This year’s comedy shorts program celebrates the delightful chaos of human behaviour — from romantic missteps and eccentric quests to strange rivalries and outrageous misunderstandings. Each film finds humour in everyday absurdities, turning awkward encounters, bold schemes, and chance connections into sharp, playful stories. Whether set in the bustle of a city or the stillness of a cemetery, these comedies embrace the quirks and contradictions that make life so irresistibly funny.
🎤 Films are screened in their original language, with Ukrainian and English subtitles.
❗ These films may contain potentially triggering or disturbing elements, such as blood, death, murder, and nudity.
🔞 Recommended Age: 12+
Other screening of the program: September 10, 19:40, ZHOVTEN | ANSHLAG
RANDY AS HIMSELF
Director: Margaret Miller
Country: USA
Duration: 10
A Hollywood production crew comes to West Texas to recreate the grisly murder of a local woman. Using locals to re-enact the crime, Reality TV meets Reality in this bizarre romantic comedy about the (show) business of murder.
DEATH OF AN ACTOR
Director: Ambroise Rateau
Country: France
Duration: 21
When a man learns that fake news regarding his own death is spreading like wildfire on social media, he'll be forced to deal with the unintended consequences of this rumor.
CHICO
Director: Enzo Lorenzo
Country: France
Duration: 21
Jojo, a clumsy, goofy young gay squatter, sets out to repair a washing machine in order to satisfy Lucien, the object of his desires. He wanders around Brussels on a frantic quest, ready to take any risk to achieve his goal.
NERVOUS ENERGY
Director: Eve Liu
Country: USA
Duration: 15
On the cusp of success/failure, two unhinged female filmmakers decide to break up with their boyfriends, and for once, make a bold decision with their lives.
NEIGHBORING GRAVES
Director: José Antonio Gutiérrez Bustos
Country: Spain
Duration: 16
Lola, a lady obsessed with her deceased husband’s grave be the cleanest and most beautiful of the entire cemetery, receives for the first time a worthy competition: Antonio, a very gallant widower who, with the intention to seduce her, he begins to compete against her by decorating her tomb just to get his attention.