The Key To The City

Directed by Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling

With Joseph Pelling, Becky Sloan, Baker Terry, Lesa Gillespie and Josh Elwell

A DHMIS short film that premiered in 2019 at the Sundance Film Festival and was originally pitched as a pilot of Pelling, Sloan, and Terry's 2022 TV show. Though, the feeling of the Clayhill setting would've made the series too similar to South Park, and came at the cost of the claustrophobia of the original series, so it was scrapped and has since been removed from festival circulation. The tester was only shared in a few private premieres, but clips have turned up online over the years. The following synopsis was from a Sundance blog: "Based on the hugely popular web series, following roommates Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Duck, who live simple and repetitive lives in the complacent technicolour community of Clayhill…until the town’s mayor disappears, and everything descends into utter chaos."