Blair Beeken

Would It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlant + John Early

Kate Berlant and John Early play celebrities reuniting after a public falling-out at a moderated TV event interspersed with absurdist sketches of varying characters, from strippers to a family of beavers.

My Creation

A young creative working on an animation portfolio receives feedback from a friend and a stranger.

Daddio

A tale of a daughter and her eccentric father, separately struggling to cope with a tragedy. When Dad comes to visit, they will have to work together to reconcile their unorthodox approaches to grief.

The Improv Guru

A dark comedy about an arrogant improv teacher, and his deranged students, as they desperately climb over each other to reach for the bottom rung on the ladder to fame.

White Rock Skate

A delusional woman desperately clings to an abandoned skating rink and her memories of it.

Family

Kate Stone is career-focused with a brash attitude that keeps relationships at an arm's length. When her estranged brother calls asking her to baby-sit her tween niece Maddie, Kate reluctantly agrees to help. But baby-sitting overnight unexpectedly turns into a week, and Kate's life spins into chaos. As Maddie reveals stories of being bullied and of wanting to run away and be a Juggalo, the two form a unique bond.

Winners

What would happen if the biggest asshole in the world won the lottery?

She Keeps Me Young

A high school girl unwittingly challenges a friendship between two grown women.

Lady Bouncer

A suspended Pittsburgh cop takes a job as a bouncer where she begins a mission to clear her name--by taking on the Irish mob.

Vape

A self-conscious realtor develops a transformative obsession when she falls for a mechanic who vapes.

Rodney

Old friends Mandy and Lisa reunite for a fun weekend, but Lisa's strange behavior leads Mandy to suspect that something might be wrong with Lisa.