kitchenA short comedy. A film by Carolina Mejia Lartilleux.
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Facing eviction by his brother-in-law, unsuccessful inventor Felix builds a machine to bring his brother-in-law and nephew closer together—and save his home.
Carolina Mejia Lartilleux is a writer, director and producer, and a graduate of NYFA’s BFA in Filmmaking programme. She co-founded the Mexico City production company OuiSi with her siblings Camila and Diego. Her short films include Inventing a Laugh.
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Chris Gross grew up in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, and holds a BA in theatre from DeSales University. He has worked in commercials, television and film in Philadelphia and Los Angeles, and trained at Playhouse West and the Groundlings.
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Ryan Karloff holds a BFA from the University of Iowa and trained at the Stella Adler Studio in Los Angeles. His feature credits include Grizzly Flats, Moviestar and Through the Night; he also studied improvisation at Second City.
View on IMDbKaiden Chapman’s screen credits include the series We Build It We Break It, Raven’s Home and Coop and Cami Ask the World.
View on IMDbJulie Cardia is an actor from the Chicago suburbs with a master’s in acting from Cal State Fullerton and a BFA from Millikin University. Her stage work includes the national tours of Les Misérables and Annie; she plays Larissa in Inventing a Laugh.
View on IMDbThe San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival programmed Inventing a Laugh in 2016 as a family comedy. Its listing credits Carolina Mejia Lartilleux as writer and director and Mariana Robles Thome as producer.
Read the sourceThe film was also included in the Children’s Film Society Bangladesh’s official selections for its 2017 festival.
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