Backhalf Productions — handwritten logo on a torn polaroid border

Independent Film  ·  Los Angeles

All We Have to Do Is Kill One Guy

An award-winning dark comedy short — adaptable to feature length.

Winner — Funniest Film 2023Los Angeles Comedy Film & Screenplay Festival

Two stay-at-home dads take on a little side-hustle assassin work. Now they're sitting in the dark, waiting for their first target to come home — debating the best way to do the job.

Watch the Film

9 min · dark comedy  ·  Official Trailer ↗  ·  More work by Michael R. Duffy ↗

Awards

Winner — Funniest Film 2023
Los Angeles Comedy Film & Screenplay Festival
Best Dark Comedy Award
Independent Shorts Awards · April 2023
Best Acting Duo
Indie Shorts Fest · April 2023
Outstanding Achievement Award — Dark Comedy Short
Indie Shorts Fest · April 2023
Best Proof of Concept — Finalist
Austin Comedy Film Festival

Official Selections

An old snapshot of two teenage friends — the beginning of Backhalf Productions
where it started

About Backhalf

Backhalf Productions is what happens when two friends who have been making things together since high school finally put a name on it.

Decades after the snapshot, the collaboration is still going — now with cameras that focus and a film with laurels on it.

Directed byJason Dugré
Written byBryan Coffee & Jason Dugré
Produced & Edited byMichael R. Duffy
StarringJason Dugré & Bryan Coffee
A Backhalf Productions film  ·  in association with F22

Get in Touch

Festivals, programmers, press — or a DCP for theatrical projection — we'd love to hear from you.

Contact Backhalf