The Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Festival Co-hosted by Jay Stern & Victor Varnado

About This Show

The Iron Mule is New York’s longest-running short comedy film festival, screening monthly since April 2002. Before they were famous, Stephen Colbert, Dan Harmon, Aziz Ansari, Lena Dunham, Seth MacFarlane, Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer showed their films at the Iron Mule. But we don’t care about famous names — the Iron Mule is a fun, accessible festival, where filmmakers & film fans can meet & mingle. The festival is hosted by filmmaker Jay Stern and filmmaker/comedian Victor Varnado.

Line-Up

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April’s guest judge will be Heather Fink.

Featured films include:

SCHNITZEL
Written & directed by Asaf Epstein
An obese teenager, a beautiful girl, a mission to buy beer & an alien that looks a lot like a piece of food. An otherwise indescribable short film from Israel.

OUR CRAPPY TOWN
Written & directed by Andy & Carolyn London
In 1986, Andy London had a small, forgettable role in the Glen Cove High School production of Thornton Wilder’s ‘‘Our Town.’’ But what happened when the curtains closed…is the stuff of legend.

SHEVENGE
Written by David Greenman & directed by Amber Benson
Three women seek payback from their remarkably bad boyfriends.

GOLD MONEY
Written & directed by Patrick Noth
Gold Money is the richest rapper alive, which means he’s the greatest person & rapper of all time.

LOVE IS ROUGH
Written & directed by Anthony Kapfer
An experimental musing about love.

About the Hosts

Heather Fink came to filmmaking after being a standup comedian for years & making funny videos before ending up at NYU’s Grad Film school. She currently pays the bills as a sound person, most recently working on Marvel’s Daredevil & Baz Lurmann’s The Get Down. Previous jobs include PR for a gay porn company, Senator Kennedy Intern, & Content Strategy for Digital Media companies. Heather has directed over 35 comedy shorts, most recently Sara Benincasa’s The Focus Group & is about to direct the indie TV pilot Urban Teach Now for comedy duo SJ & Ginny. Her first feature film as writer & director, Inside You, is currently in post production.

Jay Stern has directed and produced over 30 short films & directed over 20 theater productions. Jay’s first feature film The Changeling opened in NYC in 2007. His second & third features, Spirit Cabinet & The Adventures of Paul and Marian are currently seeking distribution. Jay is a founding member of the World Wide Lab, a collective of international theater directors dedicated to creating director- collaborative work. He most recently co-artistic directed this year’s lab on the island of Syros in Greece.

Victor Varnado is a writer/director/actor/comedian who just can’t get enough slashes in his description. As a comedian, Victor has appeared on Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, HBO & Comedy Central. As a filmmaker, Victor has been a gun-for-hire script doctor & has worked on films for Disney, Lion’s Gate & independent film companies. Acting, What?! Sure Victor can act. He has appeared in some of the worst Hollywood films ever made with Eddie Murphy & Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as some interesting independent films with people like David Carradine.

Wednesday, Apr. 6 at 7:30pm

General Admission
$15 in advance
$18 at the door

Students/Seniors/idNYC
$12

Estimated Runtime
90 minutes

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Credits

Photo Credit
Amber Benson

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