Festivals - Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival 2017

Par Novias, Los Angeles, Adults Only Hollywood, 14 avril 2017

Notre media était présent hier soir pour couvrir le tapis rouge et assister à la conférence organisée dans le cadre de la seconde édition du Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival. Notre rédacteur Novias a ainsi pu rencontrer de nombreux artistes : Steve Mallory-writer (The Boss starring Melissa MCarthy) Ava Tramer-writer (TBS's Angie Tribeca), Director/Editor Kabir Akhtar (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Julian Doan and Alex Hunter, creators of the Project Greenlight Digital Studios series Everyone I Love is Dead, Kali Hawk, Syd Wilder, Dalal Bruchmann, Jennifer Buonantony, Raja Collins-Producer (Netflix's True Memoirs of an International Assassin).

This weekend marks the 2nd edition of the Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival Presented by BITPIX (April 14-16). This year over 110 short comedies are screening in competition at the TCL Chinese 6 Theater and the overall winning short film will receive an exclusive prize, a pitch meeting with Project Greenlight Digital Studios.

The festival's opening night and party Power Panel presented in partnership with Mixknowledgy is titled Funny On The 14th: State of the Comedy Biz: Film, TV & Web and will feature lineup of talented executives behind some of the most recognized comedy series and films today.

Steve Mallory-writer (The Boss starring Melissa MCarthy) Ava Tramer-writer (TBS's Angie Tribeca), Director/Editor Kabir Akhtar (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Julian Doan and Alex Hunter, creators of the Project Greenlight Digital Studios series Everyone I Love is Dead, Kali Hawk, Syd Wilder, Dalal Bruchmann, Jennifer Buonantony, Raja Collins-Producer (Netflix's True Memoirs of an International Assassin) were present to this event…

The official selections include short films starring Emma Thompson (High Road by Justin Harwood), Erik Boccio's Wiretap Scars features Mike Starr, Samm Levine, Kevin Pollak, and Scott Murphy. Other selected titles include: Neil Patrick and Harris: The Chronicles of Conjoined Triplets by Adam Fynke and Jesse Eisenberg. Hollywood Comedy Shorts will feature the officially accepted filmmakers, talent from the films and a variety of stand up comedians. The festival is helping highlight the next generation of comedy voices creating short form content. This year's festival will feature 3 days of screenings, receptions, power panels and more all in Hollywood. Sponsors include BITPIX and GotVape. The festival also features a comedy screenplay competition.

Photos: Novias (Joshua Jason Sanchez)

(source: press release Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival)