It’s Friday night and the mood is right for some top tier shorts! This primetime program is abound with affecting films that will elicit a full spectrum of emotions, from tense frogs in your throat (literally) to the warmth from a shared bowl of ramen with death (also literally).

A trip into the subconscious of Ollie Chanin for his song "Hold Me When I Think I'm Going Crazy"

Hold Me When I Think I'm Going Crazy by Ollie Chanin

On his 25th birthday, Cary brings his friends to the desert and requests one gift: for them to list everything they hate about him. A reckoning ensues.

Tell Me Something I Don't Know

A young girl with an anxiety disorder struggles to manage the 'frogs' that make her life difficult until she reaches out for help.

Frog In My Throat

A metal sculptor with a frenzied past spends his nights drilling the word 'KOOK' into the side of telephone poles throughout Los Angeles.

KOOK STREET

When Cass's high expectations about her first time aren't met, she must confront the boy who took her virginity and reclaim what's rightfully hers.

In Your Sheets

In the heart of Corona, Queens, two Ecuadorian siblings are placed at odds with each other when one reveals a sudden urge to leave their home.

Ñaños

On his final night alive, a ramen chef befriends the Grim Reaper. Through a bowl of ramen, they discover what it means to be human.

Death and Ramen

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