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OCT 16-19, 2025 • Marquette, MIchigan

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Everything I Learned When My House Burned Down

Screened at FCFF 2023

  • Year 2023
  • Country United States
  • Runtime 9 min
  • Director Joe Pickett
  • Notes Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance, Adult Language, Michigan Premiere
  • Topics
    • humor
    • midwest
    • weird

Film Synopsis

A rural comedian tries to make sense and nonsense out of a tragic loss.

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