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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.

UNICORNLAND Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK: Comedy Fest in Los Angeles

UNICORNLAND, 7min, USA, Comedy/Webseries Directed by Nick Leavens After her divorce, Annie dates couples to explore her sexuality. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

BAGGAGE Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK: Comedy Fest in Los Angeles

BAGGAGE, 17min, USA, Comedy Directed by Andrea Behring A comic tale of a small town girl who moves to New York City and realizes she’s not in Kansas anymore. She’s wide eyed about the high life of the big city – until she stumbles head first into the grip of it’s charming low life’s. CLICK HERE –… Continue reading BAGGAGE Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK: Comedy Fest in Los Angeles

SUITCASE Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK: Comedy Fest in Los Angeles

SUITCASE, 13min, France, Comedy Directed by Igor Gavva Absentminded juggler ready to perform in the circus, but one member of the audience steals his suitcase with props. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

INGENUE-ISH Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK: Comedy Fest in Los Angeles

INGENUE-ISH, 10min, USA, Comedy Directed by John Stamos A kind of young, sort of ethnic, LA actress takes us through her daily struggle to make it in show-biz without knowing someone, having a famous last name, or sleeping her way to the top. (One of these is false) CLICK HERE – and see full info and more… Continue reading INGENUE-ISH Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK: Comedy Fest in Los Angeles

Beautiful Men in Screwball Comedies

Originally posted on Linnet Moss:
Screwball comedy, a genre invented during the Depression, often features a madcap woman (think Claudette Colbert, Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck) embroiling an earnest and slightly stodgy man in a series of wild adventures. Along the way, Mr. Uptight is humiliated in one way or another and has his masculinity challenged. Although women…

My Top 15 Favorite Screwball Comedies

Originally posted on The Old Hollywood Garden:
I love screwball comedies. They are so crazy and fun and over-the-top! I’ve been wanting to do this for a while, and I finally decided to do it, simply because I’ve been waiting too long, so I just thought ‘why not now?’ CRITERIA This is my personal list…

How Fred Astaire Sells Musical Comedy

Originally posted on Silver Screenings:
Go Fred! Image: tumblr Naturally, we love Fred Astaire‘s dancing. He’s Fred Astaire, for pete sake. Yet, when we recently watched the musical comedy Shall We Dance (1937), we realized Astaire is also a gifted salesman. First, a little about the film, a madcap look at celebrity gossip and the…

August 2017 COMEDY Stories, Screenplays, Short Films

Submit your Comedy Screenplay or Film to the Festival Today: http://festivalforcomedy.com   NOVEL Transcript – ZAPINETTE GOES TO THE NORTH POLE August 2017 Readingby Albert Russo COMEDY SHORT Screenplay – EVERYONE HAS THEIR DEMONS August 2017 Readingby Dustin Prince Under 5min. SHORT Screenplay – KEEP SMILING August 2017 Readingby Courtney Wallace 1PG. SHORT Screenplay – DAB… Continue reading August 2017 COMEDY Stories, Screenplays, Short Films