I Make Good Sounds At Parties (2020)

PARTIES SUCK.

A balls-to-the-wall comedy, Parties moves at a frenetic pace as the birthday party Russell Goldman (no relation) attends spins out of control and my (oh, uh, his) anxiety balloons. When I run into the ex I’ve been avoiding for years, the party fully collapses around me.

I wrote I Make Good Sounds at Parties to capture the isolation and hopelessness I feel attending a house party. We designed Parties as a surreal experience from inspired by those real feelings—my desire to belong to a partner who would make it so I don’t have to go out to parties anymore. I do not get what I want.

WRITTEN/PRODUCED/EDITED BY /STARRING: Russell Goldman
DIRECTED/EDITED/PRODUCED BY: Amanda Prager

PAST SCREENINGS

- IN-PERSON PREMIERE: HOLLYWOOD COMEDY SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL: April 30, 2022 @ the TCL Chinese Theater

- PORTLAND FILM FESTIVAL: November 1, 2021

- NEWFILMMAKERS LOS ANGELES: June 12, 2021 (AWARD WINNER: Best Comedy Short / Best Performance in a Comedy)

- HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL: June 3, 2021

- CINEQUEST FILM AND CREATIVITY FESTIVAL: March 20, 2021

- NEW JERSEY FILM FESTIVAL: February 5, 2021

- LGBT FEEDBACK FILM FESTIVAL: November 28, 2021