• Tapes

    Directed by Dara Katz, Betsy Kenney
    USA | 10 minutes |

Maddie's discovery of a 30-year-old recording leads to an awkward family dinner and an unexpected revelation about her mother.

In competition for Best Comedy Short

film synopsis

film details

Director: Dara Katz, Betsy Kenney
Producers: Sarah Donnenberg, Kirstin VanSkiver, Leah Donnenberg
Screenwriter: Dara Katz, Betsy Kenney
Cinematographers: Rachel Klien
Editor: Paul Penczner
Music: Pedi Hashemian
Cast: Maryanne Plunkett, Jay O Sanders, Maddie Fischer, Jonathan Braylock, Devin Bockrath, Francis Li
Country: USA
Language: English
Year: 2020
Running Time: 10 minutes
Primary Company: SLMBR PRTY Films
Contact Email: sarah@slmbrprty.com, dgabrielkatz@gmail.com, betsykenney1@gmail.com
Website: https://www.slmbrprty.com/tapes

director biography

Comedians and performers, Betsy and Dara first met in 2012 in an UCB improv class. Since, they’ve written and produced the absurdist teen drama parody, The Place We Live (IFC.com), Bounty Hunters, and UnSolvable (Paste Funniest Videos of 2017), which led the AV Club to dub them “Genre Queens of Comedy”. More recently, they’ve been exploring the role of comedy in understanding women’s health, and their short film comedy, Amazing Bagel—about a woman who has a miscarriage without realizing she was ever pregnant—was an official selection of The Maryland Film Festival, Cucalorus, and The Nitehawk Cinema’s Audience Choice Award. You can catch Betsy voicing the role of Angie on Netflix’s Motown Magic, and you can see Dara in the upcoming Comedy Central sketch show, Alternatino.

2020 ShortFest Archive