A weed-buying grandma, a lonely customer service rep, and a dysfunctional Vietnamese-American family walk into a film festival… Laugh with BAAFF is a lineup of wild, genre-bending comedy shorts from some of the industry’s top comedians and new comic voices.
This year, the Laugh With BAAFF! shorts block will both be shown in-person on Saturday, October 14 at 8:30PM and run as video-on-demand from October 13, 7:30PM until Monday, October 23, 2023, 12:00PM ET. If viewing on-demand, the content must be started within the designated viewing window and, once started, you have up to 24 hours to finish playing the content or until the end of the viewing window – whichever comes first.
Total Runtime: 69 minutes
“Halmoni’s Pot” (Grandma’s Pot) | Open and Shut | The Family Circus | Running
“Halmoni’s Pot” (Grandma’s Pot)
Directed by A. Lauren Lee
10 mins | English
Grandma Mee-Yung reluctantly agrees to go buy pot for her grandson. But pay full price? Never!
Advisory: Strong language.
Open and Shut
Directed by Kulap Vilaysack
12 mins | English
Struggling with isolation and family pressures, Jen becomes preoccupied with her mysterious neighbor.
Advisory: Sexual content, mild language
The Family Circus
Directed by Andrew Fitzgerald
17 mins | English/Vietnamese
A Vietnamese-American family’s plan to cover up a drunk driving accident begins to unravel when their emotional baggage spills out in front of the police.
Advisory: Strong language.
Running
Directed by Arpita Mukherjee
40 mins | English
Written by and starring Danny Pudi (Community, Mythic Quest) and directed by Arpita Mukherjee, RUNNING follows Danny as he sets out to uncover the story of his estranged father. Piecing together mementos, stories from his dad’s old friends, and hard conversations with his mother, Pudi starts on a mission to solve the puzzle of his father and finds himself instead on a complex, funny, and vulnerable journey of self-discovery and acceptance.
