Humour in the Absurd
Today we are thrilled to bring you a selection of hilarious comedies to keep you entertained. These are five brilliant shorts from our Film Library that find the humour in the absurd, from friendships with fauna to an inconvenient vortex.
Fern | Johnny Kelly
Here, we meet a woman who has just lost her husband. However, in the process, she finds friendship in a houseplant. An unlikely bond forms between flora and human, until it all starts to turn disastrously ugly.
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know | Neal Suresh Mulani
It is the day of protagonist Cary’s 25th birthday and he has brought all of his friends on an unusual trip to the desert. Once there, he requests a very strange gift: for them all to list everything they hate about him.
Road Rage! | James Button
When so many things go wrong, it can feel like the world is against you. That’s especially true for grumpy Welshman Derw Derw, who is late for an interview. The last thing he needs is to get sucked into a vortex.
Help! I’m Trapped in a Movie | Riley Madincea
We meet a man who wakes up within his own dream of becoming a Hollywood star acting in his very own feature. However, his fulfilled wish quickly becomes a nightmare when he is no longer the one in control of the plot.
Living with the Never-Mind | Konstantin Enste
Are you sad? What if there could be something that gives all your sadness a purpose? Make your pain productive with the NEVER-MINDTM! This comedy presents us with an absurd (and thankfully fictional) little device.
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