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!

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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.

ABOUT THE MIDWEST INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

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 Chicago. This year-round film festival sits proudly at the center of the independent film scene in Chicago and the Midwest and is dedicated to celebrating and strengthening that community. More information can be found on the Festival website: www.MidwestFilm.org.