A Stand-Up Comedian Tries to Cope with a World Where People Are Becoming Transhuman

In the close future of the short film Enhanced , people can undergo a procedure that blends their bodies with engineering , becoming smarter , healthier , and less anxious . But one tolerate - up comic finds he ’s uneasy with the promise of perfection .

Jeremy David White just took home the Best Director trophy for Enhanced in Fantastic Fest ’s shorts program . It ’s a great , astonishingly low - key exploration of what makes us human — and who better than a comic to point out the hidden delights of our foible and anxieties ?

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