"Tripping Balls" Shorts Program

THIS PROGRAM FEATURES THE FOLLOWING FILMS:

P[]P C()Rn

2022

Dir. Jonathan Riles

USA

1:00

Earworm

2022

Dir. Bryan M. Ferguson Scotland 1:40

A rip-roaring film about two knuckleheads facing off against a gnarly tape-cassette-dwelling worm that really wants inside their ear holes.

Buddymovie

2022

Dir. Ryan McGlade

USA

11:44

An insecure young man and his freewheeling friend—who haven’t seen one another since middle school – unexpectedly reunite and communicate telepathically in an uncanny wasteland where a dilapidated warehouse is the local bully.

Amor to Love

2022

Dir. Ted Marsden USA

12:06

There’s amor to love when you feast your eyes on Taco Bell’s new Grilled Stuft Corazon-a-rito. Three layers of cheesy admiration, sizzling-hot-passionate ground beef, all grilled to deep appreciation.

Geneva Jacuzzi’s Casket

2021

Dir. Chris Friend USA

6:06

Los Angeles 2066 AD. The Pleasure-U BioDrone—Kate Shaw’s only assistant—has contracted an undiagnosed mental disease. The BioDrone’s head, inside a reprogramming bag, continuously calls to Kate’s brain with strange visions.

Happy Birthday

2022

Dirs. Jimmy Roche & Roxanne Reed

USA

3:00

A woman receives a reminder that it’s her brother’s birthday and decides to celebrate with him. Was the Clown late to the party, or is he having his own?

Corpse Bong

2022

Dir. Alec Basse USA 10:52

When three friends get the idea to turn their friend’s corpse into a bong, they accidentally raise hell.

Hubbards

2021

Dir. Kevin Ralston USA

4:47

An intense dive into the world of one man and his quest.

Christmas Movie

2021

Dir. Owen Lawie Australia 6:52

Two friends who are rooming together in a garage see their Christmas eve night escalate into the realm of psychedelic hedonism.

Polybius 2021

Dir. Alex Rouleau USA

4:23

Towards the end of the Cold War, an American teen finds a mysterious video game under his Christmas tree.

The Breakdown Parables

2021

Dir. Emil Benjamin USA

18:40

Over the course of five vignettes set in a purgatorial casting office, a handful of actors begin to unravel and reveal their truest selves.