Featuring a mix of live-action and animation, these eight festival favorite fiction shorts from around the globe skew towards the absurd and the hilarious. In “Setup, Punch,” Elijah Wood stars as a standup comic putting on the most daring act of his life alongside Alia Shawkat, and “RPG OKC” finds two 8-bit video game characters entering the weird world of online dating. Willy returns to his naturalist roots and goes on an epic pantsless journey of self-discovery in “Oh Willy…” and there’s nothing like a dip in “The River” on a hot summer day.
The Arm Reach Hyung-Gon Lee | South Korea | 2013 | 14 min.
Dotty Mick Andrews, Brett O'Gorman | New Zealand | 2012 | 11 min.
Oh Willy... Emma De Swaef, Marc J. Roels | Belgium, France, Netherlands | 2012 | 18 min.
Peach Juice Callum Paterson, Brian Lye, Nathan Gilliss | Canada | 2012 | 8 min.
The River Sam Handel | USA | 2013 | 12 min.
RPG OKC Emily Carmichael | USA | 2013 | 10 min.
Setup, Punch David Schlussel | USA | 2013 | 19 min.
Talking Dog for Sale, 10 Euros Lewis-Martin Soucy | France, Spain | 2012 | 8 min.