"No Guts, No Glory" Shorts
Wednesday, February 18 @10:15PM
Saturday, February 21 @12:00PM
No Guts, No Glory celebrates the bold, the daring, and the wonderfully reckless. These shorts follow characters who grab life by the horns, make questionable choices, and somehow turn audacity into comedy gold. If you’re into laughs fueled by courage and chaos, this package delivers in spades.
Gaslighting Dad
WORLD PREMIERE
Runtime: 7 min
After Travis botches a social interaction with his girlfriend Gabby's father, the pair resort to gaslighting to prevent lifelong ridicule.
Cast: Jack Dominick, Alex Getlin, Jesse Swimm
Director: Rocky Paterra
Being Bublé
NEW YORK PREMIERE
Runtime: 20 min
A deeply unqualified man is inexplicably hired as a Michael Bublé impersonator for a rich stranger’s party. Despite no resemblance, no singing ability, and just one week to prepare, he gives it everything he’s got. A hilarious, oddly inspiring doc about effort over ability and the joy of letting folks believe.
Cast: Dan Perlman, Anthony DeVito, Charlotte Kassimir, Erin Matthews
Director: Dan Perlman
Maggie’s Not Okay
Runtime: 12 min
Maggie, a chronic people pleaser, is always getting pushed around. But when she tries to return a lost cat to his owner, Maggie is finally pushed too far and decides to push back… in a most unexpected way.
Cast: Mouzam Makkar, Behzad Dabu, Clare Cooney, Paloma Nozicka
Director: Vance Smith
Welcome to America Brian Wong
NEW YORK PREMIERE
Runtime: 12 min
For thirty years, the Virginia Steins have dominated their annual family softball game against the Maryland Steins—until game thirty-one nearly breaks the streak. After ten-year-old Henry’s costly error hands Virginia the win, his father Mike subjects him to intense training to make him a better ballplayer. When that fails, Mike takes a drastic step: adopting another son.
Cast: Steve Zissis, Joe Lo Truglio, Sam Semenza
Director: Kevin Nibley
Bitch I’m Early
Runtime: 6 min
In a cutthroat corporate world where being first is everything, two women from different generations battle for a promotion. Their rivalry spirals from petty jabs into an all-out race to the office, with B!tch I’m Early hilariously skewering corporate culture in just six sharp minutes.
Cast: Jesenia, Michelle Batista
Director: Jesse Cowell