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Going Up

Forman Howes
Canada, 2019, 12 min.

In English.
Includes violence.

AIFF Award Winner:
Best Comedy Short

The over-talkative and anxious Finn joins the hitman who is coming to kill him on a ride to the sixth floor in the world's slowest elevator.

Director's Statement

I am so grateful to have the world premiere of my first real film at the Arizona International Film Festival. I have dreamed of this moment for a very long time. A chance to share my passion of storytelling, and in this case to make people laugh, is truly a dream come true.

Category: Comedy, Award Winner.
Themes: Crime.

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