Walter’s Bad Day (2018)
Walter’s Bad Day is a short silent-comedy film by Dean Attari where, after midnight, a labourer, played by Attari, is having a complicated day where, in the morning, his boss sends him on a wild-goose chase to deliver a form to an unknown location.
Synopsis
It is after midnight and Walter, a laborer in his mid-30s, is first seen having a nightmare where he is being chased by a werewolf and, after jolting awake from the nightmare, he hears howling coming from outside his house. In the morning, when Walter arrives to work tired and cranky, he gets assigned by his boss to deliver a form containing a list of supplies to the ordering office by the appointed time. Therefore, Walter runs to the building where the ordering office is located, on the highest floor, only to find out that the ordering office has been relocated to another building in the surrounding. Thus, Walter runs to that other building, but now begins to receive different news that the ordering office has been relocated to another building and another and another. Will Walter continue to run between buildings and how long will these complications he is having last?
Festivals
Winner, Best silent Short Film
Athvikvaruni International Film Festival - 2022
Nomination for Best Writer (Dean Attari)
Official Selections:
Zensa Media International Film Festival - 2018
This film got its first official selection and premiere at the Zensa Media International Film Festival in 2018.
Concordia University Television Film Festival - 2019
This film got a second official selection at the Concordia University Television Film Festival in 2019. When this film projected at this festival it was the first year the above-mentioned festival was taking place. Since Walter’s Bad Day was the first film to be projected on the first day, out of the two days of the festival, it is the first film of all time to be projected at the Concordia University Television Film Festival.
Seguin Film & Arts Festival - 2022
Athvikvaruni International Film Festival - 2022
Indie Vegas Film Festival - 2024
Semi-Finalists:
Los Angeles, CineFest - 2019
Art Color Digital Cinema International Film Festival - 2020
Special Projections
On a special occasion, this film also projected at the Ehmfroot party, hosted and arranged by the actress, stunt-person, filmmaker, Sylvia Stewart. For the first time, there was a Q&A session with Attari for his work from an audience with professional actors and artists. This short film was projected along with other films by Stewart.
Trivia
- This was the first short film by Attari to be projected in a film festival.
- Though Attari plays as Walter, he also plays as the Werewolf in the dream sequence and the howling sound effects in the two scenes in Walter's bedroom. The sound of the howling though is revealed to be coming from a puppy after Walter yells at the source of the sound.
