8 min · English · Comedy
A Short of the Week selection: an irreverent alt-history of the lazy susan, the spinning table at Chinese restaurants, and the spectacularly lazy woman who invented it. Seven very funny minutes.
English comedy short films
71 English comedy short films in the cafe, running 2 to 26 minutes. Many are feel-good or light-hearted. Each is a complete standalone short film, chosen by the cafe and played through its original video provider.
4 min · English · Comedy · Thriller
Alex Brooks's four-minute comedy-thriller: two criminals discover they've picked the same hiding place.
6 min · English · Comedy
Tom Noakes's AACTA-nominated single-take Australian short: why is a metalhead singing Old MacDonald by a rural highway? Five minutes that flip every first impression.
15 min · English · Comedy
A big Italian-American family keeps Sunday pasta night alive after their parents' passing, until Don announces he's gone vegan. Fourteen loud, loving, very funny minutes.
13 min · English · Comedy · Drama · Horror · Fantasy
For Owen, resisting a compulsion feels as if the world could end. This dark comedy takes that fear literally, mixing an everyday struggle with wildly escalating stakes.
22 min · English · Romance · Comedy
Joe Gillette's English romantic dramedy: a melancholy best man escapes the wedding crowd and meets Jessie. A sweet, witty twenty-two minutes about how strangers really connect.
12 min · English · Comedy
Alexandra Robinson's dramatic comedy: Cece comes out to her traditional Italian-American family over Sunday dinner. Twelve warm, funny minutes.
14 min · English · Horror · Comedy · Thriller
A locksmith desperate for a good review finds something alarming behind a wardrobe door. A fourteen-minute English horror-comedy.
16 min · English · Romance · Comedy
An arranged date is a meeting of expectations as much as people. Try this if you enjoy stories about belonging, family and finding a connection.
16 min · English · Comedy · Drama
An eight-year-old's crush on his teacher leads to a challenge with surprisingly serious stakes. A sixteen-minute Irish comedy-drama.
15 min · English · Drama · Thriller · Comedy
A parlour game becomes a test of belonging. Watch this dark comedy-mystery for sharp class satire and a family whose polished manners hide something troubling.
12 min · English · Comedy · Drama
A resourceful car-park attendant spots a chance to help friends in financial trouble. Twelve warm minutes of everyday ingenuity.
14 min · English · Comedy · Drama
Groceries become a reason to reach across the distance of lockdown. A pick for a small story about neighbours and practical kindness.
6 min · English · Comedy · Drama
A five-minute English comedy that turns an introvert's trip to the barbershop into an odyssey of social anxiety. Painfully relatable.
10 min · English · Animation · Comedy
A bird too frightened to fly south makes an unusual starting point for a winter journey. Watch if you like small stories about facing a big fear.
13 min · English · Comedy · Romance
BAFTA nominee Amit Shah plays a struggling actor whose health scare makes him rethink his life and love, in Sam Baron's award-winning English romantic comedy-drama.
12 min · English · Drama · Comedy
An Irish short about a boy from Africa on his first day at a new school, with memories of home shaping everything he sees. Funny, moving and twelve minutes long.
6 min · English · Animation · Comedy
Christopher Hinton's Oscar-nominated 1991 NFB animation, set to Wade Hemsworth's folk song about the blackflies that tormented him on a summer survey in Northern Ontario. Five itchy, joyful minutes.
27 min · English · Comedy · Drama · Thriller
A grieving man's train journey is hijacked by a volatile, unpredictable young stranger. Twenty-six minutes of very dark comedy that turns unexpectedly tender.
8 min · English · Animation · Comedy
Cordell Barker's Oscar-nominated 1988 NFB animation: old Mr Johnson tries everything to get rid of a little yellow cat, and the cat keeps coming back. Eight minutes of escalating chaos.
7 min · English · Comedy · Drama · Thriller
Two brothers' robbery is interrupted by an unexpected visitor. A six-minute English comedy-thriller.
17 min · English · Comedy · Romance
A parking attendant who validates tickets with heartfelt compliments discovers how much a small kindness can change a life, including his own. Sixteen feel-good minutes.
9 min · English · Animation · Comedy
Oscar-nominated animator Cordell Barker's stop-motion comedy, presented by The New Yorker's Screening Room. A boy daydreams through biology class about godlike powers, and the results are gloriously petty.
4 min · English · Animation · Comedy
Even an old refrigerator can worry about being replaced. Watch for an animated friendship story about assumptions and the trouble they cause.
3 min · English · Animation · Comedy · Drama
A swallowed seed turns an ordinary snack into a strange predicament. Try this brief animated comedy for a playful twist on an old childhood warning.
2 min · English · Comedy · Fantasy
Stolen bicycles and a unicorn collide in a brief comic encounter on the street, in Ninian Doff’s fantastical short.
9 min · English · Science fiction · Fantasy · Comedy
A burglary sends Dave on a search that takes an unexpected turn through time and space. Try this for a little everyday trouble with a science-fiction twist.
20 min · English · Gujarati · Drama · Comedy
Grief has no patience for social performance. Try this tragicomedy for a widow's encounter with visitors who seem to bring everything except understanding.
17 min · English · Science fiction · Comedy
Two farmers get a visitor from beyond their familiar world. Try this sci-fi comedy for a small-town routine disrupted by something extraordinary.
7 min · English · Animation · Drama · Comedy
Shirley Zhou's UCLA animation thesis: an ex-bounty hunter makes breakfast while his daughter keeps asking about his old job. Seven charming minutes.
12 min · English · Horror · Comedy
A vet is summoned to a rural Irish village where a newborn calf will not stop screaming, and the locals treat him with suspicion.
12 min · English · Comedy · Drama
Two elderly nuns find a fellow sister dead at the altar and decide to cram in some adventure while they still can. A gentle, funny English short about mortality.
13 min · English · Drama · Comedy
Making amends is harder than arranging a meeting. Watch for a sister-to-sister conversation about anger, love and the work of rebuilding trust.
13 min · English · Comedy
Kenza's family underestimates her, and she wants to prove them wrong. Try this for a BBC comedy about striking out on your own.
18 min · English · Drama · Comedy
A connection with a young neighbor gives Ernie a reason to look outward again. Watch for a fable about loneliness and the kindness people can offer each other.
24 min · German · English · Swedish · Comedy · Drama
When his partner disappears during an Alpine wellness holiday, Aron is unsure whether he is searching for her or for himself.
18 min · English · Comedy
A father's final demand makes grieving unusually difficult. Watch this dark comedy for a strange family inheritance and the feelings money cannot settle.
11 min · English · Science fiction · Romance · Comedy
Dating is complicated enough without a visitor from the future. Try this for a playful collision between romance and time travel.
8 min · English · Comedy
Try a Tropfest short built around an unusual excuse. A pick for discovering compact independent filmmaking from Julian Lucas.
16 min · English · Horror · Comedy
In the summer of 1980, a successful yuppie faces an existential crisis when a Nosferatu-like ghoul joins his social circle and threatens his status.
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