Just another day at the office for Roger? Nope. Not today. Today, things are a bit ... dead. And his world will never be the same. See the festival movie version at https://vimeopro.com/markbellusci/festival-films/video/9173328

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Even during the pandemic, Chester is getting back in shape at their home camp. He’s doing jazzercise. He’s learning Spanish. He’s got a plan. After too many years of unemployment and gradually withering away, he’s ready to jump back into the game and become a productive member of society. But his wife Sally and her girlfriends have other ideas on how to make Chester more useful.

There was a time when getting your child into a school was simple; not anymore. There was a time when schools evaluated just the student instead of the entire family; not anymore. Today, getting your child into school will test everything about you, including your sanity. This is a live performance from Gettysburg College.

He’s a gristled, old-school gumshoe, on a mission to protect noir writing in this new age. And he’s finally found the right geek to help him. A live performance by the Lakeshore Players in Minnesota. See the original performance at https://vimeo.com/34312364

Unfortunately, the world is sometimes way smaller than we’d like. Take Taylor Jenkins, for example. Just wants a quick cup and respite at his favorite coffee shop during a hectic day. He will enjoy neither after he is recognized by a grade school classmate, Marcy Levy. Not that he remembers her, or a stitch of what she is talking about (kickball, bullying and fake fart noises). How the hell does she? More importantly, just what will her endless reminiscing cost him? See the film version at https://vimeopro.com/markbellusci/festival-films/video/367371720

Oppression. Harassment. Second class status. Whatever, it’s all good for millennials. Unless the regime crosses the one line they care about, in this quasi parody, quasi political, quasi queasy comedy. You can also watch the film version at https://vimeopro.com/markbellusci/festival-films/video/297386299

Frankie’s got a problem. He’s on a run of bad luck that’s so freakishly bizarre, he’d be laughed out of Hollywood if he tried to sell his hard-luck saga. But he doesn’t mind telling Lori. Hey, he’ll even show off his well-crafted plan for digging out of his cavernous debtor’s hole. But even with Lori’s guidance, can he pull the plan off to cover his “nut” in time? See the movie version at:

https://vimeopro.com/markbellusci/festival-films/video/6615855

In a classic political case of say it till the world believes it, a group of dissenters are branded by the mad king as mutants, and therefore excommunicated. Their families, careers and former lives lost, the mutants are forced to rely on each other in the Mutants Anonymous headquarters, where they plot their revenge.

Welcome to today’s trendiest post-COVID ingestion center, formerly known as a restaurant. And watch all hell break loose. You can also see the animated film at https://vimeopro.com/markbellusci/festival-films/video/447230080

Ever wonder where all those exotic, erotic and inane new ailments come from? And the miracle treatments that come with them? The answers are finally revealed in this unauthorized recording. See the movie version at https://vimeopro.com/markbellusci/festival-films/video/124897691