Berm-Tech seems like a typical business. Employees work in cubicles, management holds meetings, and everyone can’t wait for their lunch break. But the staff of Berm-Tech are not your average office workers. In fact, Berm-Tech is an organization run by vampires, or Netherbeasts as they prefer to be called. That’s the plot of Netherbeast Incorporated, one of the great independent films shown at this year’s Toofy Film Fest in Boulder, Colorado.

Toofy Film Fest is a fun mix of fashion, music, art and film. The festival includes fashion shows, live music performances, and two days of film screening at the Boulder Theater.

This was my second year in attendance at Toofy and, like last year, I enjoyed almost every short film and feature that I saw there.

For me, the shorts have always been the highlight of the festival, ranging from inventive music videos like Gotye’s “Heart’s a Mess”, creative animation like the Adult-Swim-style video for Taking Back Sunday’s “12 Days of Christmas”, and quirky live-action shorts like “Lines” by Sonja Jasansky or the hilarious “Winner Take Steve”, by Jared Hess of Napoleon Dynamite fame.

The films at Toofy are a refreshing break from the big-budget blockbusters that are in theaters during the summer.

Perhaps the best part of the Toofy Film Fest is the laid back atmosphere. The audience is not pretentious or stuffy; they are merely there to see enjoy great films.

Many filmmakers also attend the festival and conduct a Q&A session after their film, responding to questions ranging from “What was your budget?” to “How did you pull off that one shot?”

Whether you’re a festival veteran or a film fest first timer, Toofy is enjoyable for all.

View shorts from Toofy now on the Trashwire Blog and find out more at Toofy.com.