Tallgrass Film Festival 2023

LATE-NIGHT SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Expired October 31, 2023 4:59 AM
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15 films in package
Beat
Jeremy is the fortunate recipient of a heart transplant who didn't anticipate also receiving the emotional and romantic baggage of the organ donor. Tensions mount and deep secrets are revealed as the layers of deception unravel in this dark comedy.
The Recruit
A chronically ill people pleaser interviews for a life-changing job at a recruiting agency, only to unravel the sinister cult that lies within. Inspired by true events.
Dinner at the Smyths'
Human-passing Pandora introduces her boyfriend to her parents, (who, unbeknownst to him are a mermaid and a minotaur), at the dinner party from hell.
Come Correct
Recently divorced from her husband, a woman with an unhealthy relationship with perfection explores her newfound queerness by hiring a female sex worker to teach her how to eat fruit.
Don't Let Kyle Sit Down
Friends wind down around a campfire. When one couple attempts to leave, their desperate friend suggests throwing one more log on the fire summoning a charred shirtless stranger (Kyle) looking for warmth.
Scotty's Vag
The night of a sorority hazing event, Scotty, a college freshman, must make an impression on the older girl she wants as her “big”. As the night goes on, Scotty realizes how far she’s willing to go to prove herself. Power dynamics are not what they seem.
Dick Control
Richard Tye “Trigga” Simmons, a rich, promiscuous, jet-setting rapper, has a one-night stand with a beautiful groupie who happens to be a witch. When Tye disrespects her, she places a curse that can’t be broken until he learns how to respect women.
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Cuxball
Sam finds something in the dirt.
Give It To Me
On the advice of her therapist, a young woman hires a sex worker to help recreate — and recover from — a traumatic experience in this comedic short.
Closed captions available
Fish Bowl
At Zoe’s wedding rehearsal dinner, her mom toasts to Zoe and her fiance Jude—but mostly to becoming a grandparent. Flashback to that morning—Zoe begins to have a miscarriage.
Just Lie to Me
Just Lie to Me is a dark comedy centered around two people navigating their identities: Noah, a well-off intellectual who gets pressured by his coworker into soliciting a girl for the night and Brooke, who gets mistaken as a sex worker and decides to go along with it. The situation unfolds in a clunky interaction where both characters’ facades slowly wear away as they're forced to examine themselves.
ROAD HEAD
Stuck on the side of the road, two contact-starved millennials try not to connect on an intimate level in this surreal Reform Jewish comedy about grief, changing plans, and the lengths we'll go to avoid direct communication with the people we love.
Closed captions available
Krush The Wrestler
Exploring the innate intimacy of submission wrestling, a lifelong wrestler turns his talents into an on-demand fetish video service.
Closed captions available
Daddy
An aspiring porn star spends the summer of 1980 sleeping with men who pass through her family's dilapidated desert motel until one fateful summer night, when she's forced to contend with her father's darkest secret.
The Sperm Bank
The SPERM BANK is a hilarious, dark comedy about the dealing with a cancer diagnosis. Based on the writer and creator’s real life experiences with stage 4 testicular cancer.Rob sits at a sperm bank with his friends Dave & Andy. A day before, he was diagnosed with cancer, & now has to “store his sperm” before chemotherapy makes him infertile. Rob tries, but the thoughts of cancer keeping popping in his head. Masturbating and having cancer aren’t a good mix.He talks to his friends, who give him terrible advice. Finally, in a flurry of music, masturbation, & a visit from his future self, Rob finishes. Yet as he leaves, the doom of cancer resurfaces. It is not the end, just the beginning.
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Let’s get… sexy!? This program explores adult themes like sex work, being in control of your sexuality, sexual relationships. It’s a late night block for a reason! 


Online short film programs will vary from the in-person programs due to virtual availability restrictions.

The SPERM BANK is a hilarious, dark comedy about the dealing with a cancer diagnosis. Based on the writer and creator’s real life experiences with stage 4 testicular cancer.

Rob sits at a sperm bank with his friends Dave & Andy. A day before, he was diagnosed with cancer, & now has to “store his sperm” before chemotherapy makes him infertile. Rob tries, but the thoughts of cancer keeping popping in his head. Masturbating and having cancer aren’t a good mix.

He talks to his friends, who give him terrible advice. Finally, in a flurry of music, masturbation, & a visit from his future self, Rob finishes. Yet as he leaves, the doom of cancer resurfaces. It is not the end, just the beginning.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    14 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA
  • Rating
    13+
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  • Director
    Margaux Susi
  • Producer
    Grayson Propst, Angela Giarratana, Rob Scerbo, Jeremy Culhane, Margaux Susi Executive Producers: Maggie Kaufman and Andrew Carlberg
  • Cast
    Rob Scerbo, Jeremy Culhane, Aman Adumar, Sophia Ali, Parvesh Cheena, Kylie Brakeman
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