When the sun goes down, the laughs go up! These are the nominated films for Best Dark Comedy! In-person tickets can be purchased here https://atl.tix.page/e/2025fest
The Hotel Concierge
After a bear attack, a couple seeks refuge at a hotel, where the concierge proves more stressful than the bear.
6 minutes
VIATICUM
Genre: Black Comedy
Logline:
A priest performing Last Rites is challenged by a hospice nurse who believes her patient should not be absolved of a deadly sin.
Tagline:
A dip in the road to redemption.
Synopsis:
The life of Albert Lewis has reached its final station, and his son, Jason, an amateur saucier, is preparing him for the journey across the Great Divide. He invites a local priest, Father Kettinger, to perform the Last Rites, and during the confession, Albert reveals that he killed a man in his youth, a crime for which he escaped punishment. Albert’s hospice nurse, Regina, pleads with Father Kettinger to notify the police, and when he refuses, the two engage in a fierce tete-a-tete about the nature of sin. In dispensing the viaticum (Latin for “that which you take on the road”), the priest honors a most unorthodox request from Jason, agreeing to dip the body of Christ in some of his homemade barbecue sauce. Unwilling to accept the murderer’s tasty absolution, Regina performs her own Last Rites on Albert—and awakens him to the monster of evil.
Logline:
A priest performing Last Rites is challenged by a hospice nurse who believes her patient should not be absolved of a deadly sin.
Tagline:
A dip in the road to redemption.
Synopsis:
The life of Albert Lewis has reached its final station, and his son, Jason, an amateur saucier, is preparing him for the journey across the Great Divide. He invites a local priest, Father Kettinger, to perform the Last Rites, and during the confession, Albert reveals that he killed a man in his youth, a crime for which he escaped punishment. Albert’s hospice nurse, Regina, pleads with Father Kettinger to notify the police, and when he refuses, the two engage in a fierce tete-a-tete about the nature of sin. In dispensing the viaticum (Latin for “that which you take on the road”), the priest honors a most unorthodox request from Jason, agreeing to dip the body of Christ in some of his homemade barbecue sauce. Unwilling to accept the murderer’s tasty absolution, Regina performs her own Last Rites on Albert—and awakens him to the monster of evil.
14 minutes
Oopsy!
Two roommates are plagued with a steamy hookup turned disaster when one of them accidentally chokes out her date.
12 minutes
The BBQ
The BBQ is a dark satire/comedy about a reunion of high society friends in a small town in the deep south. The reunion takes a wildly unexpected turn, revealing the true character of the individuals in this gilded group.
10 minutes
Humor Me
A lonely woman is visited by a stranger after her guests no-show her 30th birthday party.
11 minutes
