Festival: DC Shorts If it's true that the Internet has obliterated our attention span, what hope is there for full-length films that aren't shoot-em-ups, rom-coms, or larded with pratfalls and poop jokes? Perhaps none. But ready to fill the void is the DC Shorts Festival, which screens movies of every brow level in a week-long competition. My first time at the festival, I ended up watching more duds than winners, but that's also part of the appeal: Even if a movie's terrible, it's still just a few minutes long. The best time to check out the festival will be Saturday and Sunday. That's when DC Shorts screens the cream of the crop, like "Undercover," a film about an American-Muslim cop who has to solve a pig-napping case, and "Sudden Death," a musical "where everyone dies." Through Sept. 18 at various venues. See www.dcshorts.com for more information.
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