Takin' Care of Business - SHORTS #9

THE PROPOSAL

Director Dan Liu - USA - 6 min. - action 

Special agent Jay plans the perfect proposal to his longtime partner Alex upon completion of their mission but when she loses her temper over her new shoes, all hope is lost for a “happy ever after” ending.

ERROR : LOGIC

Director Ari Rubenstein - USA - 5 min. - animation

Set in a powerful subterranean computer lab in the not too distant future, a robotics engineer labors over his greatest creation. Endeavoring to bring sentient life to a robot through artificial intelligence (AI), his drone assistant aids him in his research and carries out his directive. 

Stop Whining & Start Winning

Director Emma Raimi - USA - 11 min. - narrative

When a contract killer has a last-minute change of heart inspired by his favorite new self-help book, he triggers a disastrous chain of events amongst his criminal co-workers.

King Ed

Director Nick Fascitelli - USA - 21 min. - dramedy 

Ed didn’t just get dumped, per se—but he did encounter a “relationship upheaval.” And that break-up didn’t leave him with crippling depression, necessarily—he’s just not “emotionally thriving.” His hunt for a cure leads him to the office of The Ketamine Oracle: an alternative therapist-slash-modern-day-myth who just might be addicted to some substances herself.

Her drug-fueled visions reveal two things: that a) Ed fell for his ex-boyfriend Joseph when he heard the “perfect playlist” Joseph played on their first date, and b) that said ex-boyfriend did not, in fact, make said playlist. Instantly reinvigorated, Ed launches a search for the true author of the playlist, and the soul mate that awaits him.

The Answers

Director Sarah Delaney O'Neal - USA - 9 min. - dramedy

Mal just wants this tutoring session to be over so she can get some sleep, but her tutor Lillith has eyes for more than just the math problems Mal is having trouble grasping.

It's Almost the End of the World, Probably

Director David Marshall Silverman - USA - 12 min. -comedy

When a flighty suburban housewife thinks an alien invasion is imminent, she'll do anything to get her reluctant family apocalypse ready.