This Shorts Block contains 4 films: "Someluck", "In the Basement There's Some Money", "Anna", and "The Layoff".

Stuck between shifts at his thankless pizza delivery job and crashing on his mom’s couch, Johnny searches for an escape.

Someluck

Stuck between shifts at his thankless pizza delivery job and crashing on his mom’s couch, Johnny searches for an escape.

In the Basement There's Some Money is a class-conscious parable of wealth distribution refracted through the experience of three cousins - rich, middle class, and poor - who let their greed get the best of them after a letter from their grandfather offers no directions of how to split up his money. Despite the contrasting financial status of the cousins, each one believes they are entitled to a larger share of the inheritance. Richard, because he’s broke. Joan, because she has kids and lives in the Bay Area. Luke, because he is already independently wealthy, so that must mean he knows how to manage money ... Ultimately, as often seen in life, the wealthy call the shots and the poor are asked to get in line. In the Basement There's Some Money offers a tough look at wealth inequality, financial literacy, the consequences of chance, and what happens when everybody is right and everybody is wrong.

In the Basement There's Some Money

Three cousins of varying socioeconomic status struggle to divvy up the money their grandfather left for them. Starring Luke Cordaro, Lauren Hines, and Jake Wells ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", "Ray Donovan", "Power").

Anna, a middle-aged single mother, lives in a small industrial town in war-torn Eastern Ukraine. She works in a meat processing plant, lives in a rundown apartment and dreams for a better life for herself and her 16-year-old daughter. Desperate for a change, she is lured by a radio advertisement to attend a party organized for foreign men who are touring the country, searching for love. Despite not having been out for years she decides to take part in the event. At the party, Anna is confronted with the realities of old age, with the American men's real intentions, and by her underaged daughter who is also attending the event. Both mother and daughter realize the absurdity and indignity of the situation and abandon their dream for a better life. <a href="https://www.annashortfilm.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.annashortfilm.com/</a>

Anna

Living in war-torn Eastern Ukraine Anna is an aging single mother who is desperate for a change. Lured by a radio advertisement, she goes to party with a group of American men who are touring the country, searching for love.

Four Leaf Clover Mart’s Branch Manager told the Supervisor to get her entire team to sign the layoff agreement. The Branch Manager wondered how she got everyone to sign. This is how she did it. <a href="https://artist82ghey.wixsite.com/thelayoff" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://artist82ghey.wixsite.com/thelayoff</a>

The Layoff

Four Leaf Clover Mart’s Branch Manager told the Supervisor to get her entire team to sign the layoff agreement. The Branch Manager wondered how she got everyone to sign.

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