Block E | REEL HUMOR: CINEMATIC COMEDY

Comedy Short | US & International | 14:32 Min

Two cousins attempt to cope with the impending loss of their Grandmother, while stuck in the same house. However, grief can manifest itself in eccentric ways.

Comedy Short | US & International | 14:30 Min

Natalia “Nat” Barbieri just discovered that her ex-girlfriend Tara is engaged to a douchey, rich, European playboy. She goes to her friends Beatriz and Lucia for support, but they’ve had enough of her pity party and call her out on her obsession. Nat doesn’t want to hear it and tells them to leave, adding that she won’t be going to dodgeball practice. Feeling lost and alone, Nat hooks up with Noel, a woman she meets at the bar, but it doesn’t help. Reluctantly, she knows exactly what will: A recovery meeting for other love-addicts like her. After hearing peoples’ stories, Nat discovers what she needs to fix in her own life. She arrives at the Dodgeball Finals. Ultimately, their team loses, but Nat is able to apologize to Bea and Lucia. The girls hug it out…when Nat’s phone rings. It’s Tara.

Comedy Short | US & International | 16:56 Min

A documentary crew follows a group of aspiring actors and their instructor in an acting class geared exclusively towards TV co-star roles. Through a series of interviews we learn about their hopes, dreams and what makes them tick. But we quickly find out that not all of them are going to get their big break.

Comedy Short | US & International | 9:05 Min

A gay Latino doctor must decide between keeping his low-income clients or taking a job at a private practice for the kids of the mega-rich.

Comedy Short | US & International | 14:24 Min

Death in Training is a comedic take on the origin story of the grim reaper. In this reimagining, Death is a clumsy 20-year-old trainee who must collect one soul in order to become the next Soul Collector. But when he mistakenly takes the soul of the wrong patient, he embarks on a wild journey with Nurse Mariela, to return the soul and fulfill his destiny.

Death in Training is a part of the LALIFF Inclusion Fellowship sponsored by Netflix. Their Inclusion Fellowship program helps develop, fund, and support the work of ten emerging Latino filmmakers.

Comedy Short | US & International | 7:42 Min

The studio just hired a new writer to join the creative team but is there enough space in the writer’s room for more than one East coast Dominicano? The chisme get’s hotter than his cafecito with a potential rekindled love connection between fellow colleagues.

Comedy Short | US & International | 27:00 Min

Lucy spirals when her husband of seven years asks for a divorce via text. So Lucy does what anyone who’s just had their heart ripped out would do—a bodybuilding competition.

Written, Starring, + Created by: Amanda Rivas