• Failure to Launch

While being an unavoidable part of life, adulting can be a harder process for some.

Short Films

ANGEL & PERLA

Paula, a neurotic 35-year-old real estate agent, launches a crazy plan to avoid breaking up with her boyfriend. The plan? To bring together their respective psychologists to solve their problems.

THE BULLFIGHTER

A farcical comedy about an ex-bullfighter who gets a job as a flag waving parking attendant to stage a redemptive final bullfight.

CRY ME A RIVER

A professional mourner, Xixi, is hired to cry at funerals, but becomes disconnected from her emotions and is no longer able to cry. Constantly isolated in both life and profession, she finds herself caught between two contrasting worlds.

HOLLYWOOD

Rejected from her most recent audition, up-and-coming actress Anna returns home to find that her dad has made other plans for her career. Her last chance: playing the victim in training exercises for the local fire department.

ILY, BYE

Siobhan is a quirky, socially anxious mess who can't seem to keep a job. Her best friend gets her an interview with his boss. But when her call goes to voicemail, Siobhan panics and leaves a series of unhinged messages.

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