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Film and Writing Festival for Comedy. Showcasing best of comedy short films at the FEEDBACK Film Festival. Plus, showcasing best of comedy novels, short stories, poems, screenplays (TV, short, feature) at the festival performed by professional actors.

Short Film: WORD ON THE STREET, 5min., USA, Comedy

For the duration of this creation, a pair of mobsters engage in a wordplay-filled conversation. The combination of Noir-style confrontation and a rhyme infatuation makes the film an inspiration. The filmmakers hope it garners your appreciation and earns a hearty recommendation. Project Links  Website  Instagram

Director Biography – Brendan Cleaves (THE WRONG SWIPE)

Brendan is a UK MVA nominated, award-winning writer and director. Brendan’s directed his first short film ‘ROGER’ in 2017, starring John Bradley (Game Of Thrones) and comedian Seann Walsh, it was screened at over thirty five film festival and has secured distribution with Shorts International. It had its US premiere at the St Louis International… Continue reading Director Biography – Brendan Cleaves (THE WRONG SWIPE)

Director Biography – John Patrick Hayden (VERITAPHOBIA)

John Patrick Hayden, a second year student in the MFA FILM program at CCNY, is a recent BAFTA student scholarship award winner , and the Princess Grace award nominee for his first year of work at CCNY. Director Statement Thoughts on the film Veritaphobia: Truth is natural. Lying is processed. Lying is flawed, it’s man… Continue reading Director Biography – John Patrick Hayden (VERITAPHOBIA)

Short Film: VERITAPHOBIA, 9min., USA, Comedy

Cindy can’t tell the truth. But Elizabeth, a breakthrough therapist with a perfect record, refuses to believe that. Project Links  Facebook

Director Biography – Liam LoPinto (FRENCH FRY)

Liam LoPinto is a filmmaker currently based in Valencia, California, studying Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts. He previously graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts UGFTV Program. Director Statement I made this film as both a gentle parody of French Cinema and an ode to some of my favorite comedies… Continue reading Director Biography – Liam LoPinto (FRENCH FRY)

1970s Musical-Variety Shows — Ticket to Ride

Musical variety shows were the bread and butter of television from the earliest days in the 1950s, a carryover from radio and vaudeville. Music and comedy were a natural match. As television sets began to populate households across the country, families embraced the format, it was great, inexpensive entertainment. Mostly produced in New York, it […]… Continue reading 1970s Musical-Variety Shows — Ticket to Ride

Movie Review Flashback: Two Netflix Originals, Two Adam Sandler Movies, Two Opinions — Annlyel Online

Yesterday my family and I went on a Netflix binge involving watching two Adam Sandler comedies; Murder Mystery and The Week Of. One was hilarious and truly enjoyable, the other was disturbing, totally awkward, and yet hearteningly believable. If you’ve seen both of these films you probably can tell which description fits which movie. After… Continue reading Movie Review Flashback: Two Netflix Originals, Two Adam Sandler Movies, Two Opinions — Annlyel Online