MEAN PEOPLE SUCK Shorts Competition

Modern living is held up for target practice in this series of shorts.
Whether you reside in the hood or are surrounded by strip malls,
you will see a bit of yourself in all these stories.
DELUSIONS IN MODERN PRIMITIVISM: Bored with his tattoos and
piercings, Jerome looks for an alternative form of body modification.
MEAN PEOPLE SUCK: A snot. A jock. A rebel. None of them is
exactly nice, but they get what they deserve. VELOCITY RULES: A
housewife discovers that she is actually a superhero and must choose
between a life of excitement and glamour or her good old boy husband
whom she still loves. CHAPERONE: The story of Dorrie, a straitlaced
midwestern woman who is asked to escort her 15-year-old
niece on a first date. WHOA: An urban opera about a man at the
wrong place at the wrong time. COPY SHOP: The story of a man who
works in a copy shop and copies himself until he fills the whole world.
PASSENGERS: In a grim metropolis, a feather lands on an unsuspecting
head, triggering a momentary connection in a train full of
strangers. THE PARLOR: A group of strangers in a waiting room pass
the time with flirtation, antagonism and deceit. -Shaz Bennett