his sister Jules for advice on how to fire someone.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 5min
- Year: 2018
- Country: United States
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#CollapsingEmpire
Tinder dating meets modern cuisine.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 6min
- Year: 2018
- Country: New Zealand
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Are You Hungry?
A mother struggles to connect with her adopted teenage son, who she believes to be gay. In an attempt to guide him safely through this period of exploration, she sets him up on a date.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 12min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Finland
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Awaiting Death
A son arrives at the hospital to watch his father’s death bed. When the son wants a last nice moment, his father would rather find out what to do with the two opened cans of mustard.
- Runtime: 12min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Sweden
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Cursed Granny
Javi is traumatized by the horror movies that his grandmother plays every night. When his grandmother suffers an intestinal stoppage, he confuses it with an alien possession.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 19min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Spain
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Friends Online
‘Stacey’ is an anxious keyboard warrior, hopelessly trying to convince his friend Elle that he too is a teenage girl, with the hope that she’ll send him a picture he so craves.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 4min
- Year: 2019
- Country: United Kingdom
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God: The Performance Review
It’s been one millennium since God’s last Performance Review with Senior Management and they’re not impressed with what has been happening on that tiny blue planet called Earth.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 10min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
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Nortenos
Barry attempts to elicit the help of his former lover Linda after brutally murdering his grandmother with a hammer.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 8min
- Year: 2018
- Country: United Kingdom
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The Circle Of Life
After believing they’d missed their chance at parenthood, a loving couple make a discovery reignites their hope.
- Runtime: 7min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Australia
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Wings Of The Spirit
A failed Viennese musicologist works as an animal carer and house sitter for wealthy people.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE- Runtime: 29min
- Year: 2019
- Country: Austria