This block includes the following short films:<ul><li>Jane Austen's Period Drama</li><li>The Pic</li><li>Set Menu</li><li>A Kind Favor</li></ul>

England, 1813. Miss Estrogenia gets her period during a long-awaited marriage proposal. Mr. Dickley mistakes the blood for an injury, and it becomes clear that his expensive education has missed a spot. After carrying her home, Mr. Dickley dashes off to fetch a doctor, and Estrogenia's sister, Labinia, insists she pretend she has, in fact, been wounded, rather than tell Mr. Dickley the truth. But Estrogenia, wanting an honest marriage, decides to give her gentleman suitor a little education... with all the bloody details.

Jane Austen's Period Drama

England, 1813. In the middle of a long-awaited marriage proposal, Miss Estrogenia Talbot gets her period. Her suitor, the dashing Mr. Dickley, mistakes the blood for an injury, and it soon becomes clear that his very expensive education has most certainly missed a spot.

Jen is a single mom devoted to her daughter Cleo. Steve is a single dude who spends his evenings watching animal documentaries and eating cheeseballs. They are friends that go way back. One evening, out of the blue, Jen receives a shocking series of explicit photos from Steve. The next day she calls him, expecting that the photos must have been a mistake. Steve answers, eager to know how Jen liked them. Upon learning that she didn't, Steve is overcome with confusion, embarrassment and shame as they both try to figure out how they could be on such profoundly different wavelengths. Bit by embarrassing bit, they uncover the true story and also how much they truly care for each other.

The Pic

Single mom Jen (Frances Chewning) gets an unexpectedly provocative pic from her friend Steve. Through the course of a phone call, she tries to figure out what's going on and is surprised to discover that context changes everything in this modern screwball company.

Frances arrives at an exclusive, experimental restaurant on the last night of her holiday, where she is turned down from ordering the coveted set menu by herself as it requires a minimum of two people. After resisting this rule with the Maitre d, Frances eventually accepts an offer to share the set menu with a stranger, informing him immediately that she really is looking for solitude and would appreciate his silence. While trying to fulfil this request, the affable Martin can't help but keep running his mouth, until Frances abruptly excuses herself to the bathroom. Washing her hands, Frances is covertly presented with the option of sitting with a new dinner date – one who is guaranteed not to disturb her. Unsure, Frances takes a chance on this ‘dummy date’, Doug, finding him as delightfully stoic and silent as promised. As the meal unfolds, the pair seem to have an uncanny number of similarities, sharing mannerisms and eating styles. With the courses geared towards sharing, the two inevitably begin to wordlessly fall in love, all but eating the final course out of each other’s mouths. Against her cynical nature, Frances asks Doug if she were to stay for another night, would he dine with her again? Before he can answer, the Maitre d informs Doug that he's needed at table 8 for another solo diner. Frances learns that she's been set up with dates for her meal, as clearly stated on her itemised bill. Seeing both Martin and Doug eating with new partners, Frances leaves the restaurant more jaded and solitary than ever. Denied the set menu for dining alone at a famously exclusive restaurant, Frances makes an unexpected deal with a stranger to access both the menu and a night of peace and solitude. However, her quest for quiet is immediately challenged by her talkative companion, Martin. Desperate for a silent meal, she eventually opts for a new "dummy date," Doug, who is as stoic as promised, leading to an uncanny, wordless connection.

Set Menu

Denied the coveted set menu for dining alone at a famously exclusive restaurant, Frances strikes an unexpected deal with a stranger to access both the menu and a night of peace and solitude.

In the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, ceramicist Jessie DuBois and her grandmother, Marcia, engage in a heartfelt conversation about life, death, art and the pottery school Marcia and her husband built in the 1960s. Honoring her family’s past, DuBois forages for clay among the ruins of her grandparents’ home which was tragically destroyed by a wildfire.

A Kind Favor

In the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, ceramicist Jessie DuBois and her grandmother, Marcia, engage in a heartfelt conversation about life, death, art and the pottery school Marcia and her husband built in the 1960s. Honoring her family’s past, DuBois forages for clay among the ruins of her grandparents’ home which was tragically destroyed by a wildfire.

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