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This Way Up (2008)

This Way Up poster
Directed by
Adam Foulkes
Genre
black comedy, comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
8 min
Rated
NR
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 41 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two somber undertakers attempt to transport a coffin to a cemetery. A series of mishaps complicates their routine journey.

whimsicalmorbidly funnydarkly comicdeadpanoffbeatquirkyunderstated

What happens

This Way Up is a 2008 short film directed by Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes. It follows the story of two undertakers trying to deliver a body to a graveyard. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 81st Academy Awards, but lost to Japanese film La Maison en Petits Cubes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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