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Comedic Shorts
Monday, Aug 31th at 4:00pm
Total Runtime: 86 mins
Location: Zanzibar


Comedic Shorts - Strasbourg Film Festival


Stand Sentry / USA (Directed by Meghan Hemingway & Stephen Sheffer, 1st Project) 10 mins - 2008 - Oh what do you people know about tradition! (Qu'est-ce que vous en savez de la tradition?!) - World Premiere

Jenny Got A Boob Job / USA (Directed by Lon Diamond, 1st Project) 18 mins - 2008 - A high school girl enters the hospital for an emergency toncillectomy and is accidentally given a Double-D Boob Job. (Une lyceenne va a l'hopital pour une operation en urgence et se retrouve avec des seins refaits en taille 'e'.) - International Premiere

Duty Calls / UK (Directed by Paul Blinkhorn, 1st Project) 10 mins - 2008 - On the night shift, in an eerily expansive warehouse, Dave, a solitary dieting security guard confronts his biggest threat - a vending machine. - French Premiere

Support / Iceland (Directed by Borkur Sigthorsson) 2 mins - 2008

Miss Sgodiphola / South Africa (Directed by Andy Kasrils, 1st Project) 12 mins - 2008 - It's a sunny Saturday afternoon in Sgodiphola and the local beauty pageant is under way. Innocentia surprises herself by reaching the final stage and must now compete for the title against stunning Precious. But it's going to take more than answering the regular questions to gain the title of 'Miss Sgodiphola'. Featuring acting performances from South Africa's most popular township music artists, Miss Sgodiphola is a wild, fun ride into Soweto community culture. - French Premiere

Goombah Goodbye / Canada (Directed by Jerry Rector) 1 min - 2009 - A 'wise guy' comes to terms with himself as he examines his motives and his actions. (Un Idiot-savant se met a l'aise apres avoir examine ses motifs et actions.) - European Premiere

The Last Page / USA (Directed by Kevin Acevedo, 1st Project) 21 mins - 2008 - A tortured author struggles to overcome writer's block and is propelled into a bizarre series of events. (Un auteur torture lutte pour surmonter son angoisse de la page blanc lui faisant vivre quelques instants etranges.) - Regional Premiere

Verbrandman/Sunburned Man / Netherlands (Directed by Ian Swerts) 13 mins - 2008 - The Belgian coast. The present. Bruno Weyns is a thirty something geek who has a crush on the waitress of a local seaside tavern in Ostend. He is devastated to find out she might lose her job because of the bad weather forecasts. Later that day, he falls asleep on the empty beach of Ostend. When he wakes up he suffers from a heavy sunstroke. Bruno is not Bruno anymore, but a superhero named Burned Man... Regional Premiere



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