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Performed by Val Cole: POETRY Reading: Who Poops Up a Tree? There’s a neighbor dog I do not know But for the trail he leaves. It’s something I have never seen A mutt who poops up trees. A mystery, really, how it starts A habit such as that. I imagine that he stopped to fart… Continue reading COMEDY Poetry Reading: Who Poops Up a Tree?, by Micheline Brewer

A showcase of the best COMEDY films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS: Best Short Film: The Dairy Experiment Best Micro-Short Film: Tragically, a make or break question Best Direction: Odessa-Mama Best Comedy Story: SO-RAWR-ITY GIRLS Odessa-Mama, 5min., USA Directed by Georgiy Deliev, Yuri Volodarsky A lively musical comedy set in 1988 Odessa, USSR, where… Continue reading WINNERS: July 2026 COMEDY Festival

A showcase of the best COMEDY films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS: Best Short Film: AN AFTERNOON IN KNIFE SELLING WITH PSYCHO SAMMY Best Performances: HOE PHASE Best Micro-Short Film: PICK ME UP – THE 2 MINUTE SHOW Best Story: TWENTY-NICE BLOCKS Best Direction: TSHANGYANG A LOVE BEYOND DHARMA HOE PHASE, 4min., USA Directed… Continue reading WINNERS: May 2026 COMEDY Festival

A jilted teen races the clock to win back his born-again virgin ex-girlfriend as she is targeted for her unique abilities by a charming outcast vampire looking to reclaim his legacy as ruler of the underworld. CAST LIST: Narrator: Hannah Ehman Drake: Geoff Mays Ron: Andy Camp

Newly-divorced Anna promptly gets a boyfriend. However, she fails to notice that the boyfriend is played by the same actor as her ex-husband. More than just “played” — it is the same man. https://instagram.com/k.arch.ev CAST LIST: Narrator: Shawn Devlin BF-D: Sean Ballantyne Anna: Val Cole

After meeting a psychic with a cryptic read of the future, Kylie and Greyson find they’ve swapped bodies leaving Greyson to navigate the chaos that is life as a woman and giving Kylie the boost her career so desperately needed – manhood. CAST LIST: Narrator: Sean Ballantyne Janie: Hannah Ehman Sheryl: Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole —- POEM: I Live So Close I’m Wearing Pajamas “Only a puddle remained where, just a day earlier, a man had bobbed in the amniotic fluid of illusion.” “A Man in a Fishbowl, Marinated in Unreality,” Dan Barry, The New York Times, 5-10-06 Everything’s rendered as a Victorian romance to lure… Continue reading COMEDY Poem: I live so close Im Wearing Pajamas, by Annie Christain

A jilted teen races the clock to win back his born-again virgin ex-girlfriend as she is targeted for her unique abilities by a charming outcast vampire looking to reclaim his legacy as ruler of the underworld. CAST LIST: Narrator: Sean Ballantyne Mina: Hannah Ehman Jonathan: Shawn Devlin

A showcase of the best COMEDY films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS: Best Short Film: HEDGEHOG IN AFRICA Best Direction: OUTRAGE! Best Story: ROACHES Roaches, 2min., Canada Directed by David R Creighton The Bridge Street Mission has a problem with roaches… They can talk. A cautionary tale. Hedgehog in Africa, 3min. Ukraine Directed by… Continue reading WINNERS: February 2026 COMEDY Festival

On the anniversary of Mikey’s death Carmy gets news that his tormentor, David Fields, is coming to review the restaurant.. things derail when Carmy severely burns his arm. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Carmy: Geoff Mays Richie: Shawn Devlin