Shorts Program 1: Laughter and Tears
An eclectic collection of short films. Mostly comedies, with a few poignant films.
- Beefies (USA, 10 mins.)
A Jewish man tries to connect with his family for a socially distant Passover Seder. It goes poorly. - E=MC3 (USA, 12 mins.)
A surrealist animated dreamscape based on Einstein’s actual invention and patenting of a perpetual motion refrigerator. - Pops (UK, 19 mins.)
How would you react if your father’s last wish was a little bit out there? - The Chop (UK, 17 mins.)
A Kosher butcher who loses his job, then decides to pretend to be Muslim to get work at a Halal butchers. - Tikkun Olam (USA, 11 mins.)
A good-hearted boy in Washington, D.C. has a life changing encounter with a homeless veteran. - Tangled Up in Jews (USA, 6 mins.)
5781 is off to a rough start for Xander Hazlewood, as he receives some news that won’t go down very well. - Call Me Back (USA, 20 mins.)
Infamous New York talent agent, Yvette Slosch, isn’t gonna let a global pandemic stop a young jazz violinist from
becoming a star, whether he likes it or not. - Date.Interrupted (Israel, 5 mins.)
In times of Covid, a first online date turns into an unintended threesome.
Program length: 100 minutes.