Rent-A-Person
Black & White, 12 minutes, 16mm
“Rent-A-Person” is a romantic musical comedy about a men’s room attendant who founds an organization which revolutionizes rush hour traffic.
Starring James Haven
Jack of All Trades: Dan Austin
Producer: Roni Eguia Menendez
Writer | Director | Composer: Kurt Kuenne
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Festivals and Awards
- Cinequest Film Festival – Winner, Audience Award
- Cleveland International Film Festival – Winner, Visual Excellence Award
- MethodFest, Los Angeles – Winner, Audience Award
- Worldfest Houston – Winner, Gold Special Jury Award
- World Cinema Naples
- Pigeon Players Short Film Festival – Winner, First Place
- USA Film Festival – Finalist
- Atlanta Film Festival – Winner, Best Narrative Short (Academy Qualifying Win)
- Wine Country Film Festival
- Starz Denver International Film Festival
- One Reel Film Festival (Bumbershoot, Seattle) – Winner, Best Score
- Boston Film Festival
- Long Island Film Festival
- IFP/Los Angeles Cinema Lounge
- Calgary International Film Festival
- Breckenridge Festival of Film – Winner, Best Comedy
- New York Musical Theatre Festival
- Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
- ION Los Angeles Short Film Festival
- New Orleans Film Festival
- Marco Island Film Festival – Winner, Audience Award
- Smogdance Film Festival, Pomona
- Dam Short Film Festival – Winner, Best Comedy & Audience Award
Reviews
“…a bona-fide masterpiece…Ernst Lubitsch meets Second City…Kuenne’s camera work and compositions are outstanding. I can’t often say of a film that it made me laugh until I wept. Rent-A-Person did.” – moviesintofilm.com
“Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne has a lot of imagination and it is easy to predict this multi-talent (director, writer, editor, cinematographer and composer) will be a major force in films some day.” – Film Threat
“Writer/Director Kurt Kuenne’s tale of a lyrical loo is 12 minutes of black and white brilliance.” – writebetweenthelines.com
“Very funny…a riot.” – aintitcool.com
#2 of the Top 10 Short Films of 2004 – FanboyPlanet.com