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.
Saturday, April 13
The Screening Room
9:30pm
Filmmaker in Attendance

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