Short Deeds were a challenge for a generation of filmmakers. The project had its rules which had to be followed by the screenwriters, directors and their six teams: three pages of script, action in a pulled-over car with no more than three actors, shot in one day, a twist in the plot, and to be featured in each story – a parting.

The events in the movie begin just before classes start, when one of the students sets off a stink bomb in the school restroom. Because of the incident, the school has to be evacuated and classes are dismissed early. The principal and the school counselor must then identify the real culprit among five suspects. Was it just a childish prank, or a deliberate act?