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Chicago, IL 60620

A couple, Deacon and Sadie, battling intimacy issues attempt to spice up their sex life. Things don’t go quite as planned, so Deacon seeks out the advice of his friend Evan. Evan has some ideas, but does he have the answers? Find out in this adult comedy from director Domenic Migliore, starring Lillian Lamour, Willy Adkins, and Brad Jones. 

Director: Domenic Migliore
Running Time: 9m

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The sudden death of Ruth’s beloved hamster reveals a decaying marriage with her curmudgeonly wife, Connie. Ruth must either accept the death of things or keep spinning the wheel.

Director: Jason Laurits
Running Time: 15m

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Franklin Loves Sophie. Sophie does not love Franklin. Now they are on their way to a double date with their best friends, Wren and Matt. What could go wrong?

Director: Tyler Holme, Tali Rabinowitz and Chase Shurtz
Running Time: 7m

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Private dick Jack McBain just wanted a quick meal at a midnight diner...but he got a lot more than he bargained for.

Director: B.J. Wilson
Running Time: 4m

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The Rebellion, written by lawyer/artist Ari Scharg, shines a spotlight on corrupt practices in the legal industry. It finds its roots in the real life $100 million Ponzi scheme perpetuated by celebrity lawyer, Tom Girardi, the husband of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, Erika Jayne. The song focuses on how Scharg’s firm, Edelson PC, exposed the fraud and how there is currently a little known battle waging in the legal industry between reformers like himself and the Old Guard who want to maintain the status quo so they can continue exploiting a broken system.

Director: Gabriel Hostetler
Running Time: 8m

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When Harold panics over his Alma Mater losing the big game, Jordan and Alex try to calm him down with a Snickers, unfortunately they have ran out of said medicinal chocolate. They decide to use whatever they have on hand in hopes of calming Harold down.

Director: Samuel Tony
Running Time: 9m

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Renowned Superhero, The Mighty Beam, faces off against evil doers, natural disasters, and his roommate.

Director: Adam Rebora
Running Time: 6m

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Dr. Roderick Q. Bendy is a therapist/inventor/pioneer of mental health who conducts intercranial explorations on his patients using his offbeat invention and very specialized training.

Director: Danny Glenn
Running Time: 11m

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A young couple's desire to buy a home puts them at a crossroads. It's a war, kill or be killed.

Director: Spencer Cohen
Running Time: 8m

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An ambitious young woman runs a long shot campaign to unseat the incumbent Alderman in her Chicago ward.

Director: Peter Ronson
Running Time: 21m

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The Big Ball Lottery drawings always turn out the same for Jerry and Sherry, until tonight. Now their lives will never be the same.

Director: Taryn Grace
Running Time: 8m

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Charlie and Krista are a young, urban, newly-married couple. However, their world is unravelled when Charlie reveals a sexual fetish that he's been hiding from Krista.

Director: Caitlin Ferrell
Running Time: 15m

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Julie (Lillian Lamour) is in search of new love. After some advice from her mother (Lynn Lowry), she explores the idea of dating a trucker. Soon she meets Fisher (Jeff Phoenix), who is in search of an intimate encounter for the first time since his wife passed away. But getting close to someone new doesn't always come without complications. It sometimes requires Working Out The Kinks.

Director: Willy Adkins
Running Time: 12m

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Introducing Scumbag, the new fragrance for men--inspired by wanderers, rebels and free-spirits everywhere.

Created by a team spanning New York's fashion and comedy communities and starring Nick Mestad (The Rehearsal, The Tonight Show), Scumbag is a parody of the "bad boy" cliche often seen in men's fashion campaigns (directly inspired by Dior's 'Sauvage' campaigns with Johnny Depp).

Director: Carianne King
Running Time: 2m

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Wordle the Game + the music of Dear Evan Hansen = Wordle the Musical

Director: Nicole Scimeca
Running Time: 6m

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Brother filmmakers borrow money from a loan shark to shoot their first film.

Director: Jim Menza
Running Time: 90m

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Tyler, a recent high school graduate is thrown into a manager position and must work with his jealous co-worker to rid the storefront from a clan of book-hating teenagers.

Director: Lucas Bold
Running Time: 11m

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A playful story about high school, relationships, and "education"

Director: Colin Dowda
Running Time: 14m

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Among the ruins of a doomed Long Island, three old friends must work out their complicated history in order to escape.

Director: John Reardon
Running Time: 80m

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Wanting to spice things up during lockdown, a husband buys the best reviewed sex toy on Amazon, and tries to live up to the reviews.

Director: Geordie Sabbagh
Running Time: 10m

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A man must make a choice between his desire to loose weight and face his sugar demons head on, or forget about it, and eat all his favorite sugary snacks.

Director: Ahmed Hashmi
Running Time: 6m

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Mac is a religious, horny girl on a mission to lose her virginity. After getting rejected by her sexy church crush, Satan offers her the chance to snag the guy of her dreams. But, when dealing with the devil, there’s always a catch…

Director: Ashlynn Judy
Running Time: 14m

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A Young Family has a miscommunication at breakfast.

Director: Tom Parkin
Running Time: 1m

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After learning one of his regulars signed him up for a stand-up gig, Isaac, a shy 20 something, realizes he’s got what it takes to kill in comedy — literally!

Director: Ahmed Sultan, Armaan Sultan
Running Time: 6m

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After their father passes away, two brothers wrestle for his last bottle of whiskey.

Director: Chris Byrne
Running Time: 3m

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A getaway driver has an hour to kill before he has to go and pickup his crew.

Director: Eric M. Schlesinger
Running Time: 9m

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A timid filmmaking student must muster all her strength to finish her senior film!

Director: Bret Jones
Running Time: 60m

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Learn about our 2023 Laugh or Die Screenplay Semi-Finalists and Finalists soon!