Bad Luck Charm | Hard Laughs | Local Sightings Film Festival 2022

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Sometimes, tempering chaos with comedy is the only way to cope with a world gone mad. Interspecies feuds, close encounters with cults, and vampires with dietary restrictions populate this selection of darkly humorous shorts.

**** Before the film program, The Disabled List presents a 45-minute set featuring local comedians! The set is *in-person at NWFF only**; check it out on opening weekend, Sep. 17 at 7:30pm.* ****

VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes and Individual Tickets are available.

⚠️ Please note: NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Read full Covid policies here.

A guy's life unravels after picking up a cursed golden ticket he mistakes as a good luck charm. A metaphorical [near dialogue-less] comedy about the toxic things we hold on to, even if they eventually destroy us.

Year
2022
Runtime
7 minutes
Language
English, nonverbal, with English closed captions
Country
WA
Premiere
Seattle Premiere

Director
Heather S. Alabado
Screenwriter
Heather S. Alabado
Producer
Jess Grant, Phillip Ray Guevara
Cast
Phillip Ray Guevara
Cinematographer
Chris Mosson
Production Design
Anastasia Mikolyuk

7 films in package

The Talent

At the local talent show, an overeager judge wants to push the golden buzzer.

Closed captions available

Past Life

In a world where past lives are remembered, an ambitious academic’s life implodes the night he is recognized by a forgotten enemy…a small dog.

Closed captions available

Bad Luck Charm

Closed captions available

TWO BEERS

Two best friends, Graham and Adrian, have secret feelings for each other which are brought boiling to the surface when they are trapped in a room with a bomb.

Closed captions available

Reckless Spirits

A gender-fluid Latine performance artist and a neurotic Asian American therapist are led by a series of uncanny circumstances into a world of chakras, spirits, and a cult leader that’s threatening to tear their friendship apart.

Closed captions available

"Please Yes" Episode 3: Eat Cake

Please Yes, a present day comedy episodic follows the lives of identical twin sisters Laura and Erika as they navigate life in the Pacific Northwest. Episode 3: Eat Cake is bright in color and at times somber in tone. Laura ponders the female existence while Erika devises plans to go viral.

Closed captions available

The Vegan Vampire

Jackie, a lonely, immortal, vegan vampire is tired of spending her undeath shunned from society. She starts a support group uniting vegans and vampires of the world.

Closed captions available

Sometimes, tempering chaos with comedy is the only way to cope with a world gone mad. Interspecies feuds, close encounters with cults, and vampires with dietary restrictions populate this selection of darkly humorous shorts.

**** Before the film program, The Disabled List presents a 45-minute set featuring local comedians! The set is *in-person at NWFF only**; check it out on opening weekend, Sep. 17 at 7:30pm.* ****

VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes and Individual Tickets are available.

⚠️ Please note: NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Read full Covid policies here.

Year
2022
Runtime
7 minutes
Language
English, nonverbal, with English closed captions
Country
WA
Premiere
Seattle Premiere

Director
Heather S. Alabado
Screenwriter
Heather S. Alabado
Producer
Jess Grant, Phillip Ray Guevara
Cast
Phillip Ray Guevara
Cinematographer
Chris Mosson
Production Design
Anastasia Mikolyuk

Sometimes, tempering chaos with comedy is the only way to cope with a world gone mad. Interspecies feuds, close encounters with cults, and vampires with dietary restrictions populate this selection of darkly humorous shorts.

** Before the film program, The Disabled List presents a 45-minute set featuring local comedians! The set is in-person at NWFF only; check it out on opening weekend, Sep. 17 at 7:30pm. **

VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes and Individual Tickets are available.

⚠️ Please note: NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Read full Covid policies here.

Sometimes, tempering chaos with comedy is the only way to cope with a world gone mad. Interspecies feuds, close encounters with cults, and vampires with dietary restrictions populate this selection of darkly humorous shorts.

** Before the film program, The Disabled List presents a 45-minute set featuring local comedians! The set is in-person at NWFF only; check it out on opening weekend, Sep. 17 at 7:30pm. **

VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes and Individual Tickets are available.

⚠️ Please note: NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Read full Covid policies here.

**** Before the film program, The Disabled List presents a 45-minute set featuring local comedians! The set is *in-person at NWFF only**; check it out on opening weekend, Sep. 17 at 7:30pm.* ****

**** Before the film program, The Disabled List presents a 45-minute set featuring local comedians! The set is *in-person at NWFF only**; check it out on opening weekend, Sep. 17 at 7:30pm.* ****