Category: comedy festival

Short Film: YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY, 8min. USA, Comedy/Thriller

You Drive Me Crazy is a dark comedy/thriller about a GPS who takes revenge on a cheating husband. Longer synopsis:A dark comedy thriller, “You Drive Me Crazy” is a cautionary tale about our obsessive reliance on technology. A seemingly ordinary guy, Glen, is driving when his GPS voice gives him directions that don’t quite add… Continue reading Short Film: YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY, 8min. USA, Comedy/Thriller

Short Film: THE GLORIOUS PEANUT, 18min., Belgium, Comedy

“The Glorious Peanut” is not a story about a peanut, it’s the story about Patrick. And Patrick is not a peanut, he’s a 30 years old bald lumberjack. It’s important to say he’s bald because that’s why he’s very unconfident. But his lack of confidence is also due to his Father, who crushes him like… Continue reading Short Film: THE GLORIOUS PEANUT, 18min., Belgium, Comedy

Director Biography – Antoine de Bujadoux (TEN MINUTES TOPS)

Thanks to his father who is a French music composer, Antoine discovered the magic of cinema during his childhood and has always wanted to take part to the movie industry. Writer of a first novel published in 2015, he has already directed two short films which got selected in more than thirty countries. Ten minutes… Continue reading Director Biography – Antoine de Bujadoux (TEN MINUTES TOPS)

Director Biography – Albert Meisl (THE VICTORY OF CHARITY)

was born in Munich / Germany He studies scriptwriting and directing in Austria at Filmkademie Wien (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna). Besides he works as culture-journalist, assistant director for Austrian films and dramatic advisor for theatre productions. His first feature documentary „Vaterfilm“ („The Father Tapes“) (A 2015) got the Special Mention of the… Continue reading Director Biography – Albert Meisl (THE VICTORY OF CHARITY)

Short Film: THE VICTORY OF CHARITY, 24min., Austria, Comedy

Musicologist Szabo lives in a small studio apartment full of plates, books and archives. To end this, his girlfriend Kathi invaded the apartment in Szabo’s absence to at least remove old clothes. But just below was a rare, original stage costume of an Austrian beat band, which is to be exhibited in a museum of postwar Austrian… Continue reading Short Film: THE VICTORY OF CHARITY, 24min., Austria, Comedy

COMEDY Screenplay: GOOD NEWS DESK – Watch 3 best scenes from script.

COMPUTER SCENE: CAST LIST: Maryanne: Isabel Kruse Narrator: Val Cole Melville: Geoff Mays Polly: Bianca Alongi NEWSPAPER SCENE: CAST LIST: Blandings: Jarrod Terrill Patroni: Elle A Marty: Geoff Mays Narrator: Val Cole Stone: Ryan Singh Joe: Neil Bennett COP SCENE: CAST LIST: Patroni: Ell A Narrator: Val Cole Crawford: Geoff Mays Polly: Bianca Alongi “The… Continue reading COMEDY Screenplay: GOOD NEWS DESK – Watch 3 best scenes from script.

COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Take a ‘Pause Out of Crime, by Mary C. Ferrara

A menopausal woman is gifted a stolen necklace, and a couple of dim-witted criminals want it back. Hot flashes could be hotter than the necklace itself in saving the day. CAST LIST: Salesman: Jarrod Terrill Carlos: Ryan Singh Narrator: Val Cole Sam: Geoff Mays Max: Neil Bennett Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo,… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Take a ‘Pause Out of Crime, by Mary C. Ferrara

COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Good Intentions, by Sandy Tovray Greenberg

After a nasty breakup, Tara’s vow to live drama-free is thwarted when she meets her dream man, but some well-meaning plans backfire, jeopardizing her relationship, and forcing her to question the definition of “good” intentions. CAST LIST: Tara: Elle A Darcy: Isabel Kruse Narrator: Val Cole Logan: Geoff Mays Mindy: Bianca Alongi Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Good Intentions, by Sandy Tovray Greenberg

COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Raymond Carver and Derrida’s Zombie Army, by James Fitzmaurice

It’s the 1960s and a blizzard is raging in Iowa City, a place where Kurt Vonnegut, Jr teaches in the Writers’ Workshop and Gayatri Spivak holds classes in literary theory. This evening Raymond Carver is worried about his wife’s possible infidelity. CAST LIST: Maryann: Elle A Wildhack: Bianca Alongi Narrator: Val Cole Carver: Neil Bennett… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Screenplay Reading: Raymond Carver and Derrida’s Zombie Army, by James Fitzmaurice