Florida Film Festival 2013: Day 3

Sunday began with another shorts program, “The Weight”, not as successful as a whole than Shorts Program 4, but mostly solid work, including the very funny The Procession, featuring Lily Tomlin and Jesse Tyler Ferguson who get forced into driving in--and then hilariously--leading a funeral procession and the moving Record/Play a science fiction short about a cassette tape and recorder that does more than just play audio.

I wrote about Nancy, Please here. I don’t think it’s worth attending and will likely be one of my least favorite features at this year’s festival.

The History of Future Folk, on the other hand, will be one of my favorite features this year. This sci-fi comedy tells the story of a General Trius from the planet Hondo, who was sent to Earth to destroy all humanity--that is, until he hears the sound of music, which is so thrilling to him, he abandons his plan to become a local folk star. It’s a slight film in many ways, but it makes up for that with incredible charm and music that lives up to the silly idea that aliens would scrap their plan for intergalactic domination just to keep enjoying it.