The Chop is a comedy about a Kosher butcher who loses his job, cannot find work at other Kosher butchers, and therefore decides to pretend to be Muslim in order to get work at a Halal butchers.
Awards Highlights...
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WINNER - Audience Award For Best Live Action - Palm Springs International Shorts Fest
WINNER - Audience Award Best Of The Festival - Krakow International Film Festival
WINNER - Best Comedy Short - Cleveland International Film Festival
WINNER - 1st Prize Hearts, Souls, And Minds - Rhode Island Film Festival
WINNER - Special Jury Prize Best Short - San Luis Obispo Film Festival
WINNER - Audience Award - Denver Film Festival
WINNER - Audience Choice Award - British Shorts Berlin
WINNER - Grand Jury Prize - Landshut Film Festival
WINNER - Best Of The Fest - Discover Short Film Awards
WINNER - Grand Jury Prize - Souq Film Festival
WINNER - Audience Choice Award - Toas Shortz
WINNER - Grand Jury Prize - Filmfest Dussledorf
WINNER - Audience Award - DC Shorts Festival
SELECTION - BFI London Film Festival
SELECTION - LA Shorts Fest
SELECTION - Montreal World Film Festival
SELECTION - Flickerfest
SELECTION - St. Louis Film Festival
SELECTION - Aesthetica Film Festival
SELECTION - San Diego Film Festival
SELECTION - London Short Film Festival
SELECTION - East End Film Festival
SELECTION - Athens Ohio International Film Festival
SELECTION - Heartlands Film Festival
SELECTION - Show Me Shorts Film Festival