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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.

1pg. Comedy Short – BURSTING FOR A BREAK, by Kelly Lamphear-Dash

  Genre: Comedy A worker in a cubicle is about to explode if she doesn’t get a break. CAST LIST: Narrator: Hugh Ritchie Steffi: Jane Smythe Co-Worker: Rais Moui Get to know the writer: 1. What is your screenplay about? A really frustrated employee. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Comedy. 3. Why should this screenplay… Continue reading 1pg. Comedy Short – BURSTING FOR A BREAK, by Kelly Lamphear-Dash

TV COMEDY BEST SCENE Reading: PAYCHECK 2 PAYCHECK, by Chris Skeeter

  Genre: Comedy Five friends from high school find themselves struggling with money, love, and life in the real world. CAST LIST: Drew: Scott McCulloch Laten: Tim Paul McCarthy Narrator: Hugh Ritchie Rickey: Rais Moui Shanna: Lara Amersey Get to know the writer:  1. What is your TV PILOT screenplay about? It is about a group of friends living in… Continue reading TV COMEDY BEST SCENE Reading: PAYCHECK 2 PAYCHECK, by Chris Skeeter

TV PILOT COMEDY – REMOTELY WORKING, by Bill Baber

Genre: Comedy This sitcom web series pilot features five quirky diverse millennials who work remotely for an international tech corporation. They struggle with online meetings, living on the road, and working from “wherever.” Each lone wolf must cooperate with the others, or everyone will be fired. Meanwhile, none of these independent co-dependents has a personal… Continue reading TV PILOT COMEDY – REMOTELY WORKING, by Bill Baber

WINNING COMEDY SHORT SCREENPLAY – MARRIAGE COUNSELING 101, by Mark Engberg

Originally posted on WILDsound Festival:
Winning Screenplay – MARRIAGE COUNSELING Written by Mark Engberg CAST LIST: NARRATOR – Becky Shrimpton WOMAN – Cassandra Guthrie MAN – John Marcucci SYNOPSIS: Genre: Horror, Comedy “Romancing the Stone” meets “Friday the 13th.” Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? “Marriage Counseling 101” is about couple…

COMEDY BEST SCENE Reading: THE SKY BELOW, by Stacey D’Erasmo

Genre: Drama, Comedy The story of Gabriel Callahan’s life, beginning with his father’s abandonment when Gabriel was a child and tracing his ambivalent search for wholeness through adolescence and into adulthood. CAST LIST: Keir Robin: Salma Dharsee Taxi Driver: Zazu Oke Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Lim: Allan Michael Brunet Aunty Chin: Courtney Keir ****** Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Director: Matthew Toffolo… Continue reading COMEDY BEST SCENE Reading: THE SKY BELOW, by Stacey D’Erasmo

COMEDY Best Scene Reading of THE STATE OF WYOMING, by Gillian Will

  Genre: Comedy Blue blood black sheep Elliot Vance could charm the slither off a snake. Or he could if he gave a flip. CAST LIST: Nebraska: Neil Bennett Delaware: Nick Wicht Narrator: John Fray Tara: Val Cole Elliot: Scott Beaudin   ****** Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Director: Kierston Drier Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editor: Kimberly Villarruel Camera Op: Mary Cox

TV COMEDY Best Scene Reading of TIME SLIP, by Meredith Hill

Genre: Pilot, Comedy, Fantasy A young woman addicted to alcohol and pills accidentally discovers a time slip in her backyard and uses it to escape her unsatisfying life. As she travels through time to party, she continues to be forced to learn life lessons against her will. Though, whether she’s actually traveling through time or… Continue reading TV COMEDY Best Scene Reading of TIME SLIP, by Meredith Hill

Comedy Short Story: Postmodernistic Love, by Marija Mrvošević / Mary Matshine

Performed by Val Cole  1. What is your short story about? About a boy and a girl. They meet. They part. It’s funny. 2. What genres would you say this story is in? Satire. Comedy. Faux-romance. 3. How would you describe this story in two words? Sincere. Humor. 4. What movie have you seen the… Continue reading Comedy Short Story: Postmodernistic Love, by Marija Mrvošević / Mary Matshine

Under 5min. SHORT Script Reading of I KNOW, by Steve Vasiliou

Originally posted on Under 5 minute & Smartphone festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlOGCA2s5hA Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance Morning, noon or night, at home, on business or holiday, the real-life encounter of “I Know” touches all people. Unless you live as a hermit, there’s no way that you haven’t experienced an “I Know” meeting. For some, this tragic comedy repeats…