Category: comedy festival

Director Biography – Anders Teig (RUBBISH ROBBERS)

Anders has done a lot of live TV-directing and debuted with his first fiction-film Haikeren starring Kristofer Hivju in 2013. Since then he has been working on both short and feature film scripts. He has also written a supernatural mystery novel which was released at the end of 2018, called “Den bemerkelsesverdige bysten”. He is… Continue reading Director Biography – Anders Teig (RUBBISH ROBBERS)

Short Film: THE BIG PICTURE, 2min., USA, Comedy

A group of friends set out to film a short and simple shot for one of their films. But it’s slowly revealed that it wasn’t going to be as easy as they thought. Director – Patrick Stagg Film Type: Student Runtime: 1 minute 41 seconds Completion Date: June 6, 2017 Production Budget: 100 USD Country of… Continue reading Short Film: THE BIG PICTURE, 2min., USA, Comedy

Director Biography – Portlynn Tagavi (THEY WON’T LAST)

Portlynn is a half Persian, half African American filmmaker who has just received her Masters in Directing at AFI where she developed her skills as a writer and director for narrative film. Originally from Houston Texas, Portlynn moved out to California in 2010 to study Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts. During… Continue reading Director Biography – Portlynn Tagavi (THEY WON’T LAST)

Short Film: THEY WON’T LAST, 15min., USA, Comedy

After attending their friends’ perfect wedding, Christine is forced to consider the future of her own relationship when her hopeless romantic boyfriend Alex proposes. When Christine is unable to say yes, Alex makes it worse by giving her an ultimatum: either get engaged or break up right now. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Instagram

Short Film: ART IS DEAD, 9min., USA, Comedy

What is art and what makes an aritst? A civil conversation takes a dark turn as two friends argue their case. Film Type: Short Runtime: 8 minutes 53 seconds Completion Date: February 11, 2019 Production Budget: 15,000 USD Country of Origin: United States Country of Filming: United States Shooting Format: RED Aspect Ratio: 2.4:1 Film… Continue reading Short Film: ART IS DEAD, 9min., USA, Comedy

Director Biography – Emelia Benoit-Lavelle (TRAMP)

Emelia Benoit-Lavelle is an actress and director based in LA. She strives to make projects that celebrate humanity and diversity, are challenging and make people laugh. Her work can be seen on Jill Soloway’s Wifey TV, Huffington Post, Stareable, Lady Parts Film Club, and in a bunch of commercials. She recently co-created a web series,… Continue reading Director Biography – Emelia Benoit-Lavelle (TRAMP)

Director Biography – Teddy Tenenbaum (SIDEPIECE)

Teddy Tenenbaum & Minsun Park are primarily a writing team with combined experience in features and television, including pilot sales, staff writing, feature spec sales, and feature and television assignments. They have written separately and together, and currently write both as a team and as solo writers. They specialize in genre writing, including horror, thriller,… Continue reading Director Biography – Teddy Tenenbaum (SIDEPIECE)

Short Film: SIDEPIECE, 10min., USA, Comedy

Dating is hard. Especially when you’re married. Nothing is what appears to be in this short romantic-comedy about two people who find each other on a very special dating app. You just can’t trust what you read anymore. Married writing team Minsun Park and Teddy Tenenbaum took a break from their usual horror fare to… Continue reading Short Film: SIDEPIECE, 10min., USA, Comedy