This second edition of Screw It, We’ll Do It Ourselves! (after its first edition in 2016) brings forth a collection of short films – helmed by emerging filmmakers living and/or working in NYC – that haven’t fully reached their desired film festival circuit.

Screw It, We’ll Do It Ourselves! 2.0 presents six ‘underdog’ shorts that delve into the darker side of human nature, in comedic and off-kilter ways. The shorts in this program potently explore latent & simmering tensions as well as looming dangers – through biting social critique, uncomfortable humor and unpredictable circumstances.

UNDERLYING Tim Noble
An insomniac grapples with the root cause of her sleepless nights. 18min

ALL DAY ELLIPTICAL Boothe Carlson
An older woman, Clara, cannot find her way to a child’s birthday party. Interactions with strangers reveal the chasm between herself and the world around her. Wandering the city, Clara is in movement but covers little distance. 11min

LEO LAS OLAS Emilio Subia
An Ecuadorian immigrant is introduced to his American soon-to-be stepbrother over a weekend at his beach house, but tensions arise when the family dog gets lost. 15min

THEY’RE PACKING Noah Wolfe & Gabi Carrubba
Hoping to gain a sense of security, a group of queers head upstate to learn how to shoot a gun, but when the first shot goes off, the day of mishaps and mayhem devolves into something much darker. 10min

SCRATCH-OFF Tara E Sheffer
A home healthcare worker steals her dementia patient’s winning scratch-off lottery ticket. 19min

BELLY BELLY Gabriel Carnick
As two body-obsessed queer femmes begin to relax the brutal control they exert over their urges, romantic appetites are derailed by a deeper hunger. 11min

Starring: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson, Nick Nolte, Danny McBride, Matthew McConaughey, Bill Hader, Tom Cruise

Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), pampered action superstar, sets out for Southeast Asia to take part in the biggest, most-expensive war movie produced, but soon after filming begins, he and his co-stars, Oscar-winner Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), comic Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black) and the rest of the crew, must become real soldiers when fighting breaks out in that part of the jungle.

Starring: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole, Danny McBride, Kevin Corrigan, Craig Robinson, Rosie Perez, Ed Begley Jr., Nora Dunn, Amber Heard

Stoner Dale Denton’s (Seth Rogen) enjoyment of a rare strain of marijuana may prove fatal when he drops his roach in a panic after witnessing a murder. Upon learning that the fancy weed can be traced back to them, Dale and his dealer (James Franco) go on the lam, with a dangerous drug lord (Gary Cole) and crooked cop (Rosie Perez) hot on their heels.

Starring: Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Val Kilmer, Ryan Phillippe, Powers Boothe, Maya Rudolph

In the decade since his fiancee was killed, an Army Ranger, Green Beret and Navy SEAL rolled into one (Will Forte) has sworn off fighting crime, preferring instead to rock his mullet as a man of peace. But when his sworn enemy, Dieter Von Cunth, steals a nuclear warhead, only MacGruber and his crack team of experts (Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe) are equal to the task of bringing the villain to justice.

Starring: Stephen Chow, Huang Shengyi, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Danny Chan Kwok-kwan, Leung Siu-lung

When the hapless Sing and his dim-witted pal Bone try to scam the residents of Pig Sty Alley into thinking they’re members of the dreaded Axe Gang, the real gangsters descend on this Shanghai slum to restore their fearsome reputation. What gang leader Brother Sum doesn’t know is that three legendary retired kung fu masters live anonymously in this decrepit neighborhood and don’t take kindly to interlopers.

Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, Jason ‘Wee Man’ Acuña, Preston Lacy, Dave England, Ehren McGhehey

In this comedic documentary, Johnny Knoxville heads a crew of stuntmen, skateboarders and all-around lunatics as they prank, embarrass and torture each other in the name of fun. The antics range from childlike — the boys don panda suits for a romp through Tokyo — to grotesque and life-threatening. A golf cart demolition derby turns downright dangerous. Live gators nearly chomp maniac Steve-O. Filmmaker Spike Jonze and Knoxville, in heavy makeup, test the public’s patience for the elderly.

Starring: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Sam Rockwell, Kelly Lynch, Tim Curry, Crispin Glover, Matt LeBlanc, LL Cool J, Tom Green, Luke Wilson

A trio of elite private investigators armed with the latest in high-tech tools, high-performance vehicles, martial arts techniques and an array of disguises unleash their state-of-the-art skills on land, sea and air to track down a kidnapped billionaire-to-be and keep his top-secret voice-identification software out of lethal hands. They’re beautiful, they’re brilliant, and they work for Charlie.

Starring: Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson, Phyllis Applegate, Obba Babatundé, William Bassett

After The Man kills his brother and poisons the neighborhood with tainted liquor, a kung fu fighter (Michael Jai White) wages a war that takes him all the way to Nixon’s White House.

Starring: Demyana Nassar, Samy Bassiouny, Fady Mina Fawzy, Abo Sefen Nabil Wesa

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When a magic trick goes awry at a children’s birthday party, the authoritative father of the family turns into a chicken. An avalanche of coincidental absurdities befalls everyone; the mother, whose mundane life was dedicated to her husband and children, is now urged to come to the fore and take care of her family. While moving heaven and earth to bring her husband back and secure their survival, she goes through a total transformation.

Starring: Lina Boudreault, Mari-Lou Gauthier, Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin, Monica Viegas

This animated film follows elderly Frenchwoman Madame Souza as she becomes involved in international intrigue when her grandson, Champion, a professional cyclist, is kidnapped and taken abroad. Joined by her faithful dog, Bruno, Souza embarks on a journey to find Champion, and stumbles across unlikely allies in the form of three sisters who are veterans of the vaudeville stage. Tracking down Champion’s criminal captors, the quartet of old women use their wits to try and win the day.