First Tuesdays with the Midwest
Independent Film Festival:
Here it is… the long-awaited lineup
for our annual Comedic Shorts Program!
Plus: it’s Sony and Abel Cine Tech Night at the festival!
Please click here for full event details, schedule and sponsors
CHICAGO
PREMIERE! SUCCESSFUL ALCOHOLICS. Official Selection,
Sundance Film
Festival. Successful Alcoholics is
a comedy of substance. Drake and Lindsay are alcoholics who need to
redefine their idea of success.
Starring Second City alum T.J. Miller (She’s Out of Your
League, pictured right with True Blood's Lizzy Caplan),
directed by Detroit native and
Columbia College alum Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
CHICAGO
PREMIERE! BLACK OPS ARABESQUE. Official Selection, South by Southwest Film Festival. A
secret service agent yearns to be a dancer. Written and produced by Minnesota native Nathaniel Eyde.
CHICAGO
PREMIERE! THE CLINIC. Official Selection, L.A.
Comedy
Shorts Festival. After Rob sleeps
with a strange woman, he and brother Andy visit their local STD clinic. Warning - this may hurt a little. Directed
by Bill Baykan, starring
Second City mainstagers Andy St. Clair, Brian Boland and Rob Janas.
CHICAGO
PREMIERE! L’EFFET KULESHOV. Featuring Laura Grey and Tim Baltz, written and directed by
Second City’s Joe Grazulis.
CHICAGO
PREMIERE! ROBBED. Not your average bank robbery. Directed by Chicago filmmaker Frank Ziede, featuring
performers from the Cook County Social Club.
CHICAGO PREMIERE! TONE. An isolated writer makes an unexpected discovery. Directed by Minnesota filmmaker Aaron Nelson.
FESTIVAL PREMIERE! GRAVEYARD. While the rest of the world sleeps, a Custodian and a Security Guard share revelations, epiphanies, confessions, lies, and whatever else they can think of to keep you from dying of boredom before the sun comes up. This is “Graveyard." Created By Ron Lazzeretti, David Pasquesi (pictured right) and Christian Stolte. Starring the latter two. And produced by Eduardo J. Amaya.
QUESTIONABLE
BEEF. Official Selection, L.A. Comedy
Shorts Festival. Comedic music video performed by Lola Balatro (pictured left). Directed, filmed and edited by Ryan
Taylor. Produced by Paul Thomas and Chad Wilson. Producer Paul Thomas
was recently named to Comedy.com's top 20 stand-up comics in Chicago.
HOME
COOKED MEAL. In
an
attempt to make his newly ex-ed girlfriend jealous, Colin hits on Abbie. Abbie then invites Colin over to her
house for a ‘Home Cooked Meal’ with the parents. Written
and directed by Columbia College grad Mike Thomas
Smith.
CAKE (pictured right).
Official
Selection, L.A. Comedy Shorts Festival. Man
puts engagement ring in cake. Girlfriend eats cake. Girlfriend chokes on
ring.
Written and directed by Second City’s Joe Grazulis.
JONES GOOD ASS BBQ AND FOOT MASSAGE. Meet Toby Jones. He makes the best bbq and foot massages on earth! Directed by Pedro Castro.
ABOUT THE
The
Midwest Independent Film Festival is the nation's only film festival
solely dedicated to the Midwest filmmaker, presenting audiences with
regionally produced independent cinema every first Tuesday of the month
at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, 2828 North Clark in
This film festival is made possible in part by the Illinois Arts Council, which receives funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.