BLISSFUL BANQUET
2015 · 9m · USA
Directed by Harrison Atkins
Genres: comedy, horror, romance
Tones: darkly comic, surreal, tender
Ronnie and Darnell have a beautiful, intimate friendship — but can a broken heart tear them apart? A comedy-horror-romance short that plays the question completely straight.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Harrison Atkins asks: can a broken heart tear apart a beautiful male friendship called Ronnie and Darnell? He answers this question with the energy of horror, comedy, and romance simultaneously. Grand Jury Prize at Oak Cliff. NoBudge Best Comedy. This is what happens when someone has no fear.
Harrison Atkins doing comedy-horror-romance about male friendship played completely straight — Oak Cliff Grand Jury Prize is the right signal, and his particular tonal genre-collapse is rare and well-earned.
Nine-minute Harrison Atkins comedy-horror-romance about male friendship treated as its own genre — Grand Jury Prize at Oak Cliff, selected at Maryland and Marfa. That trifecta of festivals plus Atkins's instincts adds up.
Festivals
- Oak Cliff Film Festival 2015, Grand Jury Prize
- Maryland Film Festival 2015
- Marfa Film Festival 2015