CORTA
2025 · 3m · España
Directed by Marco Araujo, Enrico Barbaro Jr, Marcos By
Genres: dark comedy, surrealism
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic
A frenetic film director keeps shouting 'Cut! Cut!' — and getting cut is exactly what happens to him.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
A director literally experiencing the consequences of his own command is exactly the kind of stupidly brilliant premise that makes you groan before you laugh — and it works because the film commits to the absurdity without winking at the camera.
The conceit is clever, but the execution leans heavily on a single visual gag rather than exploring the formal possibilities of its own metaphor; it's more comedic sketch than considered film.
What elevates this from a one-liner is the pacing and sound design — each 'Cut!' lands with the weight of genuine consequence, and the film trusts the audience to feel the escalation without explaining the joke.