L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival

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L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival
Location Los Angeles, California, United States
Founded 2009
Awards received "Top 25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee";[1] "Top 10 Film Festivals in the U.S."[2]
Festival date April 26, 2012 - April 29, 2012
Language International
http://www.lacomedyshorts.com

The L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival (LACS) is an annual film festival held in the spring in Los Angeles, California. LACS programs short films exclusively in the comedy genre, and is the largest festival of its kind in the United States. During the four-day event, between 60-90 comedy short films from around the world are screened at the festival's main venue in Downtown Los Angeles, with additional industry panels and parties taking place at various locations around the city. The festival culminates on the final night with a red carpet awards ceremony, where winning filmmakers and screenwriters are honored and the "Commie" award is presented to a comedy industry notable for career achievement and "excelling in achieving outstanding comedical achievements in the field of comedy excellence."[3]

The festival mission states that LACS is "dedicated to introducing the newest and hottest comedic talent to the industry, and helping them make the connections they need to take their careers to the next level."[4] Each year, a selection of films from the festival is screened at multiple venues around the country as part of the L.A. Comedy Shorts Best-of-Fest Tour.[5][6]

History

L.A. Comedy Shorts was founded in 2009 by Gary Anthony Williams of Boston Legal, along with Festival Director Jeannie Roshar and Festival Producer Ryan Higman. The inaugural festival took place March 5–8, 2009 at The Downtown Independent Theater in Los Angeles, and was sponsored by Funny Or Die, Atom.com and The Onion.[7][8] Participating celebrities included Mark Hamill, Aisha Tyler, Sean Astin, and awards show host Adam Carolla.[9]

In 2011, LACS added a prize for comedy short student films.

L.A. Comedy Scripts

LACS also hosts the L.A. Comedy Scripts Screenplay Competition, which judges feature-length and short comedy screenplays from around the world. L.A. Comedy Scripts finalists and winners are honored at the LACS awards event.

For the 2010 festival, L.A. Comedy Scripts added the half-hour comedy TV pilots category.

Awards

2013 (Fall)

2013 (Spring)

2011

2010

2009

References

  1. "The 2009 List: 25 Festivals Worth the Fee". MovieMaker. April 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  2. "Top Ten Film Festivals in the United States". Brooks Institute. December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  3. "L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival puts humorous theater in the spotlight at Downtown Independent". UCLA Daily Bruin. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  4. "Official Website: About L.A. Comedy Shorts". Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  5. "L.A. Comedy Shorts Festival: Touring Best of Fest Show". Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  6. "The Best of the 2010 L.A. Comedy Shorts". Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  7. "Festival Beat: A Funny Thing Happened..." (Reprint). MovieMaker. 9 June 2009. p. 68.
  8. "LA Comedy Shorts Festival Long on Laughs". ChuckleMonkey. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  9. "Funny and Fast: LA Comedy Shorts Festival 2009". NBC Los Angeles. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "LA COMEDY FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS OF 2013". [LaughterComedyFest.com]. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  11. "Wendi McLendon Covey Wins at L.A. Comedy Shorts Fest". Indiewire. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  12. "Missi Pyle Honored by L.A. Comedy Shorts Fest". The Wrap. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  13. Stewart, Andrew (2009-03-03). "Goldthwait to receive Commie Award". Variety. Retrieved 2009-03-03.

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