Tuesday November 23rd 8:00 pm
USA • 2021 • 90 Min • Comedy • English
Director
J. Rick Castañeda
Writer
J. Rick Castañeda
Producers
Omar Kenawi & Laura Reich
Cast
Eli Vargas, Greena Park, & Luis Deveze
Preceded by the short film
WOLF IN DUDE’S CLOTHING
Solmund MacPherson, 13 Min, Canada
A starving wolf finds a suit of human skin, crawls inside, and becomes a man.
Desperate for work, Diego (Eli Vargas) applies for a dead-end job at Data-Mart, a data processing company set in the early 2000s. Able to type 55 words per minute, he astounds the off-the-wall, data-obsessed Vasquez (Luis Deveze) and is hired on the spot. Diego does his best to acclimate to his new environment, but this is no ordinary office. Employees go missing, coffee comes from the faucet, and Payday candy bars are used as currency. Amidst the peculiar personalities found there, he becomes enamoured with one coworker in particular: June (Greena Park) and her incredibly fast filing skills. Not long after, Diego discovers a secret underground world of speed folder filing. Recognizing that she may be a prodigy of the sport, he convinces June to compete. The pair become fast friends (and maybe more?) as they rise through the ranks, head for the A-Z National Championship, and try to win it all!
Originating from his own experiences working as an office temp and looking for any morsel of magic in the drab, depressing places he worked, writer/director J. Rick Castañeda’s ALL SORTS is part OFFICE SPACE, part BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, and part something else entirely. Delightfully absurd, hilariously offbeat, relentlessly endearing, and chock-full of imagination and heart, ALL SORTS is the surreal workplace comedy you never knew you needed
“There might be a bit of Canadian fringe-dwelling auteur Guy Maddin in its delving into odd amours and non sequitur scenarios, and then again there might not. But it’s funny enough, ridiculous enough, odd enough and warm enough to bounce over the occasional wobbly performance and hit the spot, because every single thing about it is knowingly faux.”
“All Sorts is the office cubicle fantasy film you never knew you needed in your life. The story is a mix of offbeat antics, creative fantasy, and heartwarming rom-comedy all brought to life by a perfectly put together cast of characters and a talented director who is a true hometown hero.”
“…All Sorts is using every penny of its microbudget, but brings a swagger and confidence often found with a bigger, more robustly budgeted film. Comparisons can be made to Being John Malkovich, Office Space, and any other surreal, absurdist film idea you want to throw at this. .”