Welcome to the 2022 Play the Fool Film Festival!
Two collections of 2-minute films for your viewing pleasure…
- INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS: Films from around the world. Scroll down on this page and watch on-demand.
- PLAY THE FOOL ORIGINAL FILMS: PtF commissioned works from 6 amiskwaciwâskahikan / Edmonton filmmakers. Watch them HERE!
Read the 2022 Play the Fool Film Festival program (.pdf)
International Short Films
Congratulations to our 20 International Short Film official selections and prize-winning 2-minute films.
We are thrilled to bring you this year’s film selections from our International Short Film category, selected by an independent, expert jury.
Larry’ll Learn Ya
Candice Roberts | Canada | 2022 | 1:52 | General audiences
Larry gives some hot tips for a quick buck.
Kablooey
Joey Chacon | United States | 2022 | 2:00 min | General audiences
Tuna Can Louie tries to defuse a bomb with the help of a co-worker.
Egg
Dayna Lea Hoffmann, Abby McDougall | Canada | 2022 | 2:00 | General audiences
Forks has trouble getting her breakfast to stay put.
The Emancipation Duel
Mia Elizabeth Incantalupo | United States | 2022 | 1:21 | PG13
A Stop Motion Animation retelling of the first all female duel. It was fought topless. Mia Incantalupo is currently studying 2D Animation at The School of Visual Arts in NYC.
Collaborators: Zola Haber, Key Cast
Content warning: Cartoon nudity
The Remote
Byron Edwards | United Kingdom | 2018 | 1:20 | General audiences
A friendly creature finds some shells, then the creature smashes one of them and finds a remote. The remote can reverse time.
My name is Byron I am 13 and I have ADHD, which is my superpower and I am a creator, entertainer, magician, scientist and a Filmmaker.
A Rest for Mother Earth (UNA PAUSA PARA LA MADRE TIERRA)
Aldana Loiseau | Argentina | 2021 | 1:50 | General audiences
The world is going at an accelerated pace and Mother Earth cannot rest, only during the COVID-19 quarantine she will be able to do it and be regenerated. Made with mud of the Andes and modeled by hand in a continuous and agile way for each frame.
Director’s Statement: “En un mundo de plástico y ruido, quiero ser de barro y silencio”
Collaborators:
Music: Juan Cruz Torres, Lucas Gordillo, Franco Fontanarrosa
Animation: Pablo Mar
aldanaloiseau.com | @aldi_loi
Aug Sits Still
Emily Hughes | Canada | 2021 | 2:00 | General audiences
Aug is an asparagus bug that lives in your garden. Here, he sits, listening to the rain.
Collaborators: Evan DeRushie, Design
emilyhughes.ca | @inverted.traveller
Chess
Matt Baum | United States | 2022 | 1:58 | General audiences
A clown plays chess with a jellyfish.
Collaborators: Peanut Butter the Jellyfish
Eyes Up Here
Emma Ryan | Edmonton, Canada | 2021 | 2:00 | General audiences
“Eyes Up Here” draws attention to women being objectified and sexualized in the workplace… or anywhere.
Jolly S
Riyaaz Roy | India | 2021 | 1:11 | General audiences
The animated short is a single take that follows Jolly, who is madly in love with his lady and goes crazy while riding his bicycle until something unexpected happens. The background score is the popular song ‘Ek Chatur Naar’ from the Bollywood musical comedy film ‘Padosan’. The animation is an ode to the 1960s Bollywood era.
@riyaazroy
Evan Michael William Dowling, Sarah Lorraine Dowling | Edmonton, Canada | 2022 | 2:00 | General audiences
It’s competition day! Everything likely would have gone just fine if the Quartet didn’t have to find a last minute replacement. Taking a classic “pop” song and giving it some twisted life, Twin Flames Theatrical Productions presents what can really go wrong in an acapella song.
Collaborators:
Twin Flames Theatrical Productions, Producer; Sarah Lorraine Dowling,
Mark Sonencgo, Terry Knickle, Evan M. W. Dowling, Key Cast
Magic
Nayana Fielkov | Vancouver, Canada | 2022 | 2:00 | General audiences
Little mans WORLD of Magic
Collaborator: Candice Roberts, Editing & Sound Design
@nonnyp
Mr. Martino
Louis Frost | United Kingdom | 2021 | 1:37 | General audiences
A satire about the appalling state of the British social care system. In Eastbourne this is what adult social care is like.
Collaborator: Grant Foxon, Writer
Outsider House
Yang Liu | China | 2022 | 1:00 | General audiences
liuyanglab.com
Regeneration
Cameron Carr | United Kingdom | 2021 | 1:57 | General audiences
Regeneration is about a dystopian future in London; a horrific landscape where buildings grow arms, legs, and a keen eye for development; at the cost of humanity, the environment and historical buildings.
Rube Goldberg Lipstick Machine
Joanna Goldman | Canada | 2022 | 0:32 | General audiences
A whimsical 3D animation of a complicated Rube Goldberg machine used to apply makeup*
*Results may vary 😉
The Morning Routine
Carol Lee Lee Sirugo | United States | 2022 | 1:49 | General audiences
A morning ritual of getting ready for work is anything but smooth.
www.comicgoldnyc.com
The Vending Machine (Máquina de Doces)
Caio Megrew Silva | Brazil | 2022 | 0:44 | General audiences
The misadventures of using a vending machine.
Emptiness
Serhii Samodolov | Ukraine | 2022 | 0:30 | General audiences
Mini comedy-horror movie about a frightening emptiness.
Trigger Finger
Connor Yarish | Canada | 2021 | 1:50 | PG13
A fresh take on a classic Spaghetti Western stand-off
Collaborator: Didrik Eriksson, Music
@chol_slumbo
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