DC Shorts 2016 Film Festival

SEPTEMBER 8–18, 2016

Showcase 6: "Slightly Sexy"

This showcase runs approximately 120 minutes and includes all of the films listed on the page with time afterwards for Q&A with filmmakers. Due to the adult nature of some of these films, this showcase is appropriate for ages 18+.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
9:30 PM — 11:30 PM

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
9:00 PM — 11:00 PM

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 , 2016
9:00 PM — 11:00 PM

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RomanceSci-Fi • Canada • 16 minutes

A female android discovers she has feelings for her owner and must put her life on the line to gain a human connection.

Love is Blind

Comedy • United Kingdom • 7 minutes

After succumbing to the temptation of a passionate love affair, Alice must negotiate her lover’s escape when her husband returns home early to make amends.

Hope

Drama • Morocco • 15 minutes

While Sonia and Hicham prepare for their wedding celebrations, they seem to be hiding a secret about their relationship in conservative Moroccan society.

A Bomb

ComedyDrama • Canada • 17 minutes

Maxime helps his best friend Guérin make a bomb in an attempt to get closer to Guérin’s sister, the seductive Joëlle.

Beat Around the Bush

Comedy • Canada • 12 minutes

A 75-year-old widow with Alzheimer’s decides it’s time to have her very first orgasm ever.

Tommy and David

Documentary • United States • 4 minutes

Tommy sells humorous “penis shorts” modeled after Michelangelo’s David in order to pay tribute to his favorite work of art.

Pokey Pokey

AnimationSci-Fi • Hong Kong, United States • 7 minutes

A father starts a journey to figure out the best way to protect his son from seeing the filthiness in a crime-ridden city.

Limbo Limbo Travel

AnimationComedy • France, Hungary • 16 minutes

A group of solitary and disillusioned women take the “Limbo-Limbo” Bus to a distant exotic country to find the happiness they desire.

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